Hello,
Sorry to hear about your back & glad to hear you're well. The
food must have been made the hospital stay better somewhat & of
course the pretty nurses.
Regards,
FeowFeow
Originally posted by the Bear:
For those who didn't know, I was hospitalised for a week.
I went and did my back in again
Now, that's TWO years in a row I've spent my birthday in pain!
My back started to hurt like blazes on my birthday, 23 Sep. And it
was the kind of "damn! it's aching so much, I must have fatigued it
more than it could handle" type of hurt.
However, on 24th which was a Monday, I woke up and could not get
out of bed. Somehow, after crawling and moaning and breaking out in
cold sweat, I willed myself to shut up and somehow got myself to
the hospital.
A different hospital from the last time.
This hospital was nice. The Accident and Emergency part was not
crowded and filled with people suffering from little things like a
sliver in their finger or the sniffles. I was wheeled in and
immediately wheeled to a bed to lie down. The A&E doctor came
in and asked me a few questions, looked at my medical records,
pulled at my legs, prodded my back and then shot me full of
painkillers. I kinda drifted into sleep from the effects of the
shot
After a while (it was over an hour) the doctor came and asked me
how I was. I said the pain had subsided a little. The doctor said I
could go home and rest if I could. I tried to stand up and almost
fell over from the pain. The doctor said he was going to
hospitalise me there and then. I didn't argue with him.
While they were preparing the paperwork, an old lady was wheeled in
and put in the bed beside mine. I was listening in on her
complaints. She said that she fainted and that's why she was in
A&E. The doctor asked her why she fainted. She said that she
felt faint after eating some oatmeal in the morning. Thing was, she
warbled on and it was the previous morning that she ate the
oatmeal! She then ranted on that the oatmeal tasted weird and she
was convinced that her husband wanted to murder her with poison and
therefore she refuse to eat. The doctor shook his head and listened
to her. I think she was then referred to the psychiatric
side.
After a while, they wheeled me into the wards. The next few days
were uneventful as I was put there to rest and there were some
physiotherapy sessions where I was put on traction then
electrocuted for a bit to help with the pain. The "torture rack"
did.
What was most surprising was that the food in the hospital was
good!
Here are a few examples:
[b]Irish Stew
Peach Chicken with Roast Vegetables
Steak with Potatoes
Seafood Hor Fun
Grilled Salmon
I've just been discharged about 2 hours ago and made it home safe
and sound. And decided to tell everyone where I was for the past
week.
I'm now on medical leave for the next 2 weeks and will be lying
down most of the time, recuperating and healing. And I do hope I
never have to go to the hospital for this ailment again, even when
the nurses are a credit to their profession and made the stay as
pleasant as things can be. 
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