Guest guest Posted May 9, 2003 Report Share Posted May 9, 2003 In a message dated 5/9/03 9:35:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time, kaye53155@... writes: > It just hit a nerve with me! > Hi Kaye, Yes I saw the show and I picked up on the CP part. Well, it looks like the writers depicted behavior of a drug seeker rather than an actual patient of CP. Those of us with CP will suffer an increment from friends and acquaintances from this story. Ow well, too bad for us, maybe we will get better treatment next time, but, not bloody likely. Best wishes, Poncho - GA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2003 Report Share Posted May 9, 2003 Kaye, I too saw the ER episode and was disturbed by the chronic pancreatitis patient portrayal. I didn't catch the names of the Watergate guys though. I think the point was that it was so busy that someone could get away with something like that,(the names and requests for pain meds for 2 totally diferent things by the same guy on 2 different shifts) and not a stab at chronic pancreatitis patients. I was tempted to somehow contact them and ask to do a more realistic portrayal,but I'm not sure how...or if it would matter. Have a good weekend!! Diane H TN State Rep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2003 Report Share Posted May 10, 2003 Can someone PLEASE tell me what your talking about with this ER episode. I wasn't feeling well that night and took a whole sleeping pill and missed the show. I would love to know what happened that has everyone up in arms. Thanks, Sandy Diane wrote: >Kaye, > >I too saw the ER episode and was disturbed by the chronic >pancreatitis patient portrayal. I didn't catch the names of the >Watergate guys though. I think the point was that it was so busy that >someone could get away with something like that,(the names and >requests for pain meds for 2 totally diferent things by the same guy >on 2 different shifts) and not a stab at chronic pancreatitis >patients. I was tempted to somehow contact them and ask to do a more >realistic portrayal,but I'm not sure how...or if it would matter. > >Have a good weekend!! > >Diane H >TN State Rep > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2003 Report Share Posted May 10, 2003 Can someone PLEASE tell me what your talking about with this ER episode. I wasn't feeling well that night and took a whole sleeping pill and missed the show. I would love to know what happened that has everyone up in arms. Thanks, Sandy Diane wrote: >Kaye, > >I too saw the ER episode and was disturbed by the chronic >pancreatitis patient portrayal. I didn't catch the names of the >Watergate guys though. I think the point was that it was so busy that >someone could get away with something like that,(the names and >requests for pain meds for 2 totally diferent things by the same guy >on 2 different shifts) and not a stab at chronic pancreatitis >patients. I was tempted to somehow contact them and ask to do a more >realistic portrayal,but I'm not sure how...or if it would matter. > >Have a good weekend!! > >Diane H >TN State Rep > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2003 Report Share Posted May 10, 2003 you must not have read Kaye's message from yesterday? I have copied it and wiil paste it here for you... Jeannine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi all! Did anybody see last nights episode of ER? This was a particularly crazy episode where everything went nuts. There is a guy running around in the ER with a wheechair telling the docs he has chronic pancreatitis and needs Demerol! You had to really listen or you would miss it. Anyway, long story short, they blow him off of course. Another scene shows him in a bed asking for 150 mg of Demerol (a large dose to say the least) they give him 125 and tell him to go to a pain management guy. He gives his name as " Dean " . Next scene he is in another bed giving his name as " Haldeman " and telling them he has " back problems " hasn't been to the chiropractor yet and needs 150 mg of Demerol. Again he gets 125 and advice to go to pain management. My point being, ok so they have discovered the disesae of CP but I don't like the way it was portrayed. I am going to check the site at NBC on the internet and if there is a place I am going to send an E-mail about all this and thought you all would like to also. Obviously we all need to be recognized but not this way. They need to know this is a REAL and horrible disease not to be taken lightly like this. I am sure this was all in ignorance but isn't ignorance about the disease what we would like to stop? BTW weren't Dean and H. R. Haldeman in the Watergate thingee or something? That part cracked me up. It just hit a nerve with me! Take care all Kaye ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Can someone PLEASE tell me what your talking about with this ER episode. > >Diane H > >TN State Rep > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2003 Report Share Posted May 10, 2003 you must not have read Kaye's message from yesterday? I have copied it and wiil paste it here for you... Jeannine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi all! Did anybody see last nights episode of ER? This was a particularly crazy episode where everything went nuts. There is a guy running around in the ER with a wheechair telling the docs he has chronic pancreatitis and needs Demerol! You had to really listen or you would miss it. Anyway, long story short, they blow him off of course. Another scene shows him in a bed asking for 150 mg of Demerol (a large dose to say the least) they give him 125 and tell him to go to a pain management guy. He gives his name as " Dean " . Next scene he is in another bed giving his name as " Haldeman " and telling them he has " back problems " hasn't been to the chiropractor yet and needs 150 mg of Demerol. Again he gets 125 