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uneducated medical personel
Sat, 09/29/2007 - 18:48my husband has decided that a lot of my confusion over epilespy is brought on by the stupid uneducated medical personel. like he said the emt that said i couldnt have had a seizure if i didnt fall over and start jerking. then ther was the nurse in the triage that almost called security to throw my son out cause he was answering questions for me, when i was out in la la land. luckily another nurse was there who was there had epilepsy and took me back to a room and got me in a bed before i had a t/c. also er doctors that have no clue how to treat t/cs. went to adiffent hospital this time and they shot me with ativan, which kept them at bay for a few days. the other hospital never did anything. then don remembered we went ther berfor after multi seizures and i got some new improved dilantiv stuff to stop them. plus of course not getting all the info i need from my doc for my condition doesnt help.
banffgirl
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Re: Re: Re: uneducated medical personel
Submitted by Seruzies on Thu, 2007-10-04 - 00:45
I wonder if there is some kind of card I can carry in my wallet or charm on a necklace or braclet to keep from being transported by ambulance to a hospital whenever I have a seizure in public? Whenever I have one at home, my family just makes sure I'm in a safe place so that I'm not going to hurt myself, or anyone else, and just waits it out. A trip to the hospital by ambulance is more of an inconvenience for my family and myself than it is helpful besides the expense.
Re: Re: uneducated medical personel
Submitted by banffgirl on Sun, 2007-09-30 - 02:31
right now i am going to make up that binder of questions for my epi spec. hubby is coming with me, hopefully he will get answers if i cant. hugs, banff