Another Unofficial Chatterbox Thread- Everyone is Welcome!

[staley7580]

or just stare back...once we were shopping and we had my nephew with us who was 3...he had an illness that required a balloon be put under his scalp and every week they would fill it to make more room between his skull and scalp...well he had it done before and it was something he had to have surgery for many times to take care of it..(i think it was nevis or something) some young couple walked by and called him zipper head. My sister in law took off after them, and my family took off after her...I just sood there hoping she got atleast one swing at them...

Hell yeah!

 

[Mkgaapril]

I did, I grabbed my nephew out a popsicle from the grocery bag to try and bribe him to quit crying because he knew they made fun of him and then I leaned on the cart and watched...it was ugly...but I have to say, I would have caught them sooner...

 

[funnygarcia]

had to go beat the Pure Flow machine ( machine that makes the diasylate). I've only watched hubby do this one step, wasn't sure what to do next.. meanwhile the machine is beeping "CONNECT LINES"

fine!

But tell me which ones!!

Looks at book: "connect the tubing with light blue clamps to... "

But but.. there are no light blue clamps, they are all the same color.. DARK blue.

Who writes these things anyway? Some dork who will never have to use the machine in real life.

And why must they have the computer connection (similar to a phone jack clip) in a tight spot, that you can not see when your hand is in there trying to find the slot..


and get this the slot...

is at an angle.


Total design flaw
I feel like this now


I must have done okay, it hasn't beeped to complain.... yet.

 

[sameyeyam]

or just stare back...once we were shopping and we had my nephew with us who was 3...he had an illness that required a balloon be put under his scalp and every week they would fill it to make more room between his skull and scalp...well he had it done before and it was something he had to have surgery for many times to take care of it..(i think it was nevis or something) some young couple walked by and called him zipper head. My sister in law took off after them, and my family took off after her...I just sood there hoping she got atleast one swing at them...

You really have to wonder about people sometimes don't you?

 

[Mkgaapril]

Funny, just talk nice to the machine

 

[Mkgaapril]

yes when he was born, he had this circle patch of red hair, and it was very thick...it looked like a little hat....I wish I could remember the name of it.

 

[sameyeyam]

had to go beat the Pure Flow machine ( machine that makes the diasylate). I've only watched hubby do this one step, wasn't sure what to do next.. meanwhile the machine is beeping "CONNECT LINES"

fine!

But tell me which ones!!

Looks at book: "connect the tubing with light blue clamps to... "

But but.. there are no light blue clamps, they are all the same color.. DARK blue.

Who writes these things anyway? Some dork who will never have to use the machine in real life.

And why must they have the computer connection (similar to a phone jack clip) in a tight spot, that you can not see when your hand is in there trying to find the slot..


and get this the slot...

is at an angle.


Total design flaw
I feel like this now


I must have done okay, it hasn't beeped to complain.... yet.

It's good that you have a medical background. I tell you I was always freaking when my chemo machines were beeping. Not only that I was totally paranoid that they were going to give me someone else's chemo and kill me. That stuff's poison, it's mixed for your body weight and if you get the wrong stuff it could kill you.

So even though they checked names, asked me my name, etc...I alway made them show me the bag so I could make sure it was the correct medication. I don't care what the sticky label the pharmacist stuck on it was(they can make mistakes too)...I made them peel off the pharmacy label a couple of times so I could read the mfg. label. I had already done my research and knew the name of the chemo I was getting. One time before she even hung up the bag I yelled "that's not my chemo!". She laughed and said I know...it's just saline...we are very busy today, so a nurse will be starting your line and running IV saline solution thru it...the pharmacist is running behind and still mixing your chemo...we just want to get your line in first. Whew!

Wow, I bet those nurses thought I was a total fruitcake!

 

[sameyeyam]

And they never did take me up on my suggestion to put a couple of treadmill machines in the chemo room. Granted most of the people were dying of cancer in that room and could barely walk. But for those of us that were intent on beating cancer...I think it would have been nice to have something to do other than sit in a chair and read, watch the rain or tv. BORING! The most excitement you got was going to the bathroom and seeing peach colored pee.

 

[staley7580]

Okay dokey.. Time for my parent teacher conference.. Oh BOY!

 

[sameyeyam]

Okay dokey.. Time for my parent teacher conference.. Oh BOY!

I used to think those were so important...now I make excuses to get out of them.

 

[Mkgaapril]

if your child is being good, and learning everything in school, tell them it is all because of you...

if he is being bad, and lazy, tell them you are really his aunt...

 

[sameyeyam]

So am I nieve in thinking that that I have even the tiniest, slimmest, glimmer of hope chance of getting a Wii Fit for xmas?

 

[Mkgaapril]

I used to think those were so important...now I make excuses to get out of them.

I am with ya sam, I just sent an email, and said I can't make it are there any problems....and the response was, everything is fine...

ok, call me up when there is a problem...

 

[funnygarcia]

It's good that you have a medical background. I tell you I was always freaking when my chemo machines were beeping. Not only that I was totally paranoid that they were going to give me someone else's chemo and kill me. That stuff's poison, it's mixed for your body weight and if you get the wrong stuff it could kill you.

So even though they checked names, asked me my name, etc...I alway made them show me the bag so I could make sure it was the correct medication. I don't care what the sticky label the pharmacist stuck on it was(they can make mistakes too)...I made them peel off the pharmacy label a couple of times so I could read the mfg. label. I had already done my research and knew the name of the chemo I was getting. One time before she even hung up the bag I yelled "that's not my chemo!". She laughed and said I know...it's just saline...we are very busy today, so a nurse will be starting your line and running IV saline solution thru it...the pharmacist is running behind and still mixing your chemo...we just want to get your line in first. Whew!

