Ghost Surgery Legal Definition This one is very interesting. I have opined that with the evidence of my poor surgical outcome, and the absence of my doctor that the PA was allowed to perform my surgery without my consent. Hospital documents show the PA as my surgeon without even showing my surgeon as his assistant. (hospital was cited for this) How would I be able to PROVE the substitution when I was slammed with Versed, draped and then given general anesthetic against my will without ever having seen my surgeon? I was awake and cognizant right up until the tube was jammed down my throat and at no time did I see my surgeon although his signature appears, without the required time stamp, (another violation of the law) on the records. He is signing that I have been told about the risks and benefits by himself and that I have agreed to it. Also in violation of the law. All that risk/benefit stuff is supposed to be in writing...by law.
No matter if it was the janitor pressed into service or the physician's assistant, this substitution BY LAW has to be explained to me and my consent given. Please tell me how this can happen when the whole thrust of medical care is to conceal this kind of information from the patient. It's a violation on so many levels, yet it seems to happen so frequently. I'm beginning to believe that cameras recording a single copy of the surgery on a disc, and available to the patient should be the law. If the surgical center wants to record surgery for training and other purposes and disseminate the images far and wide, then we should have access to those images. Obviously we patients need to have some way of determining what the medical minions are doing to us, once they have us incapacitated.
It's not just surgery, it's using us as living cadavers, training tools without our consent. It's not having students line up to probe our vaginas or colons while we are out. It's having no way of knowing if the people involved are washing their hands so we don't get a hospital acquired infection. It's seeing just how many extraneous people are running in and out of the sterile field, watching, "assisting" or otherwise indulging in non essential things during that time we are most helpless and vulnerable. We need to know if we are being sexually assaulted while "alone" with a medical minion. It has happened in several cases. If we have not given specific consent for all these other people to do things to us, then we have a tort. Except if you are unfortunate enough to live in a tort reform state, then what you have is too damn bad.
Sunday, April 5, 2015
The Empowered Patient Coalition
Here is an interesting outfit. They have done research into patient harm. The pie charts are eye-popping. (If anybody doesn't know by now that iatrogenic harm is the third leading CAUSE of death can read about it here: Hospital Errors are the Third Leading Cause of Death in U.S. New Hospital Safety Scores Show Improvements Are Too Slow and here: Doctors are the Third Leading Cause of Death)
Here is the link to The Empowered Patient Coalition: View Reporting Data -
I took the liberty of excerpting some of their data. The items below are from The Empowered Patient Coalition and are used to encourage people to go to their site and read the rest of the statistics. (In the very first Pie chart I had the first, the second, the third the fourth and the fifth adverse events in a single encounter. The rest are just as significant. Look at the chart asking how the facility responded. (4th down) You can see the prevalence of cya machinations. Right up until yesterday I am still getting denials from the medical treatment center I went to claiming that there was nothing at all wrong with the way I was treated and what happened to me while in their care. BTW NONE of the respondents is me. If I had reported to The Empowered Patient Coalition, the stats would be even worse.
Here is the link to The Empowered Patient Coalition: View Reporting Data -
I took the liberty of excerpting some of their data. The items below are from The Empowered Patient Coalition and are used to encourage people to go to their site and read the rest of the statistics. (In the very first Pie chart I had the first, the second, the third the fourth and the fifth adverse events in a single encounter. The rest are just as significant. Look at the chart asking how the facility responded. (4th down) You can see the prevalence of cya machinations. Right up until yesterday I am still getting denials from the medical treatment center I went to claiming that there was nothing at all wrong with the way I was treated and what happened to me while in their care. BTW NONE of the respondents is me. If I had reported to The Empowered Patient Coalition, the stats would be even worse.
Midazolam in the (bad) News
According to the Spokesman Review, on the afternoon of 7Aug13 a man named Brett Birge "was in the middle of a raging drug blackout" when he hit another car driven by a 21 year old woman and killed her. What is of interest to me, is what was in his system while he was in his "raging drug blackout". Can you guess? Yup, Midazolam, aka Versed. Isn't that interesting?
Where did Mr. Birge get an anesthesia drug like Versed? The article doesn't go into that. It does NOT sound like he was employed with any hospital either, so where in the sam hill did he get his hands on Versed? I am very interested to know the details of this. I have an article or two on this blog about how Versed is used to treat seizures and that apparently anybody can get a prescription for Versed to be used in this manner. My concern was how and where this drug is kept by these people in their private homes? Is it in the medicine cabinet? Bedside table? Refrigerator? I was concerned that it wasn't under lock and key and that thieves could obtain Versed for nefarious purposes, not to mention the very real possibility of death from overdose. Apparently my fears were justified. I hadn't thought about meth heads using Versed and driving around like they were in a bumper car, killing innocent people.
