Back from the hospital
Jan. 10th, 2005 12:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eveglassJust got back from a four-hour annoyance ordeal at the hospital. Read my words: I. Hate. Athsma.
I'll post this weekend's excitement later when I'm not so tired. In the meantime, my four-hour hospital timeline:
7:00 pm - arrive, see triage nurse, get sent to the "blue" emergency ward
7:45 - see doctor, get pills (Benadril and Prednazone). Doctor says I'll get my first inhaler in a minute and that I'll get another dose an hour after.
8:00 - see inhalation specialist. Get first inhaler (ventaline and something else)
8:15 - get supper at second cup because cafeteria is closed: hot chocloate and an almond croissant
9:20 - get second inhaler (just ventaline) with inhalation specialist
9:45 - see doctor, do lung function test: I'm breathing at 44%
10:40 - see inhalation specialist, get third inhaler (ventaline)
10:45 - finish the only book I brought with me
11:00 - see doctor, do lung funciton test: I'm breathing at 50%
11:15 - get paper and pen to stave off boredom (unsuccessfully)
11:35 - see new inhalation specialist (first finished her shift), get fourth inhaler (ventaline). She says she'll try to be back in an hour to do another breathing test.
12:00 - see doctor, do lung function test: still breathine at 50%. Regardless, he says I can go home
12:05 - doctor gives me a perscription for prednazone for 4 days, ventaline, flovent, and (mostly due to my pestering) a renewal for my bricanyl.
12:20 - get home.
I hate doctors who give conflicting information. I truly do. The first doctor I had (several years ago) when I got athsma told me that he wasn't giving me ventaline because 1) there were some weird side effects and doctors had mostly stopped perscribing it, 2) it's hard to time the inhalation and the press on the inhaler so that most of the medicine winds up in the back of the throat, not the lungs. This doctor said ventaline is fine, especially if I take it in the chamber (large, very conspicuous, and hard to transport when I don't have my backpack).
So I'm a druggie for the next little while. I missed several things I wanted to do this weekend. I inconvenienced at least 3 people. I hate athsma.
EDITED JAN 10: Make that 5 hours. I wasn't really in any condition to be counting last night, but 7-12 = 5 hours, not 4.
I'll post this weekend's excitement later when I'm not so tired. In the meantime, my four-hour hospital timeline:
7:00 pm - arrive, see triage nurse, get sent to the "blue" emergency ward
7:45 - see doctor, get pills (Benadril and Prednazone). Doctor says I'll get my first inhaler in a minute and that I'll get another dose an hour after.
8:00 - see inhalation specialist. Get first inhaler (ventaline and something else)
8:15 - get supper at second cup because cafeteria is closed: hot chocloate and an almond croissant
9:20 - get second inhaler (just ventaline) with inhalation specialist
9:45 - see doctor, do lung function test: I'm breathing at 44%
10:40 - see inhalation specialist, get third inhaler (ventaline)
10:45 - finish the only book I brought with me
11:00 - see doctor, do lung funciton test: I'm breathing at 50%
11:15 - get paper and pen to stave off boredom (unsuccessfully)
11:35 - see new inhalation specialist (first finished her shift), get fourth inhaler (ventaline). She says she'll try to be back in an hour to do another breathing test.
12:00 - see doctor, do lung function test: still breathine at 50%. Regardless, he says I can go home
12:05 - doctor gives me a perscription for prednazone for 4 days, ventaline, flovent, and (mostly due to my pestering) a renewal for my bricanyl.
12:20 - get home.
I hate doctors who give conflicting information. I truly do. The first doctor I had (several years ago) when I got athsma told me that he wasn't giving me ventaline because 1) there were some weird side effects and doctors had mostly stopped perscribing it, 2) it's hard to time the inhalation and the press on the inhaler so that most of the medicine winds up in the back of the throat, not the lungs. This doctor said ventaline is fine, especially if I take it in the chamber (large, very conspicuous, and hard to transport when I don't have my backpack).
So I'm a druggie for the next little while. I missed several things I wanted to do this weekend. I inconvenienced at least 3 people. I hate athsma.
EDITED JAN 10: Make that 5 hours. I wasn't really in any condition to be counting last night, but 7-12 = 5 hours, not 4.
