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feveryone ( feveryone@toast.ooo )  to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

I'm wired to a bed in a hospital for a week. AMA

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I'm wired to a bed in a hospital for a week. AMA

feveryone ( feveryone@toast.ooo )  to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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  • frank ( frank@sopuli.xyz ) 
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    Okay, I’ll ask the obvious. Why?

    • feveryone ( feveryone@toast.ooo ) OP
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      epilepsy monitoring unit

  • einkorn ( einkorn@feddit.org ) 
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    Wired or chained? 🤔

    • feveryone ( feveryone@toast.ooo ) OP
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      electric wires

  • Idontevenknowanymore ( Idontevenknowanymore@mander.xyz ) 
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    My wife is going to Stanford for that next week . Best of luck .

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      thanks, tell hear to be extra diligent with staff about exactly what meds she needs and when. They are medication Nazis.

      • Idontevenknowanymore ( Idontevenknowanymore@mander.xyz ) 
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        Fortunately we are the medication 101st Airborne.

  • Helix 🧬 ( helix@feddit.org ) 
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    How long does it take on average until a nurse shows up when you press the button?

    • feveryone ( feveryone@toast.ooo ) OP
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      hmm 🤔 less than a minute

      • Auli ( Auli@lemmy.ca ) 
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        Wow that’s quick. Mine was slower but wasn’t wired to bed just isolated.

        • feveryone ( feveryone@toast.ooo ) OP
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          interesting. was this at a large hospital?

  • Helix 🧬 ( helix@feddit.org ) 
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    What does it cost per day? How much of it do you pay?

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      I think its like 10k total, I pay 0 bc already met deductible 😎

  • Helix 🧬 ( helix@feddit.org ) 
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    What’s the make and model of your bed?

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      idk but I’d like one at home ; it’s electric

  • GreenCrunch ( GreenCrunch@lemmy.today ) 
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    • Cyborgs every time a Windows update comes out
    • feveryone ( feveryone@toast.ooo ) OP
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      I saw the computer here, it’s windows 10 with team viewer lol.

      • Helix 🧬 ( helix@feddit.org ) 
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        What’s the Teamviewer ID and password?

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          😅 they scolded me for even looking at it

  • KittenBiscuits ( KittenBiscuits@lemmy.today ) 
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    I just spent a few days sitting with my FIL in hospital. We binged Gunsmoke. I am a reluctant fan of Festus now.

    • do they have you scheduled for any sight-seeing like CT or MRI scans?
    • can you order UberEats to your room? I watched them come and go frequently and wondered if it was for employees, inmates, or both
    • do you ask all the nurses for crunchy ice?
    • have you asked that one nurse for a bed bath?
    • are most of the nurses pregnant like they were at my hospital? Wtf is in the water?!
    • feveryone ( feveryone@toast.ooo ) OP
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      24/7 EEG

      other stuff was done last month

      idk about uber eats, I’m poor lol.

      I love crunchy ice, I’ll have to ask.

      I give myself washcloth baths in the bathroom ; it’s ok.

      Ha, they all have kids, idk if they are pregnant. A lot have those fancy flag pins now, and it’s a metro hospital so maybe pregnancy is going out of style.

      I think you know what’s in the water.

      • Helix 🧬 ( helix@feddit.org ) 
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        Flag pins?

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          rainbow and other non-country

  • Admetus ( Admetus@sopuli.xyz ) 
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    What do you do to keep yourself entertained?

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      surprisingly no need, things are very busy.

      Especially since I’m not allowed to go to the ,🚽 by myself

      • Helix 🧬 ( helix@feddit.org ) 
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        Who helps you go pee and do you think they enjoy it?

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          nurse, they don’t care bc its their daily job, but I don’t enjoy it 😐

  • Kindness is Punk ( KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca ) 
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    What’s your favorite food?

    What’s your take on how car dependance has influenced North American culture and is there a way of out?

    What’s your favorite animal?

    • feveryone ( feveryone@toast.ooo ) OP
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      I actually don’t have strong attachment to food, but raw peach and/ or lemon, ice tea is amazing , especially with boba.

      American’s shaped car culture imo, not the other way around. It’s about individualism, power, and control I think. I’d love to see the states embrace trains, but it’ not going to happen. I’m not a fan of AI but the way forward is probably self-driving renewable energy cars ; after Trump.

      Favorite animal is jellyfish. Life would be much easier if I could just be one.

      • Helix 🧬 ( helix@feddit.org ) 
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        Can Jellyfish have epilepsy?

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          no bc they don’t have a brain

  • Helix 🧬 ( helix@feddit.org ) 
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    Did Epstein kill himself?

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      ha. I don’t care about that news story. more concerned about ww3 and cost of living.

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        Interestingly, if the Epstein thing brings Trump to fall, WW3 might happen later and the cost of living might go down for you. You’re murican, right?

        Do you think it’ll happen?

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          ha, lower cost of living would be nice. also nice if we could just have normie leaders globally.

          I seriously doubt a scandal of any kind stopping trump, maybe other than economic collapse.

          ww3 seems likely to me, globalization + internet does not mix with traditional living, and a lot of people on earth won’t like that.

          Throw AI into the mix, you’ve got a wild ride that makes all the political scandals look small.

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    Can you at least walk around the hospital / move in a wheelchair or are you bedridden?

    • feveryone ( feveryone@toast.ooo ) OP
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      can’t even go to the 🚽 alone

      • dandelion ( dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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        so not strict bed rest?

        do you have to use a bedpan, or can you go to use the toilet?

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          they can assist me to the bathroom but I’m free now 😎

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            congrats, does that mean you’re no longer in the hospital and were discharged early?

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      Also what’s the best dish you got so far?

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        my own trail mix I brought

        have mostly stuck to raisin brand on the menu, out of fear.

        the menu name sound hilariously gourmet, bc the food is small and bad.

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    Oh okay so this is an ama. Into radios?

  • scratsearcher 🔍🔮📊🎲 ( glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz ) 
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    Oh, so you got out now? I hope you are doing well. How much did it cost, and did your insurance pay it without hassle and organizational overhead?

    To Quote you:

    I think its like 10k total, I pay 0 bc already met deductible 😎

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