To walk out of hospital

[Cally62]

Was in A&E on Monday because I thought I had a diverticulitis flare up and I hadn’t had a poo for 9 days. Had bloods taken and spent the day on a trolley. Bloods came back ok but CRP was slightly raised. Was given an enema and eventually got home at 7pm where I literally exploded.
Job done or so I thought.
Received a call from A&E consultant yesterday morning who said bloods weren’t ok and needed to come back in and have them taken again.
so been here since yesterday mid morning. Had bloods taken at 4.30pm results back at 7pm. Liver function was raised on Monday but had gone down slightly yesterday.
I was admitted to EAU and told I needed a scan.
I haven’t had any to eat, I’m fucking hungry for something warm and nourishing, tired and bloody cold. There’s no heating.
Thing is I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in April which is controlled by diet. Without any food I feel like shit and have a horrible headache.
Ive asked 5 times if my blood sugars can be checked and nothing.
It was so grim here last night that I said I was going home and even took my cannula out.
Consultant thinks it’s my gallbladder and scan could be today or tomorrow.
I’m supposed to be going on holiday on Saturday.
Partner is at work. He said he’d phone the ward and tell them to feed me. I told him he couldn’t do that. Although there’s not much he could do being here he could support me and at least feed me.
All I want to do is to go home.

I’m sorry this is long and I’m just moaning.

Why wouldn’t you ask your DH or daughter to bring you in food? Yea it sucks the hospital
haven’t but they are capable and my DH always does for me when I’m in.
do you have you own glucose monitor?
it is shit though. Absolutely stay and don’t risk this happening abroad

This might not help, but I was barely out of hospital last year with lots of emergency admissions. I have an eating disorder and tendency for hypoglycaemia and normally wasn’t physically capable of leaving the ward, so my parents would take turns bringing in some apple juice or something (I know you’ll need something different for Type 2). The nurses were often rushed off their feet and the patients around me would be left waiting for non-very-urgent stuff as well. It’s because they’re firefighting constantly. Oddly that also meant I would often be sitting in a bed ready for discharge for up to eight hours.

I found if I was actually having a medical crisis of sorts (normally sugar lows but on one memorable occasion having to have my heart restarted) I would get help very quickly. I don’t do this on purpose but staff are often quite fast at responding when they see someone in acute distress - in my case a few nurses noticing I was crying due to being scared and in pain, but I wasn’t doing it deliberately!

However, they do get quite cross if you walk out when you actually need the treatment, and particularly if you yank your cannula out. If they’re not ready to discharge you the latter means you’ll be recannulated.

Just a couple of points... The hospital I work in has one restaurant and several cafes. All are available to everyone, staff and patients. It does NOT have a shop in the entrance, or indeed anywhere else at present, except a Boots. There are plans to put in some shops but, at present, we have none. This is a major acute hospital not a small community hospital.

OMG.
If you read my post properly you’d see that I mentioned that my dd had just finished 5 weeks of night shifts and then immediately went onto days. And you ask why didn’t I get her to bring in food for me. Give your head a shake.

I hope you've have had a warm lunch by now! Have you got more blankets and heat put on?

I'm still not understanding why you didn't buy food? If you've not eaten properly since Sunday and it's now Thursday that's pretty concerning.

I am lost as to why your daughter who had just finished 5 nights at the same hospital (I presume from your post) could not have popped over from her ward with some food/blanket from home/ kicked up a fuss about blood sugars not being done/spoke to nursing staff about your care plan?

and she couldn't have popped by with food because.... most of us work full time and manage to get food to our relatives in hospital, which is usually not our place of work. I am not sure adding 30 mins on to her journey for her mother who is cold and starving (apparently) would have been unreasonable.

I agree. My parent is in hospital, an hours drive away. i go in every night with food (well coffee and chocolate away) and clean clothes.

There is no reason why she couldnt have grabbed a blanket from her house and something from the press

Why is it that most posts on here end up with people being so bloody nasty. Thinking that they know better.

Seriously, we should be supporting each other.

We’re all different and unless you know everything about a person’s particular situation then you have no right to assume that you could do any better.

I’m leaving the post whilst the few of you have left your negative I can do better comments can continue with your perfect little lives.

You don’t know the situation at this hospital.
I asked for food, for pain relief and received nothing. I have experienced the most grim situations whilst in this particular hospital.
The NHS is on its knees.

Thank you to those of you that offered me genuine support.

Sending you hugs. It’s so difficult in the NHS at the moment as you’re genuinely feeling shit and need attention they can’t always give.

Hope your scan results are OK and wishing you the best.

5 weeks of nights then straight back on days! I actually really like doing nights but I find it such a struggle getting back onto days - takes me at least 3 days.

Glad you've had something to eat. Hopefully you'll feel much better. Ask for them to do finger prick test when they come round with meds.

Why is it that most posts on here end up with people being so bloody nasty. Thinking that they know better.

I don't see any nasty posts here. People are simply querying why you can't go and find yourself some food, which seems reasonable, or why your daughter can't bring you something.

She works in the same hospital but can't spend a few minutes bringing you food or blankets? My late DM spent nine weeks in hospital a few years ago - I worked all day, then walked to the hospital straight from work to see her. I think I missed two nights, because I had functions to go to. Your daughter is already in the hospital, and working nights is not an excuse.

You did ask for opinions, so why get angry when people tell you what they think?