Liver and Cherry - Page 2

Clodfobble · 05-13-2013, 08:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha

I would suggest that since people in the US in general only go to hospital if they have health insurance (unless there's no way out of it of course), that would be why you get your own room. People would expect it since insurance costs so much.

Worse than that... it used to be that insurance companies had a policy that they wouldn't pay for a private room unless there were no shared rooms (2 people) available. So now all hospitals are built (or have been converted) to have only private rooms. Last time I saw a shared room in a hospital was in 1997.

wolf · 05-13-2013, 12:24 PM

Newly built hospitals in the US are all private rooms. It reduces the chances (supposedly) of nosocomial (hospital acquired) infections. It also vastly reduces patient complaints over having an awful roommate. Also, it's harder to take the wrong patient in room 244 for a colonoscopy when there's only one patient in there.

In hospitals with semi-private and private rooms, you don't get assigned to them based on insurance status ... it's based on infection control needs ... you need the bed you get the bed, regardless of whether you can pay for it. And that predates Obamacare.

Even for rehab ... I see a lot of uninsured clients who just show up because they know that if they need detox, we can't just kick them out. We don't have to hold them for rehab, but often do. They're supposed to go out, get funding, and get referred in. Detox is an emergency. Rehab is not.

So, Sundae, if you were over here, I could get you in.

Sundae · 05-13-2013, 01:44 PM

According to Bri I'd get better meds too.
Oh the irony of social healthcare!

Just heard that my Mum and her friend will collect me from the hospital when I am discharged (Thursday 23) so I don't have to face the long trek home alone. Which is very kind. They'll come to Cambridge for the day and I'll keep Mum updated on possible discharge times. At worst I'll be kicked out soon after breakfast and just have to kill some time. Which is hardly a huge problem after all.

Also got my first monthly check-up scheduled in June. It's at 11.30, so I am checking the timetables to see if I can get there that early. I'll have to call tomorrow and reschedule if not.

DanaC · 05-13-2013, 03:36 PM

Did you talk to the consultant about the lack of help you've been given for getting off alcohol?

Sundae · 05-14-2013, 05:11 AM

Yes. He's going to see if he can contact someone more local to me, to get me onto Acamprosate. I take it I'd have to be monitored, and he acknowledged that it wasn't practical for me to attend a clinic more than once a month at Addenbrookes.

He's wary about prescription drugs because coming off them can leave the patient feeling like they are enabled to drink again. He explained that they are not a solve-all (willpower is still required.) I just asked if there was any help I could receive I would really appreiate it because I need all the help I can get.

wolf · 05-14-2013, 10:29 AM

Have you tried being a friend of Bill W yet? Yes, what they tell you to do is sometimes simplistic, but the idea of a support network is actually quite solid.

BigV · 05-14-2013, 11:58 AM

I strongly agree with wolf's statement. I have first hand experience in this area, and though it doesn't work for everyone, it has a lot going for it.

Gypsy · 05-14-2013, 06:17 PM

OH, BTW...This is the "artist" formerly known as "Trilby's Sis". I changed my username to Gypsy. Did you ever hear the Stevie Nicks song? She used this song as a tribute to her friend who died. Claudette loved Stevie Nicks.

Gypsy · 05-14-2013, 06:13 PM

"Bill" doesn't work for everyone. My sister went faithfully until she began a binge. That being said, it does work for many people. Very good luck to you, Sundae.
My favorite thing to wear in the hospital is a pair of scrubs if you can get them. Makes them wonder if you're one of them.

BigV · 05-15-2013, 12:47 AM

I vacationed once with Stevie Nicks. It was a cruise on the Regal Princess around the western Caribbean. I saw her a couple times on deck, swathed in skirts and giant sunglasses.

Oh... welcome Gypsy!

Clodfobble · 05-15-2013, 10:22 AM

Gypsy makes me think of the robot on Mystery Science Theater 3000. (This is a good thing.

) Congratulations on your new username, Gypsy. Glad to see you'll be sticking around.

glatt · 05-15-2013, 10:51 AM

So Gypsy, have you ever been to Tripp Lake in Maine? I grew up in Lewiston and always went swimming there as a kid. Great place. Bri/Trilby had mentioned it a few times too.

Gypsy · 05-15-2013, 02:53 PM

Absoultely I have been to Tripp Lake! Bri and I went there this past summer with my mom, dad and other sister. It was our last vacation together. My uncle and cousins have a cottage there.

footfootfoot · 05-18-2013, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Gypsy makes me think of the robot on Mystery Science Theater 3000. (This is a good thing.