and advice to go to pain management. My point being, ok so they have discovered the disesae of CP but I don't like the way it was portrayed. I am going to check the site at NBC on the internet and if there is a place I am going to send an E-mail about all this and thought you all would like to also. Obviously we all need to be recognized but not this way. They need to know this is a REAL and horrible disease not to be taken lightly like this. I am sure this was all in ignorance but isn't ignorance about the disease what we would like to stop? BTW weren't Dean and H. R. Haldeman in the Watergate thingee or something? That part cracked me up. It just hit a nerve with me! Take care all Kaye ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Can someone PLEASE tell me what your talking about with this ER episode. > >Diane H > >TN State Rep > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2003 Report Share Posted May 11, 2003 In a message dated 5/11/03 1:00:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jang33071@... writes: > PS Dean & Haldeman were Nixon's buddies who were VERY involved in the > Watergate coverup. > Hi Jang, your comment just reminds me we both might be getting a little too old for this stuff. Best wishes, Poncho - GA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2003 Report Share Posted May 11, 2003 > Hi all! > > Did anybody see last nights episode of ER? This was a particularly > crazy episode where everything went nuts. There is a guy running > around in the ER with a wheechair telling the docs he has chronic > pancreatitis and needs Demerol! You had to really listen or you > would miss it. Anyway, long story short, they blow him off of > course. > > Another scene shows him in a bed asking for 150 mg of Demerol (a > large dose to say the least) they give him 125 and tell him to go to a pain management guy. He gives his name as " Dean " . > > Next scene he is in another bed giving his name as " Haldeman " and > telling them he has " back problems " hasn't been to the chiropractor > yet and needs 150 mg of Demerol. Again he gets 125 and advice to go to pain management. > > My point being, ok so they have discovered the disesae of CP but I > don't like the way it was portrayed. I am going to check the site > at NBC on the internet and if there is a place I am going to send an E-mail about all this and thought you all would like to also. > BTW weren't Dean and H. R. Haldeman in the Watergate thingee or something? That part cracked me up. It just hit a nerve with me! > > Take care all > > Kaye -----Hi Kaye. I was also watching ER last Thursday night, but saw most of the show through a red haze. I was off the wall furious! A brief mention of chronic pancreatitis & then showing the patient as an obvious drug-seeker. They didn't show the patient as being in any obvious distress .... no puking, no sweat pouring off him or chills,no running to the bathroom with diarrhea. He was tooling around in a wheelchair, without every bump sending him sky-high with pain. This assumption that we are drug-seekers is exactly the attitude we have to fight against every time we go to the ER. GRRRRRRRR You're right - we have to let the network know that they have ticked off a large group of people who are having enough of a tough time getting decent pain management without having the slanderous charge of drug-seeking broadcast nationally. Another angry letter-writer, jang PS Dean & Haldeman were Nixon's buddies who were VERY involved in the Watergate coverup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2003 Report Share Posted May 11, 2003 > Hi all! > > Did anybody see last nights episode of ER? This was a particularly > crazy episode where everything went nuts. There is a guy running > around in the ER with a wheechair telling the docs he has chronic > pancreatitis and needs Demerol! You had to really listen or you > would miss it. Anyway, long story short, they blow him off of > course. > > Another scene shows him in a bed asking for 150 mg of Demerol (a > large dose to say the least) they give him 125 and tell him to go to a pain management guy. He gives his name as " Dean " . > > Next scene he is in another bed giving his name as " Haldeman " and > telling them he has " back problems " hasn't been to the chiropractor > yet and needs 150 mg of Demerol. Again he gets 125 and advice to go to pain management. > > My point being, ok so they have discovered the disesae of CP but I > don't like the way it was portrayed. I am going to check the site > at NBC on the internet and if there is a place I am going to send an E-mail about all this and thought you all would like to also. > BTW weren't Dean and H. R. Haldeman in the Watergate thingee or something? That part cracked me up. It just hit a nerve with me! > > Take care all > > Kaye -----Hi Kaye. I was also watching ER last Thursday night, but saw most of the show through a red haze. I was off the wall furious! A brief mention of chronic pancreatitis & then showing the patient as an obvious drug-seeker. They didn't show the patient as being in any obvious distress .... no puking, no sweat pouring off him or chills,no running to the bathroom with diarrhea. He was tooling around in a wheelchair, without every bump sending him sky-high with pain. This assumption that we are drug-seekers is exactly the attitude we have to fight against every time we go to the ER. GRRRRRRRR You're right - we have to let the network know that they have ticked off a large group of people who are having enough of a tough time getting decent pain management without having the slanderous charge of drug-seeking broadcast nationally. Another angry letter-writer, jang PS Dean & Haldeman were Nixon's buddies who were VERY involved in the Watergate coverup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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