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fleurD, nehaV, reema, rural 2013, sharonSi, trishaH,
vaishaliJ, zahraM,
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My dear
Every human experience carries with it lessons and learnings that add to the storehouse of knowledge and wisdom that each one of us gathers and benefits from over the years.
We can use that learning and wisdom to make for ourselves better lives in the years that are still to come….
I want to share with you things I have learnt from my recent admission to and 6-day stay in the hospital for diagnosis and treatment of a stone in the ureter.
1. There is such a thing as unbearable pain.
2. A three-way IV canal embedded in the back of any hand
limits the dexterity and movement of that particular hand.
3. You cannot tie your pyjama string with only one hand.
4. In toilet manoeuvres your right hand cannot efficiently do
what your left hand has been doing all your life.
5. A poster on the hospital wall said : “My grace is sufficient for you!”
That helped!
6. Even though it is good for health, karela is always bitter.
7. There are 18,964 drops in an IV bottle.
8. Saying “Go! Baby go!” does not make the IV drip go any faster.
9. Despite their colouring IV drips do not come in flavours like pineapple and tender coconut.
10. By the time one bottle of IV saline gets completely dripped into you,
you have gone to the loo at least three times.
11. The nurses are not amused if you ask them to connect the IV drip directly to the toilet bowl.
12. If the position of your heart (e.g. when you are standing) is higher than
the position of the IV bottle then blood flows in reverse from your body into the IV tube.
That is very scary!
13. In hospitals, 5.30 am is the most appropriate time to be changing the bed linen.
You are generally woken up from a deep sleep so that this can be done.
14. Hospital staff find it particularly difficult to talk softly at night.
15. You should not sneeze while collecting a urine sample.
16. Enemas do not always work.
17. Kidney stones are not round and smooth.
18. When you are in constant pain you do not have the time to get bored.
19. Even though you may not like to do it, you must drink lots of water every day.
20. Even though you already know it, family and friends care a whole lot for you.
21. Suddenly feeling perfectly well is the most wonderful feeling in the world.
P.S. It helps greatly if you have a sense of humour while you are going through it all !!
And the sense of humour helps when you are right on top of the world as well. I am glad I have that in reasonably large measure…..
Looking forward to Monday and the “back to the grind” routine of my exciting life!
Take care. Love, Terry