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got any embarrassing stories?
Thu, 09/06/2007 - 07:06Thought I'd lighten the mood here with my own totally embarrassing episode in the ER. I hit my head after a major seizure and I ended up in the ER. I was out cold and when I came to I was feeling really nautious. The only thing I could do was to lean over the edge of the bed and let it go. Right onto the head doc's shoes. I was so totally embarrassed I prayed that I would pass out again. I remember he was really good looking also. I have to laugh about it now. He was a good sport about it and actually was the only doctor I ever had who called me at home to see how I was doing. Maybe he knew how bad I felt about the whole thing. Or maybe he was hoping I would offer to buy him a new pair of shoes.
When I went through the
Submitted by EarthMonkey on Thu, 2007-09-06 - 21:37
When I went through the subdural electroids eeg they put me on morphine. They learned I am allergic to morphine. I came to vomiting and could not stop vomiting till I was off of it. I remember being surrounded by a number of Drs who kept leaping out of the way of projectile vomit every few seconds. Luckily I was really out of it.