Random Thoughts — Page 8

Hey, you didn't let me finish!  I was trying to say "Doo or not doo, there is no try."

vote_for_palpatine said:

I believe the quote is "doo or doo not..."

You quoted me wrong.  I said Doo or not doo..."

TV's Frink said:

Hey, you didn't let me finish!  I was trying to say "Doo or not doo, there is no try."

Sheesh.

Ouch! I thought only I had evenings like that.

Fingers, toes, eyes and ears crossed for you and the Mrs.

I would have thought suspected appendicitis would have warranted an ambulance call out.

Medical Emergency material in my book.

I'm not sure if the system is different in Eire but the out of hours GP service in UK is dire.

I had a really bad lung infection after splitting up from my ex and the guy on the phone (who hardly spoke a word of English) kept telling me to pull myself together and stop worrying my mother as coughing was good for me.

We are talking me on all fours gasping between rapid fire coughing.

Another GP recommended anti-depressants saying I was depressed because of the break up and only had Laryngitis.

It was only when I managed (with my mother's help) to drag myself over to my late father's GP that he got me sent to A&E where they rushed me straight in with near fatal Pneumonia.

My mother was diagnosed with Phlebitis when a painful hard raised area appeared on the back of her leg and she was sent home with some skin ointment.

This lasted for about a month until she sheepishly asked me to run a finger over the bump only it wasn't a bump anymore, it was razor sharp.

When they pulled the inch long medical needle fragment out of her they had the nerve to ask her how she had managed to get it in there (she had a operation to remove a vein two years previously and the thing had been slowly rolling down her leg after being left inside).

I love our national health service but some of the people working in it need stringing up not striking off.

Aye that helps :-D

Kidney and gallstone pain can be the worst pain imaginable (those in the know say it's much worse than child birth).

One of my friends had the kidney stones and the better half has been plagued with gallstones for years (they can continue to form even after the gall bladder is removed).

So she has all my sympathies as do you.

There are few things worse than trying to be helpful to someone experiencing levels of pain few people can understand.

Our last visit to A&E was made slightly more bizarre by a concussed man wandering around the cubicles looking, acting and sounding exactly like something out of a George Romero film (he didn't eat anyone to be honest...at least I don't think so).

The nurses kept putting him back in his bed and he'd get up again and shuffle around moaning only to be chased by the nurses again.

Disturbing fun.

There's always someone more unlucky than yourself.

Poor fella.

I was interested in this...

BarBar Jinkx said:

called 999 & got an ambulance to get my wife as she was the obvious priority...

Here it is 911.  I never thought about what the number would be in other countries.

Reminds me of a great Homer Simpson joke:

"Hello, operator?  Get me the number for 911!"

To rhyme in that post was not my intension but thanks very much for the welcome attention.

That makes the place sound like She-Ra's slightly less silly sister.

Talking of Ra's.

It reminds me of the time I was walking home and passed a club with some men in female attire outside.

One said to me as I passed.

"Oooh, you look just like Peter Sutcliffe".

To which I opined, "At least I don't look like Myra Hindley".

How dreadful, hopefully they are small enough to break up sonically.

Obviously I hope she gets better as soon as possible.

I didn't diss the NHS, only individuals who make it a mess.