Wow, I bet those nurses thought I was a total fruitcake!

Nope, sounds like a well informed patient.

In dialysis centers they reuse the dialyzer "kidney" several times. They have techs that do the cleaning and testing to reset for the next treatment.

I've read horror stories of techs not checking names/labels.. and using a "kidney" on the wrong person. Scary if that other person is positive for Hep B or other blood borne disease. It may be cleansed for reuse but that's not a guarentee that every molecule has been removed from the membrane.

There was also a time when the cleaning solution used was not properly rinsed out, hundreds of patients died.

Now they do a test strip at chair side to confirm the "kidney" was properly cleaned.

A well informed patient asks to see their name on the "kidney" and watches the tech plot numbers into the machine.

 

[sameyeyam]

I am with ya sam, I just sent an email, and said I can't make it are there any problems....and the response was, everything is fine...

ok, call me up when there is a problem...

DH and I call them the Dog & Pony Shows. Our school has student led conferences...they make the students stand there and show you their work and tell you what they have been doing.

Last couple of years I called the principal and complained. Told him that if I wanted to hear my child regurgitate what I ask them every night when I clean out their backpack, then I would just save myself a trip.

However, they still do the student led conferences. So I got smart last year. I quit taking the kids!!! I told the teachers I didn't believe in Student Led Conferences and then they had to sit there and tell me honestly how my child was doing.

Our schools use email and the internet alot. I can look at their grades online every day and send emails to their teachers if there is a problem.

 

[funnygarcia]

And they never did take me up on my suggestion to put a couple of treadmill machines in the chemo room.

They do that at some dialysis centers, its suppose to help the bllod pull better. But most just want to lie back and sleep.

I used to think those were so important...now I make excuses to get out of them.

So am I nieve in thinking that that I have even the tiniest, slimmest, glimmer of hope chance of getting a Wii Fit for xmas?

nieve? You've been hanging out with me too much.
hmmm, like Dizzy, you might have more of a chance in a smaller community or area that is in lower income bracket. I haven't noticed any on shelves here, but bigger city.. more people.
Now if I go to Lake street in Mpls, North Mpls or frogtown area of St Paul... chances are I might find one. heck I found tons of clearance in those areas-- oddly enough.

 

[sameyeyam]

Nope, sounds like a well informed patient.

In dialysis centers they reuse the dialyzer "kidney" several times. They have techs that do the cleaning and testing to reset for the next treatment.

I've read horror stories of techs not checking names/labels.. and using a "kidney" on the wrong person. Scary if that other person is positive for Hep B or other blood borne disease. It may be cleansed for reuse but that's not a guarentee that every molecule has been removed from the membrane.

There was also a time when the cleaning solution used was not properly rinsed out, hundreds of patients died.

Now they do a test strip at chair side to confirm the "kidney" was properly cleaned.

A well informed patient asks to see their name on the "kidney" and watches the tech plot numbers into the machine.

I guess when you have an illness you learn to watch out for yourself. I don't blame the medical personnel, accidents and mistakes do happen despite the best intentions.

Although I did have to laugh when they had me take a Sharpie and mark which breast I wanted removed during my mastectomy. I told the nurse...if they can't tell the difference then I don't want anyone that stupid operating on me. My cancerous breast was completely black and blue and looked like a giant bruise. When they did the biopsy, it caused it to hemmorage so there was no mistaking that one!

 

[Mkgaapril]

DH and I call them the Dog & Pony Shows. Our school has student led conferences...they make the students stand there and show you their work and tell you what they have been doing.

Last couple of years I called the principal and complained. Told him that if I wanted to hear my child regurgitate what I ask them every night when I clean out their backpack, then I would just save myself a trip.

However, they still do the student led conferences. So I got smart last year. I quit taking the kids!!! I told the teachers I didn't believe in Student Led Conferences and then they had to sit there and tell me honestly how my child was doing.

Our schools use email and the internet alot. I can look at their grades online every day and send emails to their teachers if there is a problem.

I know, I guess they really should do the confrence's for the little guys, but the older ones I think email and phone work just fine...lolol, we had one 2 years ago and the teachers all complained about my middle one..they said he was to quiet...DH was sick of hearing it at the end with the next to last teacher...he was like, is he disrespetful?, are his grades good (A student by the way), is he talking out in class causing a disruption? Well they were like no he is very good...DH told them, then call me when he is bad..you complain when they talk to much and make bad grades, and now you are complaining when they are quiet and do their work...(Idiot)

 

[funnygarcia]

DH and I call them the Dog & Pony Shows. Our school has student led conferences...they make the students stand there and show you their work and tell you what they have been doing.

Our schools use email and the internet alot. I can look at their grades online every day and send emails to their teachers if there is a problem.

yep and yep, same here.
I didn't bother signing up for J, he's the good student-- procastinator like his dad-- grrr, but good.

N on the other hand.. I watch like a hawk. He doesn't tell me much, besides it's good to make him squirm a bit when he reflects on the fact that he hasn't been doing his best. yep, mean mommie but maybe he will learn to apply himself a tiny bit more.

 

[sameyeyam]

They do that at some dialysis centers, its suppose to help the bllod pull better. But most just want to lie back and sleep.





nieve? You've been hanging out with me too much.
hmmm, like Dizzy, you might have more of a chance in a smaller community or area that is in lower income bracket. I haven't noticed any on shelves here, but bigger city.. more people.
Now if I go to Lake street in Mpls, North Mpls or frogtown area of St Paul... chances are I might find one. heck I found tons of clearance in those areas-- oddly enough.

I knew I spelled that wrong, I was just to lazy to look it up and was hoping that no one would notice. So now I know that naive is spelled naive! Unless of course I was talking about nieve...the spanish word for snow.