Inconvenient Annoyances

Literally the worst medical procedure I've ever had... including 2 child births, 1 c section, a boob job, brachyoplasty and an extended abdominoplasty.

Very good to know. Sorry that it was so ghastly tami.

I struggle with dental xrays.  I'm out.

Same.

Literally the worst medical procedure I've ever had... including 2 child births, 1 c section, a boob job, brachyoplasty and an extended abdominoplasty.

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Geniunely feel for you! Sending lots of love! You are a far stronger person than I am!

Literally the worst medical procedure I've ever had... including 2 child births, 1 c section, a boob job, brachyoplasty and an extended abdominoplasty.

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I do feel like pain management is the NHS's big downfall.  Endoscopy?  Here's some spray for your throat that will actually just hit your tongue and the roof of your mouth?

Oh, you are in the throws of childbirth?  Would you like a paracetemol?

I do feel like pain management is the NHS's big downfall.  Endoscopy?  Here's some spray for your throat that will actually just hit your tongue and the roof of your mouth?

Oh, you are in the throws of childbirth?  Would you like a paracetemol?

Meanwhile, if you're not at their mercy, you can just go to your nearest chemist and buy codeine OTC for your whatever-ache.

Meanwhile, if you're not at their mercy, you can just go to your nearest chemist and buy codeine OTC for your whatever-ache.

Maybe I'm just a wuss, but childbirth with no drugs SUCKED ASS.  Why I did it a second time, I'll never know. 

Meanwhile, if you're not at their mercy, you can just go to your nearest chemist and buy codeine OTC for your whatever-ache.

Just don't tell then you want the diphendramine for allergies. Lmfao

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Maybe I'm just a wuss, but childbirth with no drugs SUCKED ASS.  Why I did it a second time, I'll never know. 

I had no drugs for my 2 vaginal births. My mom said I acted like I was at the dentist for my first one. Just laid back and chilled. But to be fair, I was only in labour for 3 hours and 17 minutes with her. Lol.

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I had no drugs for my 2 vaginal births. My mom said I acted like I was at the dentist for my first one. Just laid back and chilled. But to be fair, I was only in labour for 3 hours and 17 minutes with her. Lol.

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You must have been young.  I was not young.   

My second was an hour and 45 minutes from first contraction to delivery and while that sounds great.  It was UNBELIEVABLY intense.  And the paracetamol they gave me did F-all.

You must have been young.  I was not young.   

My second was an hour and 45 minutes from first contraction to delivery and while that sounds great.  It was UNBELIEVABLY intense.  And the paracetamol they gave me did F-all.

I was 23 and she was tiny. Just 5lbs 3oz full term.

Mark was a lot longer... 8 or 9 hours but completely doable until my body stopped pushing and then it was too late to do anything. Pushing a baby out with no urge to push is easier than getting an endoscopy.  Lol

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Literally the worst medical procedure I've ever had... including 2 child births, 1 c section, a boob job, brachyoplasty and an extended abdominoplasty.

Oh no! 

Local anesthetic doesn't work on me, so now I'm incredibly grateful that pre-EDS diagnosis (where there's a ton of research showing it doesn't work, so I'd actually be believed now) they voluntarily used twilight sedation for my endoscopy. It's not full GA but you don't remember it, and just need someone to drive you home. I'm really sorry you had to go through that I just want to hug everyone who has!

Yeah, on both.

Prep in the US for the colonoscopy was just drinking a very large amount of a nasty tasting liquid, and having it "flush" my system out. It worked. The "twilight sleep" did not - I felt quite a bit of pain and remember hearing them talking, and saying "oh, my, better give her some more" and then taking hours in recovery longer than I should have, etc.

On the Endoscopy, again had "twilight sleep" and the same happened. I didn't feel all of it, but woke up at one point in a terrible panic, with that horrible thing down my throat. More drugs. Not enough to cover the feeling when they started to remove it. Again, too many hours in recovery.

Unfortunately, I do remember quite a bit about the procedures. Or fortunately, as the case may be.

We do have stomach/gallbladder/colon cancer in one ancestral line of my family, but neither of my parents nor any of my siblings has had that, so I'm really not inclined to allow any further such tests for screening purposes - there are other ways to screen.

We do have stomach/gallbladder/colon cancer in one ancestral line of my family, but neither of my parents nor any of my siblings has had that, so I'm really not inclined to allow any further such tests for screening purposes - there are other ways to screen.

My mother's side has a considerable percentage of gall-bladder surrenders, but I haven't had any of the symptoms to make me worry about that, yet.  Other than that, there are no GI issues in my family's history on either side.  Meanwhile, I know someone (unrelated to me) who went in for his first routine colonoscopy at age 50, completely asymptomatic... just a routine screening because that's what was recommended.  They perforated his colon with the procedure, and he's had considerable problems since.  I decided that unless I had a problem that needed checking out, I would never have an unwarranted invasive test like that.

My IA for today:

Our (refurbished) dehumidifier went kerput a week or two ago after 4 loyal years of nearly continuous service.  The house is starting to smell musty, so I had all the windows open since 8am.  And a little bit ago, I thought a mouse had found a way up to the dirty dishes on the worktop, only to go back there and find a cat... obviously not mine.  It would be fine if the cat belonged to our good neighbors, but it's one of the feral cats from the "farmers" behind us who just hoard animals but don't feed them.

I'm not happy about having a mangy feral cat in my "kitchen".

Oh no! Mangy cats are no fun

I had my HR meeting, and my feeling that I was lied to in my interview about remote work was correct. The first words out of their mouth were that they do not have a remote work policy so that cannot be part of the accommodation. So I'm on the outs with my team and HR. Great start to a new job!