discussion Enforced hospital stay

[Tim Marlow]

Far be it from me to want to scare anyone Tim, I was only relating my own experience with "Apixaban" since being diagnosed with congestive heart failure
some years ago. I remember complaining to my doc about the fact that almost any contact with any thing sharp or edgy against my arms or legs
precipitated a "tear" as opposed to a scrape or scratch and also the fact that they bled for days. Not a good situation for someone who worked with chainsaws
and scrambling through brush and brambles plus working on equipment.

My doc told me "welcome to the world of blood thinners, would you rather have a stroke?" Not much of a bedside manner with this one, but I like and trust him.

Speaking of an embarrassing episode, we were at a BBQ and I was having a grand old time sucking on some fresh little necks (clams)
while waiting for the giant rib eyes that were on the hoof that very morning, these babies never even got near a refrigerator.
I noticed some blood on my napkin while eating the clams. It seems a shell edge must have nicked the inside of my lip...never even felt it.
Well it would not stop bleeding no matter what.....we had to leave! Man was I ever pissed!

My host did insist that we take two of the uncooked steaks with us out of pity, I'm a proud man and don't cotton to no charity
but if you saw those steaks you would have broke as I did.:hungry:
Glad to hear your skin has not been deleteriously effected, we're all different I guess.

Jim.

Hi Jim
Didn’t mean to cast aspersions on your experiences. Could be that your drug and my drug act differently, they are for slightly different conditions after all…..we’re both lucky really. Twenty years ago they would have had us on rat poison…..
Bedside manner isn’t great with some of these guys is it. I remember shuffling into the consulting room, stopping every few steps to catch my breath and leaning heavily on a stick because of the intense pain in my left leg and the specialist greeted me by saying “I’m surprised to see you walking so well after what I’ve just seen”………not an approach that builds confidence is it :thumb2:

 

[grumpa]

Hi Jim
Didn’t mean to cast aspersions on your experiences. Could be that your drug and my drug act differently, they are for slightly different conditions after all…..we’re both lucky really. Twenty years ago they would have had us on rat poison…..
Bedside manner isn’t great with some of these guys is it. I remember shuffling into the consulting room, stopping every few steps to catch my breath and leaning heavily on a stick because of the intense pain in my left leg and the specialist greeted me by saying “I’m surprised to see you walking so well after what I’ve just seen”………not an approach that builds confidence is it :thumb2:

No worries my friend, I also suffer from degenerative disc disease,(lucky me) after seeing my MRIs the nuerosurgeon said "What! no wheelchair?, no walker?, no cane? wow, good for you!":confounded:

 

[Tim Marlow]

I sometimes think they must take a module at med school called “Empathy and how to avoid it” LOL……

 

[Mini Me]

No worries my friend, I also suffer from degenerative disc disease,(lucky me) after seeing my MRIs the nuerosurgeon said "What! no wheelchair?, no walker?, no cane? wow, good for you!":confounded:

'ats cuz yer one tuff Hombre Jim!!