Jump to content

BillyShears

Full Member
  • Posts

    491
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by BillyShears

  1. Speaking to my Radiographer friends (and I use that term lightly), there is more of a shortage of Ultrasound Sonographers than Radiographers. Problem is you have to qualify as a Radiographer first.

  2. No excuses for not communicating. Was that in the U.S?

    hahaha...Yup. I made them all laugh though. She just went to pull the top off me and I smacked her hand away. Then the other nurse later told me she was the only one in that day and she was in a hurry. And they sometimes forget that not everyone is as relaxed as they are with the naked situation.

    Ye because it's not them it's happening to! However it is really easy to lose sight of that person to person thing when it's busy and you are stretched. Sounds like typical NHS stuff.

  3. Nah, last time they were looking for a single gene. This time they took 3 vials (and I've no idea what for >_>)and it took a minute, last time took about 5 mins and the vial was enormous.

    I hate those drip ones as well, only had it once and it was not nice, and thats speaking as someone who is alright with needles.

    I don't care about needles really. Or blood for that matter. But I do care about a far too large needle being left in my arm for long periods of time. So are you ok then?

    Shouldn't have been a needle left in your arm! A needle is used to introduce a very small diameter plastic tube called a cannula into your vein.

    All I can tell you is they put a needle in my arm which had a tube connected to it which they hooked up to an IV. And depending on if I moved to far away from the bag of fluid I would feel the needle/tube in my arm moving around.

    The bag of fluid wouldn't have run if the needle was still in the cannula, in fact they wouldn't have been able to attach the tubing. The cannula can be quite painful when they are in place depending how long they have been in and what drugs are going through them. I had one that caned after two days. Max time for a cannula is 72 hrs.

  4. Nah, last time they were looking for a single gene. This time they took 3 vials (and I've no idea what for >_>)and it took a minute, last time took about 5 mins and the vial was enormous.

    I hate those drip ones as well, only had it once and it was not nice, and thats speaking as someone who is alright with needles.

    I don't care about needles really. Or blood for that matter. But I do care about a far too large needle being left in my arm for long periods of time. So are you ok then?

    Shouldn't have been a needle left in your arm! A needle is used to introduce a very small diameter plastic tube called a cannula into your vein.

  5. it's the most incredible commitment - so huge that I cannot even imagine contemplating such a decision.

    Submission is all I can liken it to. Complete and utter submission, but worth it.

×
×
  • Create New...
Â