Re: Back Again!!! for Diane

[Guest guest]

>>I hadn't even gotten my machine, and she had no idea which

one I would be getting. She just said, " it's not that hard, just read

the instructions and call the 800 # on the box if you have any

problems. That may not sound like much, but I was getting this

plus my home PCA instructions and new med schedule all

thrown at me at once trying to get me discharged to my

apartment alone. I was a basket case by the time it was all over.

Diane H

TN State Rep

Diane,

Your confusion and muddled mind with all that going on at once

is understandable! I wonder why they do it that way? That's

exactly what happened to me the morning I was discharged after

my DKA, the nurse was in the room trying to teach me how to

inject myself and said she wouldn't leave until I practiced on an

orange and proved I could do it. Meanwhile, my lunch was sitting

in the corridor, getting cold, and I was starving. Another nurse

popped in with all these medication schedules, and the

nutritionist was there trying to tell me what to eat now that I had

diabetes. There was a myriad of information being thrown at me

from all directions and no time to absorb it!

So I said, the heck with this " inject the orange " business, and I

took the syringe, grabbed a pinch of loose skin on my leg (I didn't

have any fat to work with at 105 pounds, haha, stuck the needle

in and pushed the plunger. On the way home in the car, I went

over the bundle of instructions and papers and couldn't

remember a thing of what they'd told me! Fortunately Bob had

been in the room and was able to remember all everything.

I'm glad you had some friends who were able to get you all

straightened out.

With hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

South Carolina

SC and SE Regional Representative

PAI, Intl.

Note: All comments or advice are personal opinion only, and

should not be substituted for professional medical consultation.

[Guest guest]

>>I hadn't even gotten my machine, and she had no idea which

one I would be getting. She just said, " it's not that hard, just read

the instructions and call the 800 # on the box if you have any

problems. That may not sound like much, but I was getting this

plus my home PCA instructions and new med schedule all

thrown at me at once trying to get me discharged to my

apartment alone. I was a basket case by the time it was all over.

Diane H

TN State Rep

Diane,

Your confusion and muddled mind with all that going on at once

is understandable! I wonder why they do it that way? That's

exactly what happened to me the morning I was discharged after

my DKA, the nurse was in the room trying to teach me how to

inject myself and said she wouldn't leave until I practiced on an

orange and proved I could do it. Meanwhile, my lunch was sitting

in the corridor, getting cold, and I was starving. Another nurse

popped in with all these medication schedules, and the

nutritionist was there trying to tell me what to eat now that I had

diabetes. There was a myriad of information being thrown at me

from all directions and no time to absorb it!

So I said, the heck with this " inject the orange " business, and I

took the syringe, grabbed a pinch of loose skin on my leg (I didn't

have any fat to work with at 105 pounds, haha, stuck the needle

in and pushed the plunger. On the way home in the car, I went

over the bundle of instructions and papers and couldn't

remember a thing of what they'd told me! Fortunately Bob had

been in the room and was able to remember all everything.

I'm glad you had some friends who were able to get you all

straightened out.

With hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

South Carolina

SC and SE Regional Representative

PAI, Intl.

Note: All comments or advice are personal opinion only, and

should not be substituted for professional medical consultation.