home
is a loaded word just now.
I've been in the hospital for the last four days - misdiagnosed with a heart attack based on a single lab test. I went in on sunday night with a mild asthma attack and they kept me, did a 'heart cath' which found no damage and only one slightly occluded blood vessel which required no stent or angioplasty. after that test was made to lay still for five hours - was left laying on a bedpan for 20 minutes (after I rang for a nurse, etc) before I took myself off of it - had to change my own bed linens, find a clean gown for myself, my meals were sent wrong consistently - with plenty of sugars (juices, etc) for a DIABETIC. after the most recent fuckup this morning I gave them time to call the doctor to release me and after no action I dressed myself and walked the fuck out.
I feel like I was in "health jail" - I don't know what the repercussions of all this will be but I NEED to be back at work this week simply to make enough to pay my fucking bills. I was sick of being treated as a condition and not as a person.
this is ranty and disjointed but I left the hospital only two hours ago and I'm still shaking and pissed and hurt and upset.
I just wanted to let anyone who cared know why I haven't been around.
I've been in the hospital for the last four days - misdiagnosed with a heart attack based on a single lab test. I went in on sunday night with a mild asthma attack and they kept me, did a 'heart cath' which found no damage and only one slightly occluded blood vessel which required no stent or angioplasty. after that test was made to lay still for five hours - was left laying on a bedpan for 20 minutes (after I rang for a nurse, etc) before I took myself off of it - had to change my own bed linens, find a clean gown for myself, my meals were sent wrong consistently - with plenty of sugars (juices, etc) for a DIABETIC. after the most recent fuckup this morning I gave them time to call the doctor to release me and after no action I dressed myself and walked the fuck out.
I feel like I was in "health jail" - I don't know what the repercussions of all this will be but I NEED to be back at work this week simply to make enough to pay my fucking bills. I was sick of being treated as a condition and not as a person.
this is ranty and disjointed but I left the hospital only two hours ago and I'm still shaking and pissed and hurt and upset.
I just wanted to let anyone who cared know why I haven't been around.