and all i wanted was a jab or something to help me sleep at nite.
i walked to the NHS walk-in clinic. they directed me to the hospital. i went to the hospital shortly b4 work was finished. wheeled my bike there. locked it..
that was all i remembered.
reliving the ordeal-
1. walked in to the A&E. told them i was coughing blood and the receptionist gave me a mask that looked like a duck bill. and requested that i put it on immediately.
2. they guided me into the other waiting room.
3. waited for a nurse to check me. BP and all.
4. went to a cubicle and waited for a few hours in there b4 i heard the dreaded u're not going home today. had ECG of my heart.
5. saw a few mixture of doctors. 1 final year med student. 2 male docs. and a female ID doc.
6. got a few needles poked in me. ( something left for the IV drip)
7. they took like at least 6 bottles of blood from me. ( well, tubes maybe)
8. got wheeled up the ward to my private room (even had a ensuite) just like on tv. they even had the handles on the bed.stretcher.wateverumacallit.
9. got into the room. met a nurse called anna. dunno can't remember her face. i was in pain. feverish. had another ECG.
10. they took my temperature. BP. and pulse.
11. slept through the first nite. didnt have anything to eat except some bread and soup which i had asked from the male nurse. else i'd die of hunger instead of my chest infection. had one iv drip and a huge antibiotic that was pumped straight into me veins.
12. woke up and surveyed the room.i had a patientline tv. which costed me about 3.50 for 24 hours of tv which i didnt subscribe till 4 pm in the afternoon cos they told me then i wasnt going home again. ugh. nite 2.
13. they forgot my breakfast. so i had to ask from the nurse. i can't walk out to get food as they say i'm potentially infectious.
14. food finally came. some 4 toasts and butter and marmalade.
15. then a whole group of students(i think one of the med students looked quite cute.didnt get the number.was i supposed to?!?! ) with some doctors came in. i felt like a guinea pig. experimental subject. ( incidentally, i felt like i was in HOUSE md.)
16. checked me. and told me i'd have to wait for the results of my sputum.phlegm.spit test to be out. if negative for TB. then can go.
17. then another 2 docs came in to gimme skin test. ( for tb as well)
18. oh well. enjoyed my lunch. then dinner. then my boss and colleagues visited me.
19. second nite was okays. i watched telly till 1 am then fell asleep.
20. had breakfast.
21. i was told by doc i could go. great.
22. packed and was ready to leave by lunch time.
23. cycled home at about 3pm friday afternoon. slowly. lol.
24. reached home.
%"£^"%$&^£^*£^%&%$ my mini- fridge went kaput. lucky it was just a fuse.
^£"$%"$£%"£$&^"%$^$£%& my radiator heater was leaking water. no wonder my room smelt wet. ugh.
and amazingly it was 2 am at nite b4 i discovered the water. then lucky i had my spanner and screwed the bastard back properly.
then it stopped leaking. the carpet dried up pretty quick after that.
right. so in all these events. what did i find out...
it was one sodding unlucky week for me.
lol.
hope this week would be better. need to remind my boss i need one more day off on monday next week as i'm off to paris.
right. that's it for today. too long can't remember much things
note: hospital food tastes ok IF am very hungry. else not really good.
i walked to the NHS walk-in clinic. they directed me to the hospital. i went to the hospital shortly b4 work was finished. wheeled my bike there. locked it..
that was all i remembered.
reliving the ordeal-
1. walked in to the A&E. told them i was coughing blood and the receptionist gave me a mask that looked like a duck bill. and requested that i put it on immediately.
2. they guided me into the other waiting room.
3. waited for a nurse to check me. BP and all.
4. went to a cubicle and waited for a few hours in there b4 i heard the dreaded u're not going home today. had ECG of my heart.
5. saw a few mixture of doctors. 1 final year med student. 2 male docs. and a female ID doc.
6. got a few needles poked in me. ( something left for the IV drip)
7. they took like at least 6 bottles of blood from me. ( well, tubes maybe)
8. got wheeled up the ward to my private room (even had a ensuite) just like on tv. they even had the handles on the bed.stretcher.wateverumacallit.
9. got into the room. met a nurse called anna. dunno can't remember her face. i was in pain. feverish. had another ECG.
10. they took my temperature. BP. and pulse.
11. slept through the first nite. didnt have anything to eat except some bread and soup which i had asked from the male nurse. else i'd die of hunger instead of my chest infection. had one iv drip and a huge antibiotic that was pumped straight into me veins.
12. woke up and surveyed the room.i had a patientline tv. which costed me about 3.50 for 24 hours of tv which i didnt subscribe till 4 pm in the afternoon cos they told me then i wasnt going home again. ugh. nite 2.
13. they forgot my breakfast. so i had to ask from the nurse. i can't walk out to get food as they say i'm potentially infectious.
14. food finally came. some 4 toasts and butter and marmalade.
15. then a whole group of students(i think one of the med students looked quite cute.didnt get the number.was i supposed to?!?! ) with some doctors came in. i felt like a guinea pig. experimental subject. ( incidentally, i felt like i was in HOUSE md.)
16. checked me. and told me i'd have to wait for the results of my sputum.phlegm.spit test to be out. if negative for TB. then can go.
17. then another 2 docs came in to gimme skin test. ( for tb as well)
18. oh well. enjoyed my lunch. then dinner. then my boss and colleagues visited me.
19. second nite was okays. i watched telly till 1 am then fell asleep.
20. had breakfast.
21. i was told by doc i could go. great.
22. packed and was ready to leave by lunch time.
23. cycled home at about 3pm friday afternoon. slowly. lol.
24. reached home.
%"£^"%$&^£^*£^%&%$ my mini- fridge went kaput. lucky it was just a fuse.
^£"$%"$£%"£$&^"%$^$£%& my radiator heater was leaking water. no wonder my room smelt wet. ugh.
and amazingly it was 2 am at nite b4 i discovered the water. then lucky i had my spanner and screwed the bastard back properly.
then it stopped leaking. the carpet dried up pretty quick after that.
right. so in all these events. what did i find out...
it was one sodding unlucky week for me.
lol.
hope this week would be better. need to remind my boss i need one more day off on monday next week as i'm off to paris.
right. that's it for today. too long can't remember much things
note: hospital food tastes ok IF am very hungry. else not really good.
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the hypertension thingy .. have to go see my GP for more medicine when it runs out in 22++ days time.