This was a new one
Wow, this was a new one for me.
I am having surgery in a couple of weeks. The gallbladder is full of stones and sludge (wow, isn't that a wonderful medical term) and must come out.
I went to my preoperative interview and intake. I met with a nurse who informed me that I can not possibly have adverse reactions to Reglan. She insisted that it could not have made me more sick to my stomach, since it was an anti-nausea medication. Thus, she wrote out orders for me to have Reglan the morning of my surgery. She also duly noted that I am a recovering alcoholic, since 1989. Later a question asked if I had ever attended rehab. I answered, truthfully, that I had not. She looked incredulous and asked again. I reiterated that I had not gone to rehab. Imagine my surprise when she informed me that I could not possibly be an alcoholic then, since neither a DR nor a rehab had diagnosed me.
Amazing. After 18+ years, I found out that I am not now, nor have I ever been, an alcoholic.
Yeah, the people at the meeting tonight found it to be hysterically funny also.
I am not worried, the surgeon and my internist also know I am in recovery.
I am having surgery in a couple of weeks. The gallbladder is full of stones and sludge (wow, isn't that a wonderful medical term) and must come out.
I went to my preoperative interview and intake. I met with a nurse who informed me that I can not possibly have adverse reactions to Reglan. She insisted that it could not have made me more sick to my stomach, since it was an anti-nausea medication. Thus, she wrote out orders for me to have Reglan the morning of my surgery. She also duly noted that I am a recovering alcoholic, since 1989. Later a question asked if I had ever attended rehab. I answered, truthfully, that I had not. She looked incredulous and asked again. I reiterated that I had not gone to rehab. Imagine my surprise when she informed me that I could not possibly be an alcoholic then, since neither a DR nor a rehab had diagnosed me.
Amazing. After 18+ years, I found out that I am not now, nor have I ever been, an alcoholic.
Yeah, the people at the meeting tonight found it to be hysterically funny also.
I am not worried, the surgeon and my internist also know I am in recovery.
Labels: alcoholism recovery
posted by WifeMomTeacher at
10:03 PM
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Sorry to hear about the gallbladder causing problems. I don't trust those anti-nausea meds before a surgery, though, since from my past experience, it didn't help, and I got to see myself yurk up my own bile and such 3 times in recovery. Bleah!
And congratulations on your not-alcoholism? That is the most surreal thing I think I've heard this week...I think your diagnosis is better than the medical profession at this point in time, eh?
Good luck on with your gallbladder. I'll have to think of a fun medical codename for you...
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May 9, 2008 at 11:28 PM
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