ferrals - poor little ella, lets hope she makes a speedy recovery xox
kell - good to hear from you
thopes - baby is just getting ready!
sorry to everyone ive missed, im finding it hard to keep up with this thread atm
i hope youre all well and i am thinking of you all
im off to book into the hospital today & try and get some maternity pants for work.. then off to the doctor this arvo
i have a heart murmor (which ive never mentioned before) and im getting very bad heart palpitations so im a bit worried that something is up (heart problems run in my mums side - my brother is going in for another heart op next week & my cousin had to be closely monitored through her pregnancy) i know it wont be a big deal but at least a doctor is aware & can help me if something is wrong!
and ive been getting nose bleeds every couple of days... annoying! and i think i hate a uti grr! stupid work! if there was a toilet handy i wouldnt worry about leaving work every half an hour!
alish, that sounds like you're not having a lot of fun at the moment - hopefully it's nothing to worry about, there are a lot of things that cause palpitations I have a murmur too and had a heart op a number of years ago - I hope they can just monitor the risk factors for you during pg and it all settles.
And ok, you guys can be in the loop then At least then I can tell someone - I'm nervous about finding out, not just cos I really don't want to, but because I'm awful at keeping secrets! Mine anyway, I'm a lock box with other people's, but I don't do my own secrets!
Kellie - Yay, that's great news. Enjoy your babymoon!
Pash - I imagine it is uncomfortable for him, not being able to move his leg, though he can lift it and wow it packs a punch when he kicks me in the c/s wound. Ouch. Come to think of it, around the time the first cast went on was when the sleeping dramas kicked in. Hmmmm. Can't wait to get this whole thing over with even more now.
AFM - Sorry about the lack of quality persies... I'm wearing my cranky pants today and... well just grr. I'm sure you can all guess why. THE FRICKEN HOSPITAL STUFFED UP AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!! I shouldn't be surprised anymore. It's getting so ridiculous. Some lady called me 5 minutes before our appointment time and said they'd forgotten to book us into the computer, and could I come tomorrow. UM, NO. DP took the afternoon off work to come with me, (as he always does) and we lose a lot of money doing this! It was bucketing down with rain, and we were in the car on our way there. I told the lady no, I was on my way and I would be seen today. She got flustered, but said ok and told me I "had" to be there within 30mins or it would have to be tomorrow. I told her no, it wouldn't be tomorrow and I would be there as soon as I could get through the traffic.
Anyhoo, after rushing to get there quickly because of their stuff up, we ended up waiting 2 hours to be seen anyway. I don't even know why they make appointments at all tbh. Then of course the Drs and nurses all want to fiddle around and play with Axel like he's a toy or something instead of just doing what they have to do quickly so I can go the fudge home. It was freezing as usual in the plaster room, and I was trying to wrap him in a blanket and cover him up during the long wait for the dr to come in (because we can't be organized and have the dr there, because his time is far too precious to be wasted, but I can wait for hours with a crying newborn.) So I'm trying to wrap my cold little bubby up and this stupid student nurse/dr or whoever the hell she was (they don't tell me or ask if it's ok to have students watch/perform treatments) decides she wants to play with his feet. I don't know why I didn't yell at her. I feel like I'm constantly on the edge, ready to explode at someone when I'm there, they're so stupid and unprofessional. HE'S COLD, LET ME WRAP HIM UP! *deep breaths*
After everyone had a good play/tickle and totally freaked Axel out, we were able to leave. Of course they took their sweet time treating him, and then wasted more of my time playing with him and getting him riled up. I had to feed him as soon as we got out of there because they took so long, then didn't have time to burp him because our parking meter was about to run out. Yep, they took that frigging long. I walked out of there almost crying. I feel so violated every time I have to go there...... and totally powerless. I'm ready to scream at them, but then always stop myself because they're treating my baby and I'm afraid they won't treat him with care and kindness if I'm rude to them. Honestly though, I can only take so much. I get so depressed on a Wednesday afternoon after seeing them and being jerked around for hours. If I was a customer, and this was a shop, I just wouldn't go! It's the worst feeling being repeatedly forced to return to the scene of my near demise every single week. Then putting up with even more crap treatment. Just when I feel like I'm doing well and moving past everything, I have the weekly bring-down of dealing with them. And there's not a damn thing I can do about it right now. Until I lawyer up.
