 These are what Urinary Bladder stones look like(interesting looking easter eggs). More can be read here.
I have had Gallstones before. They were found when I was 15 after an Ultrasound picked them up while looking for a diagnosis behind my gross haematuria (I was literally peeing blood).
When I was 21, the Gallstones started to party it up and they and the gall bladder was removed, I had over 20 gallstones.
Interestingly my Grandmother had them, both my sister and mother had them also removed at 21. The rule of the three F's didn't apply of being Fat, Forty and Female.
Many times in Medicine rules do not apply.
Often we are treated based on a general study of the population, if you don't fit the parameters then your different, a difficult or complex case, even it may be all in your head.
This to many people can lead to hopelessness. They feel unbelieved, and are sometimes left untreated because the medics just do not know.
I know of a case in my family where the person after complaining of back ache for a year was fed the "your depressed" line. That young person died, from Kidney Cancer.
We have had since then another case of Kidney Cancer in the family in a young person.
Is there a familial trend here?
Perhaps we are more sensitive to what is happening in our bodies before the actual signs show up that the medics can see.
What I now do is wait. I wait and wait when I'm feeling ill.
Maybe on the odd occasion I wait just a bit to long. I was told off nicely by a Emergency Department doc that I left it too long. By the time I ever present myself to Hospital I am worn out and incredibly exhausted from possibly weeks of fighting off whatever ails ye.
I don't want to be labelled as a malingerer, or any other term just because my body is sensitive to changes before they become full blown issues.
I suppose you could compare it to knowing your pregnant. I used to know well before the first period was due that I was pregnant. Maybe the same applies here?
I'm not talking about low pain tolerance levels, that is a different ball game, and having a perceived low pain threshold does not make someone weak willed.
I don'tbelieve I have a low pain threshold. Scooting around after major surgery with a Bowel Obstruction for two weeks with a semi paralyzed leg has kind of debunked any myths there.
What pain does get me though is Bowel pain, not much seems to touch that. Yet I fought it to get the hell out of that place.
This is one of the reasons I got all arsey over the incorrect discharge letter (previous post). Because I had waited weeks, and had been having tachycardia for five days, yet the Dude wrote I had been unwell for one day.
Another irritation of mine is perceived tolerance levels. In my case I am hypervigilant in Hospital because of all of the B.S I have gone through.
Like a soldier at war he is all pumped up. If he is injured he may not feel the pain for a bit. Or it make take alot of meds to knock him out if he/she is fearful. I am the same.
When I was last admitted for surgery it took alot of premed to get me off to sleep.
Some fight and flight response kicks in over riding the medication.
I have also been told by an Anaesthetist that in smaller people some twilight sedatives take longer to work due to body fat distribution.
Yet instead of understanding that, it is assumed a patient may instead have a tolerance to the meds which can imply harmful labelling.
How about instead of Medics labelling people needlessly, instead have a pause, just maybe this person is more sensitive to changes in their body, and something may pop up in the that you can diagnose in your text books, hopefully before their demise.
I would like to see some better understanding for people who fear the Hospital and what effect it may have on any medication given.
When we assume we make an arse out of you and me.
Ask yourself, does your attitude and level of care change toward a patient that has been labelled descriminately?
Sometimes with a chronic illness or disability people are so worn down that getting yet another infection, or virus can render them totally incapacitated.
Only those who have lived with, or experienced it through a loved one can ever fully understand. That's why it is important for us out there who do understand to stick together and support one another.
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These are what Urinary Bladder stones look like(interesting looking easter eggs). More can be read here.
I have had Gallstones before. They were found when I was 15 after an Ultrasound picked them up while looking for a diagnosis behind my gross haematuria (I was literally peeing blood).
When I was 21, the Gallstones started to party it up and they and the gall bladder was removed, I had over 20 gallstones.
Interestingly my Grandmother had them, both my sister and mother had them also removed at 21. The rule of the three F's didn't apply of being Fat, Forty and Female.
Many times in Medicine rules do not apply.
Often we are treated based on a general study of the population, if you don't fit the parameters then your different, a difficult or complex case, even it may be all in your head.
This to many people can lead to hopelessness. They feel unbelieved, and are sometimes left untreated because the medics just do not know.
I know of a case in my family where the person after complaining of back ache for a year was fed the "your depressed" line. That young person died, from Kidney Cancer.
We have had since then another case of Kidney Cancer in the family in a young person.
Is there a familial trend here?
Perhaps we are more sensitive to what is happening in our bodies before the actual signs show up that the medics can see.
What I now do is wait. I wait and wait when I'm feeling ill.
Maybe on the odd occasion I wait just a bit to long. I was told off nicely by a Emergency Department doc that I left it too long. By the time I ever present myself to Hospital I am worn out and incredibly exhausted from possibly weeks of fighting off whatever ails ye.
I don't want to be labelled as a malingerer, or any other term just because my body is sensitive to changes before they become full blown issues.
I suppose you could compare it to knowing your pregnant. I used to know well before the first period was due that I was pregnant. Maybe the same applies here?
I'm not talking about low pain tolerance levels, that is a different ball game, and having a perceived low pain threshold does not make someone weak willed.
I don'tbelieve I have a low pain threshold. Scooting around after major surgery with a Bowel Obstruction for two weeks with a semi paralyzed leg has kind of debunked any myths there.
What pain does get me though is Bowel pain, not much seems to touch that. Yet I fought it to get the hell out of that place.
This is one of the reasons I got all arsey over the incorrect discharge letter (previous post). Because I had waited weeks, and had been having tachycardia for five days, yet the Dude wrote I had been unwell for one day.
Another irritation of mine is perceived tolerance levels. In my case I am hypervigilant in Hospital because of all of the B.S I have gone through.
Like a soldier at war he is all pumped up. If he is injured he may not feel the pain for a bit. Or it make take alot of meds to knock him out if he/she is fearful. I am the same.
When I was last admitted for surgery it took alot of premed to get me off to sleep.
Some fight and flight response kicks in over riding the medication.
I have also been told by an Anaesthetist that in smaller people some twilight sedatives take longer to work due to body fat distribution.
Yet instead of understanding that, it is assumed a patient may instead have a tolerance to the meds which can imply harmful labelling.
How about instead of Medics labelling people needlessly, instead have a pause, just maybe this person is more sensitive to changes in their body, and something may pop up in the that you can diagnose in your text books, hopefully before their demise.
I would like to see some better understanding for people who fear the Hospital and what effect it may have on any medication given.
When we assume we make an arse out of you and me.
Ask yourself, does your attitude and level of care change toward a patient that has been labelled descriminately?
Sometimes with a chronic illness or disability people are so worn down that getting yet another infection, or virus can render them totally incapacitated.
Only those who have lived with, or experienced it through a loved one can ever fully understand. That's why it is important for us out there who do understand to stick together and support one another.