1234 - Mousey: How are my nurses doing today?

[nurseintrouble]

Hey sisters,
How are you doing today?  Hope you are holding on strong and thinking positively about your bright future free from drugs.

I'm on day 34 without pain pills, just know that if this nurse can do it, so can you!

I am on my way to work and will be away from the computer most of the day, I will try and check in later.

Hugs and kisses,
Cait

[mousey25]

ps, i would love to see san francisco to i just love america, it think i love new york cause i am a friends addict!!!! could nearly act in every episode of all ten series i watch it that much!!!!

[mousey25]

hey honey, i am on day 3 doin not to bad just feeling really run down like i have a cold or flu but other than that doing ok bananas, i swear i am waiting for fur to grow all over my body and a tail to appear out of my arse i have eaten that many, when this is over if i never see another banana again it will be to soon!!!  i am feeling so positive it the min i mean about my life, i have polycystic ovarian syndrome and had blood test done last week, it seems my hormone levels are returning to normal cause of all the weight i have lost so if i can stay clean who knows what could happen in the very near future!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how are you doin? hows work going? it can be so stressful, i dont know what its like in the usa but over here we are so short staffed i am talkin like one to two nurses to look after 26 patients who are acutuly ill its a nightmare!!! would love to get out into the community but jobs there are so hard to come buy! well must go have so much do this weekend, its my sisters 18th next fri and alot of planning to be doin but i dont mind its good to keep busy!!! chat soon! xxxxxxxxxx

[nurseintrouble]

Savas, Thank you for the nice things you had to say about nurses.  We are all overworked, stressed out, under-paid, and under-appriciated, hence the high rate of nurse addicts!  The God complex in MD's drives me crazy, but there are some great MD's out there.  So, don't write them all off.

Mousey,  What day are you on of w/d?  Things should start getting easier soon.  Are you eating your bananas? (said with a smile)  You're very lucky to have such a supportive husband.  Hang in there, you can do this!  Concentrate on today, worry about work when you get there.

BTW: San Francisco is better then New York any day!!

Kisses,
Cait

[Savas]

I know they're supposed to act all knowing, but I'm forming the opinion they'd do a lot less damage if they'd admit they aren't "medical gods", Hippocus reborn.
Ironically, when I went in for the patch for cig's this last time, the doctor told me to "Come back in a month". I saw the intake nurse who was fairly stumped on why he did that... and came back after 5 minutes to tell me he sent the prescription in.
I think I had one time a nurse *screwed up* and that was more a series of unfortunate circumstances, not really her fault.

Gods, sorry to hear about your mum going that way. It makes you feel like your back in the dark ages, when doctors used leeches and gave lectures on "Bile and venting the spleen of bad humours".

[mousey25]

see we are not just pretty faces, we get that **** from doctors all the time, it was actually mistakes made by doctors that was the reason my mum died last year, she was only 49 complaining of severe shortness of breath and severe chest pain, turns out she had pnemonia they didnt listen and didnt do anything to help

[Savas]

New York is still nice during Christmas. I love doing midnight mass at one of the old, beautiful churches on the upper west side. If you get here around then let me know, I can tell you one or two that usually aren't crowded and touristy! :)   Even if you aren't Catholic it's great.

I actually owe still having my leg to a nurse. The doctor was being dismissive to pain I had after the surgery and the nurse waited for him to leave and told me to "Go over his head", that it sounded like it could be infection. She said she'd say something to, but it would help if it was both of us (patient + Nurse trumps doctor?!?!). Turned out she was VERY right!

[mousey25]

hey thanks for that, its a very difficult job not made easy by doctors i can tell you, its nice to appricated once in a while, i see your from ny i would love to go there my husband said we might go for a few days next xmas, i here its beautiful and xmass!! ps i absoultly love cats!!!!

[Savas]

I've just got to add in that nurses are THE best. I can't stand doctors. But anytime I've been in a hospital, it's been a nurse who saved the day.
    Everytime a doctor through his arrogance or carelessness has screwed up, I hit the "call button" and sure enough, a nurse showed up with her/his "Doctor Walloping Stick" to set the matter straight. :)

So be aware, there's many of us who appreciate what you do, even if the doctors don't. I hope that helps get you through whatever your suffering, withdrawals or otherwise.

[mousey25]

hey cait i am doin ok, nearly through day two leg cramps and headaches are the worst but other than that i am coping! back to work on monday and very nervous but i know i don't want to go back to that hell that i have left behind, i also keep thinking that i love my job as a nurse and i love my friends that i work with it would be humiliating if they found out and if had kept going they most certainly would have, my hubby has been fantastic so supportive i love him so much couldnt do this without him he tells me about a million times a day how proud he is of me and how much he loves me the high i get from that is  so much better than from those stupid pills!! how you doin? good i hope love to chat soon xxxxxxxxxx

[nurseintrouble]

HELLO!