>----- Original Message -----
From: "Jean Long" <creative@enter.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
<adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 3:16 AM
Subject: Karla- teaching hospitals
> Karla,
> That is what I hate about the teaching hospitals. The residents could kill
> you learning!!
> When I went to the one in Philly I wasn't impressed with my care AT
> ALL.......nothing like the smaller hospitals where I live!!
> They spend all their time talking to the resident and it is like you
aren't
> even there.
> If you are lucky "maybe" you can catch something he says to the resident
so
> you have "some" information about your case!!
>
> I was even almost taken for the wrong surgery and had to be taken back to
> the holding room when it was discovered! I could write a book about my
> experiences there.
> My experiences at that hospital were not good memories at all!
>
> I feel they made my hip even worse than it was before.
> Now I am totally missing 3" to 4" of my bone, and also have allot of bone
> loss where there is bone remaining due to the extra large prosthesis they
> put in compared to what I had before (and I am not a big person). There is
> even a bone fragment in there now for some reason.
> I also now have great difficulty lifting that leg while laying on my side
> and can't lift it very far, and didn't before. The new surgeon is
concerned
> about that!
>
> I really wonder if my surgeon did the surgeries or if the resident really
> did!!
>
> JEAN
>
> "OLD" IS WHEN..... Your sweetie says, "Let's go upstairs and make love,"
and
> you answer,
> "Pick one, I can't do both!"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org]On Behalf
> Of Karla
> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 3:51 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
> Subject: Re: Cindy & Karla- central lines
>
> It is a dangerous procedure. When I have them done in Milwaukee they take
> me to ICU to do it...and they always do a chest x-ray following it. Here
in
> my local hospital one doctor does it right in the room...but he is the
best
> when it comes to doing it....very little pain at all. I had one done once
> in Milwaukee where my surgeon was teaching residents how to do it. The
> resident hit an artery instead of a vein. The blood came blasting out
> shooting up into my ear and all over. I was so scared. It definitely had
> the surgeon going too.
>
> Karla
>