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Page views: 703 Dear diary, it's actually an irony of fate. I never used to have a problem drinking two bottles of water between 15 gin and tonics when doing sport or partying, for example. Or at the Oktoberfest. When I remember that I used to drink ten litres in the best of times, that's unthinkable today. Today that would be...
The time has come for me to feel the need to do some educational work on ALS. Not in the sense of hard facts.
It was less than a week ago that I had a mask put on at night with half of it missing. Tales follow about parts that must have fallen under the bed.
Page views: 856 Nothing but stress and anger And there it was, the PEG. Secretly, quietly and silently. Kaboom. To be honest, it was planned a little differently, my reporting. I hadn't intended to wait over three months to do it. But it wasn't planned that I would have a lot of problems for the first eight weeks due to the...
Pageviews: 899 What follows is the much-publicised sexy photo love story of my masks and me. We start with the change from nose mask to nose-mouth mask. Here's what happens: Good preparation is half the battle. Prepare the nose-mouth mask. Open the lower magnetic fasteners on the lower straps. Make sure that the upper straps are correctly inserted into their respective holders and are not...
Pageviews: 928 Yes, you are reading correctly. Another copy & paste mask tutorial. An employee of my nursing service could possibly have avoided a warning if he had taken a look at the mask before he tried to put it on again and again and again the wrong way round. What is logical for the average person is not for a trained intensive care nurse with expert training...
Page views: 940 Once again you ask yourself, is this necessary? Yet another copy & paste from a user manual? Seriously? Yes, I'm completely serious. I kicked the last carer who tried to put a mask on me the wrong way round in agony out of my team. And he received a warning from his employer. There were still...
Seitenaufrufe: 908 Eine quälende Stunde sinnloser Erklärungsversuche, wie man die Maske korrekt aufsetzt… und einen deshalb kalten Kaffee mit ekelhaft schmeckenden Medis später. 30-Tage-Countdown für „Patrick lässt sich eine PEG legen“ gestern auf Null gesetzt. Hätte der Pfleger meine Anleitung gelesen statt mich bei jedem Hinsetzen denselben Scheiß wieder neu erklären zu lassen wie so ein verliebter Teenager… hätte...
Page views: 966 Well, that's an idea. Before anyone asks me what you can give me as a present... And to make sure the whole thing has a certain appeal, I promise to fill the donation pot at the end. So go on, donate diligently or do you want to make me poor? It's also for a good cause. Link to my fundraising campaign: https://www.facebook.com/donate/774410683618091/
