tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post2951719097044981681..comments2023-05-24T23:33:57.516+10:00Comments on My Unwelcome Stranger: A little vacationDenis Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-12202566182491914022013-07-20T16:11:23.801+10:002013-07-20T16:11:23.801+10:00I hate hospitals so am totally in sympathy with yo...I hate hospitals so am totally in sympathy with you. Though it's illogical of me I know, because where would we be without them - and those prepared to work in them. Yet still I have to psyche myself up to visit those unfortunate enough to be there. Having said that, I actually think it's easier to have one's most private functions and intimate body parts dealt with by strangers than those close to us. After all, those strangers are people you will never see again and, to them, you are just another patient and as someone else said on this posting...they've seen it all before! And it's their chosen profession, too, which is worth bearing in mind. And what Tracey said anyway. Not much consolation I know, dear Denis,but all I can offer! If they can bring the seizures under some sort of management that might bring you at least a degree of relief. For Tracey, too, not just because of the sheer round-the-clock care she gives but because dealing with something as unpredictable as seizures must be nerve-wracking as well as exhausting. Knowing you, you'll still manage to turn this hospital business into something to educate and even amuse the rest of us! (By the way, I liked the New Guinea "epistle" from Trish - let's face it, the only time you ever get praise for peeing and pooing is when you're in hospital so make the most of it!) Julie Lakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10268676551467882065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-91396211608591753732013-07-20T07:22:47.062+10:002013-07-20T07:22:47.062+10:00Hola
Soy de Colombia, y como cosas de Dios vi tu b...Hola<br />Soy de Colombia, y como cosas de Dios vi tu blog.. Sabes estoy en una etapa del camino que aunque estoy completamente sana exteriormente, estoy sufriendo mucho en mi interior. Pero ver como tu estas tan fuerte y tan esperanzado me sa mucha luz.. Sigue así sabes todos podemos cambiar el mundo y es increible como desde el otro extremo del planeta yo te pueda escribir y tu lo puedas ver. Sigue cambiando el mundo y mucha fuerza.. Desde acá orare por tí....Namaste 2013https://www.blogger.com/profile/09956908449676414556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-53534166075478144052013-07-20T05:48:38.862+10:002013-07-20T05:48:38.862+10:00This is my first pick in you blog, but from the ve...This is my first pick in you blog, but from the very few words I read, you captured me. I just hope God's grace enlightens you and Tracey, and gives you both rest and comfort. Be assured that there’s a whole bunch of us praying for you both, sending our best wishes and hugs toward you, guys... Even in the myriads of my little place, here in Colombia (South America). May your time in hospital be a lot less annoying than you expect. Those guys are right, you know? Medical staff do what they love, just keep flowing with them and all should be fine.LBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728998119591466985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-89617887537738652882013-07-19T23:37:50.455+10:002013-07-19T23:37:50.455+10:00Very best wishes. My recent vicarious experience o...Very best wishes. My recent vicarious experience of hospitals convinced me of their excellence (excepting ease of car parking which will be poor Tracey's problem).I hope you find the staff as excellent and caring as I saw and experienced them. Anne P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-84615588628073681972013-07-19T19:05:51.526+10:002013-07-19T19:05:51.526+10:00Agree with the above wishes, and hoping this provi...Agree with the above wishes, and hoping this provides some well-earned respite for both you and Tracey. Again, inadequate words, offered sincerely to both of you.<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-2341306297843622892013-07-19T17:16:01.565+10:002013-07-19T17:16:01.565+10:00P.S. I've also been at the other end of the ca...P.S. I've also been at the other end of the caring - thought this little excerpt from when I had almost fatal malaria and was on my second blood transfusion in a bush hospital in the West Sepik of PNG:<br />"The transfusion would take seven hours, but in the middle of it, one of the student nurses came in. “Sori tru, doctor i likim urine sample. Mi helpim yu.” She gripped the rusty stand with the blood bag and loops of tubing in one hand, and held onto me with the other as we tottered to the toilet cubicle, where, not surprisingly, I was unable to perform. She stood beside me, changing hands when her arm grew tired holding the weight of the stand above her head, giggling while repeating: “Traim tasol, yu mas pispis...traim moa pispis.” I was soon giggling as much as she was and eventually, our mission accomplished, we swayed and teetered back to the small side ward."<br />Just pispis when you're told, Denis and they won't give you too hard a time :)Trish Nicholsonhttp://www.trishnicholsonwordsinthetreehouse.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-65087070423898764502013-07-19T16:42:45.419+10:002013-07-19T16:42:45.419+10:00Good to see you have settled into your holiday sui...Good to see you have settled into your holiday suite. Thamara is right, the folk working around you do their work because they like to help others. I did the caring for strangers bit for a few years, nether regions and all. In fact that's a very important part of caring because it does feel 'awkward' for patients at first, but with your sense of humour, Denis, I can't you see you having any problem!Trish Nicholsonhttp://www.trishnicholsonswordsinthetreehouse.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-54939832594127982242013-07-19T16:11:44.516+10:002013-07-19T16:11:44.516+10:00Hang in there buddy, when the embarrassment sets i...Hang in there buddy, when the embarrassment sets in just think that they have seen it all before. And wi- fi - wow, just relax and go with the flow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-9098606964067529202013-07-19T16:05:05.250+10:002013-07-19T16:05:05.250+10:00Hoping hoping hoping this is just a brief stay, &a...Hoping hoping hoping this is just a brief stay, & you're back at home in a jiffy. Ever the optimist, I.<br /><br />I hope everything goes well there & your discomfort (in all senses) is fleeting. Sending good thoughts, prayers, & virtual hugs to you & Tracey. XXXXXOOOOO Pegs. :)<br /><br />No need to reply, I know it's difficult for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-91801988554762992512013-07-19T14:33:34.372+10:002013-07-19T14:33:34.372+10:00Hello!! I'm from Chile and i found your're...Hello!! I'm from Chile and i found your're blog in facebook, thanks to share you're experiences with us, it's very good way to look life in its differents colors and steps...about hospital, i'm agree with you about woman are habituate but i think this doesn't mean that we don't feel unconfortable or afraid, no so far, i'm feel scare even about needles, but anyway i think in hospital you can observe a very new world, with a lot of differents details, for example, I always heard about people can't sleep in hospitals becouse everybody start very early checking thinks; it's true that in all planet the food taste badly? (i'm in southamerica) Are nurses more friendly between them or with doctors?, are they drinking a lot of coffe to stay awake? how many people care about you in a day? where there put all the implements? why they love to help people?...don't be worry about to need help, may be you can think in their help how a way to help them back, people that work in health always need to feel them useful...i send you a virtual huge from far far away Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03823908410009839409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-48740121356821976072013-07-19T12:54:11.570+10:002013-07-19T12:54:11.570+10:00As Ros said.
And needing help should never be a re...As Ros said.<br />And needing help should never be a reason to feel ashamed, what makes some people so outstanding is the ability to ask for it when the time comes. <br />I hope your stay in the hospital is as smooth as possible!Sonia Hamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17639502883075949884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-25222837905408114682013-07-19T10:59:29.044+10:002013-07-19T10:59:29.044+10:00Hard times require a sensible, intelligent decisio...Hard times require a sensible, intelligent decision. You and Tracey have just made it. Facing the dragon is always easier, I find, than imagining it. May the hospital dragon be very kind to you, my friend, and enormously respectful That is what you deserve. xxRRoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13339472107640597921noreply@blogger.com