Sorry to carry on like a porkchop in here with another selfish rant............ but OMG. I don't know how much more I can tolerate before I go berserk and start screaming at hospital staff. What is it about me that causes them to make stupid mistakes? I can't walk in there without them stuffing something up. The disorganization is mind boggling, and this whole ordeal is really pushing me to my limits. Something has to be done about this. I want to speak to whoever's running the show because they're clearly asleep at the wheel. What do I do??! So at the end of all this, Axel's routine is completely stuffed up. He's an hour late for his feed, screaming, kicking, breath-holding.... the whole shebang. He spent the entire night carrying on, barely slept, and was completely unsettled. I don't blame him. Stupid hospital. I'm sick to death of them affecting our lives this way. They don't care that I have to go home dead tired and deal with a screaming baby all night long. They don't care that I haven't had a decent rest in 8 weeks. (No, being drugged out of my mind or in an induced coma doesn't count as rest, doctor!) I just want to run away and hide somewhere.
Oh and as a sidenote, Axel was meant to have his hearing test done AGAIN yesterday, but of course the orthopedic dept took so long that I missed my appointment time. How crazy is it that you book appointments an hour and a half apart and still can't make it? Excuse me while I return to the corner to rock back and forth mental patient style.
Oh forshelby! You have had the rough end of the stick in a major sort of way!!! You ARE allowed to be a protective Mum and look after your little boy when you're there, they will still treat him the way they would if you just put up with the treatment. You have the right to refuse students if you don't want them, they do have to learn, but they should ask your permission to be present, even if their instructors don't. You have rights and responsibilities as a patient - and these don't include being treated poorly. Your rights include being treated with respect. Do you have a doctor who's actually looking after you, rather than just treating you? Maybe your GP? If you do, get him/her to call an administrator and outline your treatment and that s/he expects your next appointments to go much more smoothly, they CAN do your hearing test at home, and I think you're up to the point that you should be able to demand that! At least they can in Vic.
Oh you poor thing - there should be SOMEONE there who wants to be your advocate! If I was in the right state I'd call. I work for the Department of Health, it's a good work location to get attention from the powers that be In the meantime, if there is a good friend you can trust to take Axel even for half an hour, let them. Or if you can get a little bit of quiet time from Axel, check out the mums and bubs movie sessions. It's a nice way to feel a little more normal. More for you.
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& my cousin had to be closely monitored through her pregnancy) i know it wont be a big deal but at least a doctor is aware & can help me if something is wrong!
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I shouldn't be surprised anymore. It's getting so ridiculous. Some lady called me 5 minutes before our appointment time and said they'd forgotten to book us into the computer, and could I come tomorrow. UM, NO. DP took the afternoon off work to come with me, (as he always does) and we lose a lot of money doing this! It was bucketing down with rain, and we were in the car on our way there. I told the lady no, I was on my way and I would be seen today. She got flustered, but said ok and told me I "had" to be there within 30mins or it would have to be tomorrow. I told her no, it wouldn't be tomorrow and I would be there as soon as I could get through the traffic.
You have had the rough end of the stick in a major sort of way!!! You ARE allowed to be a protective Mum and look after your little boy when you're there, they will still treat him the way they would if you just put up with the treatment. You have the right to refuse students if you don't want them, they do have to learn, but they should ask your permission to be present, even if their instructors don't. You have rights and responsibilities as a patient - and these don't include being treated poorly. Your rights include being treated with respect. Do you have a doctor who's actually looking after you, rather than just treating you? Maybe your GP? If you do, get him/her to call an administrator and outline your treatment and that s/he expects your next appointments to go much more smoothly, they CAN do your hearing test at home, and I think you're up to the point that you should be able to demand that! At least they can in Vic.
In the meantime, if there is a good friend you can trust to take Axel even for half an hour, let them. Or if you can get a little bit of quiet time from Axel, check out the mums and bubs movie sessions. It's a nice way to feel a little more normal. More
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