Me Back

[cirianz]

Well, I'm back from the hospital,
Turned out that I had fractured my skull but they did a Cat scan & there's no sign of brain damage p beat you to it mucks)
That was a wee bit worrying as after the scan they called for a neurosurgeon & kept telling me that there was a fracture but they didn't think that there would be any need for brain surgery. Since I hadn't thought that there might be...
They kept me in overnight but instead of sending me up to the ward they kept me in a 'high observation room' down in A&E & came & poke me & do tests every hour to make sure I didn't go into a coma or something
As you can guess I didn't sleep much.

But come morning I was still here so I was allowed to come home.

Apparently I'm going to be a bit weird (?you mean just like normal) for about 4-6 weeks
wooly thinking, forgetting things, loosing track of what I'm thinking or talking about, trouble making decisions, poor concentration, sleepiness & lethargy.
No TV, No Books & No computers but since its a Lappy with a LCD screen I think I can get away with the occasional peek

I'm surprised at how strong these symptoms are. I've had concussions before, but nothing like this. Half the time I'm useless
Hopefully not for too long though.
gotta go.

 

[muckshifter]

You don't arf get in the wars, gal ... you'll mend just nicely.

Oh, and if I had hit me head I would want a neurosurgeon to look at me too and not a gynecologist.
It may have frightened you, but they followed standard procedure.

 

[Ian]

I've just read what happened Cirianz! I'm glad you're ok though

Got my fingers crossed for you

 

[Anon_F]

get better soon

cirianz hope all goes ok & thinking of you

 

[Me__2001]

have i missed something ?

glad your ok anyway Cirianz

*runs off to search the forum*

Edit: probably the strangest way to break your skull, luckily you didnt damage anything

 

[itsme]

Glad your ok! Well nearly....

 

[cirianz]

Thank you everyone

Yes Me, not many people get to say they hit themselves on the head with a hammer. It was quite... awkward trying to answer all the Dr's & Nurses who asked how I had done it
The Neurosurgeon said that it must have been a "significant impact" because that area of the skull is one of the thickest and it is very hard to fracture it. But I suppose I never was one for doing things by halves
At the moment it hurts a lot & there are lists of things I'm not allowed to do & they are having the brain injury clinic follow up, but so long as nothing I dont experience anything specifically & sinificantly unusual for me (& that might take some doing ) or, if I have a seizure, that it's not different than usual, etc etc then all should be just fine.
Although I have been specifically instructed not to hit my head for at least 3 months, which has totally spoiled my plans for the year

Well, it's only taken me about an hour & half to write this. I suspect I should go to bed.
nite nite

 

[floppybootstomp]

Bloody hell gal! You sure nuff get in some scrapes dontcha

Here's wishing you a speedy recovery and a return to whatever state you regard as normal

 

[TriplexDread]

WOW u a lucky Gal.


Glad your ok

Take it easy for next few days then!

 

[Rush]

Thinking of you ..cirianz

 

[cirianz]

Thank you

Yeah, that's what I thought Trip

The number Of times I was nearly killed or could've been left with permanent injury over the last few years and wasn't. I'm very lucky.

In about 4 - 6 weeks I'll be back to my bouncy, garoulous & generally annoying self
I'm very lucky

 

[Adywebb]

Glad your basically OK Ciri - look after yourself girl, would be a sad place round here if you were gone

 

[ChristopherP]

Blimey.

Glad your OK!!!!
Could have been nasty

 

[cirianz]

Thanks Yeah, me very lucky

Todays adventure will be.... (insert da da da dum... )
Washing my hair

I did this saturday night & haven't washed my hair yet (2 of the fracture lines run up under my hair)
But since my hair is currently threatening to relocate if i don't clean up the premisis....
What do they say... small things to occupy small minds

And the really scary thing... today I have to contact patient affairs & write up my account of the behaviour of a nurse whom I am registering a formal complaint against on the basis of her behaviour that night.
Not looking forward to doing that.
But her behaviour, shouting at me to "shut up" to "get out" & when I said no -as I hadn't been seen yet- she threatened to call security & have them throw me out, which she did do, although since I was already at reception requesting to register a formal complaint against the nurse, they didn't throw me out, just put me back in the waiting room (with a hovering security gaurd) until some other nurse could deal with me. All of this was triggered when, she insisted that I couldn't have an x-ray (it was a very busy night & there were patients far more important than me needing x-rays - her words) & that I didnt have a fracture.
I asked how she could tell when she hadn't touched it yet. And she just went off her face. I hadn't shouted at her, insulted her, been offensive, sworn at her... anything, it just came out of the blue. Myself I don't think that this is appropriate behaviour for a nurse, particularly in an A&E ward when most patients are highly traumatised & many feeling very vulnerable. I've had a number of friends work in A&E & i know that it is a horrific & very high stress job & it was a very busy night, but personally I think that, if she can't handle the pressure then she needs to look at working somewhere else less demanding. All of the other nurses & Dr's (presumably just as stressed) managed to treat me with courtesy & repect & were generally friendly.
Also, her behaviour, caused a massive leap in my blood pressure, as you can imagine, given that she was wrong & I actually did have a sinificant skull fracture, including a depression fracture which could've meant loose chips of bone floating around in my brain. Now, I'm not a Dr, but it does seem to me that her behaviour & it's consequence, could've actually endangered my health. & hands up everyone who think she's never done this before & will never do it again?
Yeah, right. & maybe next time she will do something that causes unrecoverable injury to someone.

So, today I try & keep my head together & type up this report.
Fun fun fun

 

[floppybootstomp]

So, today I try & keep my head together & type up this report.
Fun fun fun

You wanna borrow a roll of gaffa tape to keep that bonce together?

Girl, just how do you do it? Lol, I mean why do these things only seem to happen to some people?

For the most part, in my experience, mostly interesting people.

That nurse? A rogue nurse. We get rogue peeps in all walks of life. Mostly it don't matter but when one is a nurse, a teacher or a cop, for instance, it matters.

Most folks are ok. Some are not. Damn shame.

What can I say Ciri? I guess all I can say is I hope you have a speedy recovery and don't go through too much else ****.

 

[cirianz]

You wanna borrow a roll of gaffa tape to keep that bonce together?

Girl, just how do you do it? Lol, I mean why do these things only seem to happen to some people?

For the most part, in my experience, mostly interesting people.

That nurse? A rogue nurse. We get rogue peeps in all walks of life. Mostly it don't matter but when one is a nurse, a teacher or a cop, for instance, it matters.

Most folks are ok. Some are not. Damn shame.

What can I say Ciri? I guess all I can say is I hope you have a speedy recovery and don't go through too much else ****.

ROTFL

Well, what's that aincient chinese curse... "may you live in interesting times"

I don't think anyone could accuse me of having a boring life