) Congratulations on your new username, Gypsy. Glad to see you'll be sticking around.

My sister bought a gumball machine and made her own Tom Servo. I think she also began acquiring parts to make a Crow T. Robot, but never completed it. AFAIK she didn't attempt Gypsy.

Griff · 05-18-2013, 01:09 PM

Good luck and try to enjoy yourself Sundae.

05-13-2013, 12:24 PM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Newly built hospitals in the US are all private rooms. It reduces the chances (supposedly) of nosocomial (hospital acquired) infections. It also vastly reduces patient complaints over having an awful roommate. Also, it's harder to take the wrong patient in room 244 for a colonoscopy when there's only one patient in there. In hospitals with semi-private and private rooms, you don't get assigned to them based on insurance status ... it's based on infection control needs ... you need the bed you get the bed, regardless of whether you can pay for it. And that predates Obamacare. Even for rehab ... I see a lot of uninsured clients who just show up because they know that if they need detox, we can't just kick them out. We don't have to hold them for rehab, but often do. They're supposed to go out, get funding, and get referred in. Detox is an emergency. Rehab is not. So, Sundae, if you were over here, I could get you in. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-13-2013, 01:44 PM	#3
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	According to Bri I'd get better meds too. Oh the irony of social healthcare! Just heard that my Mum and her friend will collect me from the hospital when I am discharged (Thursday 23) so I don't have to face the long trek home alone. Which is very kind. They'll come to Cambridge for the day and I'll keep Mum updated on possible discharge times. At worst I'll be kicked out soon after breakfast and just have to kill some time. Which is hardly a huge problem after all. Also got my first monthly check-up scheduled in June. It's at 11.30, so I am checking the timetables to see if I can get there that early. I'll have to call tomorrow and reschedule if not. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

05-14-2013, 05:11 AM	#5
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Yes. He's going to see if he can contact someone more local to me, to get me onto Acamprosate. I take it I'd have to be monitored, and he acknowledged that it wasn't practical for me to attend a clinic more than once a month at Addenbrookes. He's wary about prescription drugs because coming off them can leave the patient feeling like they are enabled to drink again. He explained that they are not a solve-all (willpower is still required.) I just asked if there was any help I could receive I would really appreiate it because I need all the help I can get. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

05-14-2013, 10:29 AM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Have you tried being a friend of Bill W yet? Yes, what they tell you to do is sometimes simplistic, but the idea of a support network is actually quite solid. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-14-2013, 11:58 AM	#7
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I strongly agree with wolf's statement. I have first hand experience in this area, and though it doesn't work for everyone, it has a lot going for it. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-14-2013, 06:17 PM	#8
Gypsy Disorderly Disciplinarian Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Posts: 21	OH, BTW...This is the "artist" formerly known as "Trilby's Sis". I changed my username to Gypsy. Did you ever hear the Stevie Nicks song? She used this song as a tribute to her friend who died. Claudette loved Stevie Nicks.

05-14-2013, 06:13 PM	#9
Gypsy Disorderly Disciplinarian Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Posts: 21	"Bill" doesn't work for everyone. My sister went faithfully until she began a binge. That being said, it does work for many people. Very good luck to you, Sundae. My favorite thing to wear in the hospital is a pair of scrubs if you can get them. Makes them wonder if you're one of them.

05-15-2013, 12:47 AM	#10
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I vacationed once with Stevie Nicks. It was a cruise on the Regal Princess around the western Caribbean. I saw her a couple times on deck, swathed in skirts and giant sunglasses. Oh... welcome Gypsy! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-15-2013, 10:22 AM	#11
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Gypsy makes me think of the robot on Mystery Science Theater 3000. (This is a good thing. ) Congratulations on your new username, Gypsy. Glad to see you'll be sticking around. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

05-15-2013, 10:51 AM	#12
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	So Gypsy, have you ever been to Tripp Lake in Maine? I grew up in Lewiston and always went swimming there as a kid. Great place. Bri/Trilby had mentioned it a few times too.

05-15-2013, 02:53 PM	#13
Gypsy Disorderly Disciplinarian Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Posts: 21	Absoultely I have been to Tripp Lake! Bri and I went there this past summer with my mom, dad and other sister. It was our last vacation together. My uncle and cousins have a cottage there.

05-18-2013, 01:09 PM	#15
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Good luck and try to enjoy yourself Sundae. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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