Spare my blushers.....most embarassing moment....just a bit
Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 7:32 am
We all have done or said something that embaressed us, I had my moment last Saturday on H.D. Read my story and tell me yours.
I went for my HD on Saturday. When I got to my seat I set up my lap top, plugged it in and got settled down with a pillow behind my back and one for my arm. I was then put on the machine. I then started playing a DVD (Not that kind )
After about half an hour I got a sudden warm sensation going from the left side of my lower back through towards the right side. I had never had this sensation on dialysis before so I told the nurse about it. They checked my temprature and that was ok, so the set the machine to put my blood back at a lower temprature. But although generally I was cooler I still had this warm feeling in my back. I told them I was not in any pain, nor did I feel unwell. The nurse then took some blood to send of to the lab for checking. She also asked if I wanted to see a doctor, I said I think I had better. (Now , you may not know me but I am a little assertive. )
The nurse returned shortly after and told me that the doctor was very busy and was unlikely to see me before my dialysis ends..some 2 and half hours to go. This sensation was by now getting quite hot and I was becoming worrried as you do, so I told the nurse to tell the doctor if they don't come and see me I will go straight to casualty after my dialysis and she will have to see me there. She passed the message on and told me the doctor was not too pleased but would try to get to me. (Another thing that was going through my mind was my condition HSP where artiries and blood vessels are prone to ulcerate or burst) As the session went on my back became hotter and hotter. The nurse checked my back and confirmed it was indeed hot. The blood test came back with nothing to show, and I was not feeling ill at all. Then with 20 minutes to go the doctor turned up. I told her everything that had happened and said I don't feel ill, but if she felt my cup of tea (that had just come) that is how hot my back felt. The doctor then asked me to lean right forward to see if I had the rash that often came with a HSP outbreak. As I leant forward and the doctor examined me she immediately found the problem....
The cause of my problem was the transformer from my lap top had slipped behind the pillow at my back and it was the heat from this that had caused my symtoms...
The doctor then told the nurses off for not finding it....I see the funny side of it, but it will cost me a fortune in chocies to appologise.
I went for my HD on Saturday. When I got to my seat I set up my lap top, plugged it in and got settled down with a pillow behind my back and one for my arm. I was then put on the machine. I then started playing a DVD (Not that kind )
After about half an hour I got a sudden warm sensation going from the left side of my lower back through towards the right side. I had never had this sensation on dialysis before so I told the nurse about it. They checked my temprature and that was ok, so the set the machine to put my blood back at a lower temprature. But although generally I was cooler I still had this warm feeling in my back. I told them I was not in any pain, nor did I feel unwell. The nurse then took some blood to send of to the lab for checking. She also asked if I wanted to see a doctor, I said I think I had better. (Now , you may not know me but I am a little assertive. )
The nurse returned shortly after and told me that the doctor was very busy and was unlikely to see me before my dialysis ends..some 2 and half hours to go. This sensation was by now getting quite hot and I was becoming worrried as you do, so I told the nurse to tell the doctor if they don't come and see me I will go straight to casualty after my dialysis and she will have to see me there. She passed the message on and told me the doctor was not too pleased but would try to get to me. (Another thing that was going through my mind was my condition HSP where artiries and blood vessels are prone to ulcerate or burst) As the session went on my back became hotter and hotter. The nurse checked my back and confirmed it was indeed hot. The blood test came back with nothing to show, and I was not feeling ill at all. Then with 20 minutes to go the doctor turned up. I told her everything that had happened and said I don't feel ill, but if she felt my cup of tea (that had just come) that is how hot my back felt. The doctor then asked me to lean right forward to see if I had the rash that often came with a HSP outbreak. As I leant forward and the doctor examined me she immediately found the problem....
The cause of my problem was the transformer from my lap top had slipped behind the pillow at my back and it was the heat from this that had caused my symtoms...
The doctor then told the nurses off for not finding it....I see the funny side of it, but it will cost me a fortune in chocies to appologise.