we Rants, Thoughts and Adventures: At home recuperating

Things that I write in here are my thoughts, rants and experiences. If you take offense to anything read.. please let me know.. or just realize that I may not mean things the way they come across.. and if I do.. well it is a journal to vent my thoughts and expressions... so please take things lightly... though I will try to keep the bitching about others to a minimum... as there is enough bad karma in this world.. and I no longer want to add to that

Wednesday, March 30, 2005

At home recuperating

So call it another Chelsea moment.... but I am at home all swollen, battered and bruised. On Sat night I fell and found out Sun from those GREAT (insert sarcasm here) doctor's at the KW hospital that I broke my collar bone. My shoulder really hurts but the bruise looks ten times worse... meh... what can you do?!?
LOL... This adventure to the hospital (made enjoyable by Glenna's presence) only proves my theory that doctors in KW are only doctors there because they could not hack it elsewhere... ouch right?!?... well this is my opinion and here's why:
I got to the hospital at 6pm and was shortly thereafter carted to the examining room... fine right?!? Well, we ended up waiting 6 hours in that room... waiting to be scene. 6 hours seems right right?!? but there were people who had arrived after us being scene.. so finally I went and asked the nurse how much more of a wait it would be.. I mean they didn't even give me ice for my throbbing shoulder and neck.. and Glenna was the one who had to steal a blanket for me since it was soooo cold in the room with that stupid paper dress on.
But I digress... so when I went to see the nurse.. she said that it would be 4 more people in front of us... and then she said "well some people have been here since 6!" The way that she said it was so rude and insulting I had to reply.... "Like me?!?" "No" she said "you've been here since 7:30pm"... "Ummm No! I got here at 5:45pm".... "Oh.. Ok I'll go and see what is holding the doctor up then".
When she came back she explained that the doctor who was about to see me got called into an emergency and never put my chart back... so they would have seen me 2 hours ago... but didnt have my chart. Oy! I understand that hospitals are underfunded and understaffed... but this was sheer incompetence!
When the doctor finally cam in he did some tests, then told me I could get dressed. So I did.. I struggled back into my shirt and sweater... and then.. the nurse informed me that since I was getting an x-ray I needed to be back in the gown.... OY! I smiled and put it back on... but I swear I was swearing under my breath.
Finally I got the x-ray, some ice for my then throbbing shoulder and the news that I had broken my collar bone. "There is nothing we can do for this injury except let it heal on its own. Keep moving it though so as to keep it unfrozen".
So I went home, throbbing, wishing that I hadn't just wasted 6 hours of my life for something that couldn't have been fixed in the first place.
When I got to Toronto though, I was informed that I have to be in a sling... and that I should have been in one since the beginning... yay for contradicting doctor statements.
So here I sit... the pain is a tad better.. I may sling it tonight.. cause it is swollen and hurting a bit.
This day was very productive.. I went down town and got some of my paperwork stamped and notarized by the Korean consulate... I have been putting that off for way too long.
Anyways... my arm is throbbing.. so I am going to go lay down... I'm heading back to the KW on Thursday (depending on if I am feeling better or not... it is still pretty darn sore)....
Hugs

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