I'm in A&E (and bored), AMA

[SimplySteve]

In A&E with abdominal pain, back pain, puking. It's busy here and I'm bored. AMA!

Are you in Southampton area?

Not an a&e one, post op (only minor surgery) and wanted to use an actual toilet. Helped into wheelchair, got myself onto the toilet while nurse waited outside, managed to very dramatically rip the cannula out of my hand and squirt blood everywhere. Was very apologetic and agreed to use a commode after that

Ye, they gave me glucose. I've said that in my post.

Still here. No chance of sleep in this environment unless they use a baseball bat. Just so triggering and stressful.

They've done a urinalysis and haven't heard since about it.

I don't want to say where I am otherwise a baseball bat might be the least of my worries. I'm north of Birmingham.

Try to sleep

Hah. If you knew my past (childhood abuse, rape, sexual abuse) you'd realise sadly.

I know it's tough.

I oddly enough, sleep through noise better than silence.

I'm ok with doctors. Nurses freak me out. Don't ask me why, as that seems to make no sense, as they're female, but yes, I don't know, I find them to be a bit brutal sometimes. Whereas male docs are so terribly aware of your vulnerability that I find them to be quite kind and they never upset me.

Me too - I cant fall asleep without music or an audiobook etc. Just the strange environment here has me on edge (that's without the pain...).

Typical scenario is, a female nurse will admonish you for crying.

Male doctor will apologise for having had to intrude.

That's an interesting perspective. I've found the same in reverse as a bloke. Interesting.

Oh, I've only just copped you're a guy.
Well I'm not talking to you now.

I don't like boys.

That's ok then. I'm a man not a boy!

@Sooveritg not all nurses are like that! That’s an awful generalisation
(And not all nurses are female!)

The ones you remember are.

She never said they were. It was her personal experience.

@Sooveritg that’s so sad.

I'm being moved, to another ward, NOW. What the fuck?!

It is quite sad. So I abscond from hospital whenever they have relieved my pain enough. I regularly get police knocking at my door at 5am in the morning. So I'm wasting police time. Etc. So you will say. I didn't fucking ask for them. So I stumble out of bed and say, yes I'm fine, can you go now please, and off they plod. Police hate me lol.

I always get the sense that they're itching to arrest me for something. Because I don't invite them in for tea and a bun. I tell them to stop harassing me. They really don't like it.
You see them getting angry, but knowing they have no reason to arrest me, but they really really want to arrest me for something. And I shut the door on them and you can hear them outside debating whether they have grounds to arrest me or not, and off they go.
Bless them.

Oh, it's probably a permanent ward. That's bad. You're on the way out hun.

It's ok, I'm here! We'll get you through this.

Are you on a big ward? That's the worst. Because there is always a snorer and a shouter-in-the-middle-of-the-nighter. You won't get a wink of sleep. When dr doing rounds ask for something to help you sleep.