tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post6518546622568984276..comments2024-01-01T15:38:28.710-05:00Comments on The Immortal Alcoholic: Surviving the Chaos: Alexandra's story...Linda Bartee Doynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01820717772193440848noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-66633925648254973002014-10-13T20:33:20.940-04:002014-10-13T20:33:20.940-04:00My ex just died this past Sunday from alcoholism. ...My ex just died this past Sunday from alcoholism. The doctor apparently said he had no insurance and he was an alcoholic (with ascites and most likely varices, kidney and liver complications, couldn't pee or poop) so he needed to just leave. Tried to kick him out a day before he died but his grandma refused. When he coded, either from bleeding varices or a rupture somewhere (possibly esophageal), it took paging code blue 14 times before the doctors walked in, laughing to each other. Just walked in, no hurry at all. Why hurry? Just another worthless alcoholic who won't live the next month to see his 30th birthday. tieropasvmiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09419278959572899447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-67940218219322068312012-02-08T08:18:31.451-05:002012-02-08T08:18:31.451-05:00Addy -- Thanks for the link. You can always use an...Addy -- Thanks for the link. You can always use anything on my blog. I'm all for anything that helps generate a more "caring" environment with the medical community.Linda (The Immortal Alcoholic's Wife)http://www.immortalalcoholic.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-64755362081656544542012-02-08T08:04:44.140-05:002012-02-08T08:04:44.140-05:00Great post - I came via Addy... It is very sad th...Great post - I came via Addy... It is very sad that this is the 21st century and still this is how sick people are treatedFurtheronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11903753972242964410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-56805932342653317402012-02-08T07:31:37.251-05:002012-02-08T07:31:37.251-05:00Hi. hope you don't mind but I have just done ...Hi. hope you don't mind but I have just done a post linked to this. Maybe one day the professionals will learn from our experience!ADDYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01018958238940897902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-65546116553610221752012-02-07T10:38:18.490-05:002012-02-07T10:38:18.490-05:00That's just so wrong - ignorance has nothing t...That's just so wrong - ignorance has nothing to do with intellect or education. My future frightens me. I was raised on shame and I am ashamed of my alcoholic's addiction BUT ... these are medical professionals, not Baptist pastors!Gabriele Goldstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04481625919437738131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-47929616728147615792012-02-07T09:18:33.312-05:002012-02-07T09:18:33.312-05:00Syd -- I agree wholeheartedly. We must be specific...Syd -- I agree wholeheartedly. We must be specific about what we want and insist upon being treated for the immediate need. We also must be educated so that we know what we need to ask for. Alcoholic or not -- we can't go around just taking a medical person as the be all and end all of knowledge. We must have a voice and use it loud and clear.<br /><br />Gerry -- I have seen this happen with obese people as well. If you have stepped on a nail and need a tetnus shot -- it must have been because you are obese. At least that's the way it feels.The Immortal Alcoholic's Wifehttp://www.immortalalcoholic.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-60340540334247319402012-02-07T08:14:28.620-05:002012-02-07T08:14:28.620-05:00I feel for Alexandra and her friend. I also know ...I feel for Alexandra and her friend. I also know that it is up to us to speak up to the doctors and nurses. I believe that we can help educate them by saying that this person needs to be looked at further. There isn't some mythical god treating you--it is a doctor and some are better than others. Speak up about your care or the person you are caring for. If we don't ask for what we need from the medical establishment, nothing will change.Sydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642843245634635843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-19699901654083340522012-02-07T04:46:36.240-05:002012-02-07T04:46:36.240-05:00It is exactly the same here in England and I have ...It is exactly the same here in England and I have written about it before when exactly the same happened to Greg. Medics here just raise their eyes heavenwards as soon as they know alcohol is involved. Greg once pulled off two toenails (they had grown so long and he did not cut them) and when we went to A&E they just ignored them! I do feel doctors need more than the small amount of teaching they get on alcoholism to deal with what is an increasing problem here..ADDYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01018958238940897902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-27368366124524356202012-02-06T18:31:40.202-05:002012-02-06T18:31:40.202-05:00Im sorry Alexadra..its just too sad. We have a sim...Im sorry Alexadra..its just too sad. We have a similar experience. My mother 70 yrs old has ben in and out of rehab and hospitals stays for yrs..in other words i her records doctors se her problem. Last June she fell and hurt her arm. At 4 am i took her to the ER, she was toasted of course. The took her to Xray, er doctor said no fracture..she will be fine. sent us home, no sling, nothing. 3 days later I made appt with her orthopedic that had treated her previod.usly for same arm, same reason.. They had the xray taken in the ER, the radioligist report says fracture..ER doc jut ignored it. She was in a cast for 8 weeks... saKaren E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17150706964178337246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-86679037433642745112012-02-06T18:08:02.705-05:002012-02-06T18:08:02.705-05:00I think this entry is so on target. I live in a la...I think this entry is so on target. I live in a large HUD housing complex where addicted people abound. Believe me, the obesity epidemic is here. Will that emergency doctor express the same disgust when an obese person comes into ER with some addiction related problem? Pierre's pancreas had also nearly calcified and when he had an attack he was in excruciating pain. Yes, he contributed to the problem with his alcoholism, but he also smoked and eventually he would develop lung cancer which killed him before the alcohol did, as it killed my father with emphysema. He was having to go to a hospital every time he binged on alcohol because his lungs would fill up with fluid due to his emphysema, so two of his addictions were at work here! One obese friend I had here had asthma which was greatly exacerbated by her weight gain. As every ailment is. Obese people are going to cost whatever system is paying their insurance most likely medicare and medicaid up to millions before they are through and because of burgeoning weight are going to be extremely hard to treat. Probably most ailments are worsened by some kind of addiction, so the doctor and nurse in that ER had bad attitude problems and probably should not even be in the business. I have had ER people who were extremely impatient with my phantom disease, chronic fatigue syndrome and I do not smoke or drink! And am over weight but not obese.Gerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00771917880182186281noreply@blogger.com