Where did he get it and WHO is responsible for supplying this idiot with a drug like Versed? Birge claims that he was in a drug blackout for a WEEK! So he had plenty of Midazolam. He had the wherewithal to also dose himself with Methamphetamine. Can you imagine an uninhibited, amnestic Versed user combining that with amphetamines to stay overly stimulated in that state? "He said he doesn't remember anything" said the father of the victim. Gee imagine that! The newspaper should have reported on just why this guy had no memory of events.
Maybe the news could do a better job of describing the effects of Midazolam than this one; "Another drug in his blood, Midazolam, usually is given to patients before surgery to make them sleepy." No it isn't! Midazolam is given to patients before surgery so they can stay AWAKE! All it does is give the patients amnesia (they hope) and make them docile. That's the whole thing with Midazolam, you are awake and alert by design so that you can follow orders and have your secrets ferreted out for the entertainment of medical staff. (Yes this is in an article I put up on this blog) You are NOT asleep. You are wide awake, the lights are on but nobody is home. So this is how Mr. Birge managed to kill the young woman, after nearly killing others. Driving under the influence of Versed/Midazolam.
I hope the police find out who gave Mr. Birge Versed/Midazolam because they are just as culpable as Birge is. Whether it was a hospital minion or a private citizen with a prescription for Versed, this person or persons need to be tracked down and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. I wish that Midazolam would be outlawed here, and everywhere.
Where did Mr. Birge get an anesthesia drug like Versed? The article doesn't go into that. It does NOT sound like he was employed with any hospital either, so where in the sam hill did he get his hands on Versed? I am very interested to know the details of this. I have an article or two on this blog about how Versed is used to treat seizures and that apparently anybody can get a prescription for Versed to be used in this manner. My concern was how and where this drug is kept by these people in their private homes? Is it in the medicine cabinet? Bedside table? Refrigerator? I was concerned that it wasn't under lock and key and that thieves could obtain Versed for nefarious purposes, not to mention the very real possibility of death from overdose. Apparently my fears were justified. I hadn't thought about meth heads using Versed and driving around like they were in a bumper car, killing innocent people.
Where did he get it and WHO is responsible for supplying this idiot with a drug like Versed? Birge claims that he was in a drug blackout for a WEEK! So he had plenty of Midazolam. He had the wherewithal to also dose himself with Methamphetamine. Can you imagine an uninhibited, amnestic Versed user combining that with amphetamines to stay overly stimulated in that state? "He said he doesn't remember anything" said the father of the victim. Gee imagine that! The newspaper should have reported on just why this guy had no memory of events.
Maybe the news could do a better job of describing the effects of Midazolam than this one; "Another drug in his blood, Midazolam, usually is given to patients before surgery to make them sleepy." No it isn't! Midazolam is given to patients before surgery so they can stay AWAKE! All it does is give the patients amnesia (they hope) and make them docile. That's the whole thing with Midazolam, you are awake and alert by design so that you can follow orders and have your secrets ferreted out for the entertainment of medical staff. (Yes this is in an article I put up on this blog) You are NOT asleep. You are wide awake, the lights are on but nobody is home. So this is how Mr. Birge managed to kill the young woman, after nearly killing others. Driving under the influence of Versed/Midazolam.
I hope the police find out who gave Mr. Birge Versed/Midazolam because they are just as culpable as Birge is. Whether it was a hospital minion or a private citizen with a prescription for Versed, this person or persons need to be tracked down and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. I wish that Midazolam would be outlawed here, and everywhere.
Stirred the Hornets Nest
Apparently people still don't like it when they get called on the carpet for assaulting people with Versed. For all you people who feel that I will respond kindly to threats and intimidation, are you really that crazy? It is precisely that attitude which originally caused me harm. The name calling and threats are juvenile.
For the doctor who wrote me recently, you have it wrong, but you already know that. Part of the reason it is so hard to get any kind of justice for medical problems is because of tort reform. I am actively speaking out against it. It costs too much to get redress for our harm. I have gone into this at length elsewhere on the blog. The FACT that there was no informed consent for what was done to me is irrefutable. The hospital was CITED for it. I did NOT give permission in any way, shape or form for what was done to me. I am the INJURED party and I'm angry about it. You guys KNEW that I didn't have the money to fight you, so you treated me with utter disdain. I have explained the details of my lawsuit on this blog. I have the x-rays on this blog. I have the actual alleged "informed" consent on this blog. The exact one that the hospital was cited for. Yes it is hard to prove things in a court of law, but you know what? I have real doctors who are more than happy to testify on my behalf. They just aren't "expert witness" doctors. Yet you want to pretend that I was wrong or a liar? Nice try. You (apparently) and *I* both know what happened to me in that hellish place. It was against the law. Pretending that it was anything other than a complete disregard for the law is sophomoric. Reorganizing what happened to me and making false statements about material facts is also kind of strange. As far as "getting help" do you know how many times aggrieved people who don't deal with criticism well have told me that? Me neither. Too many times to count. So you think that you (non specific you) should be allowed to cause PTSD with your treatment of patients and then cavalierly dismiss them by saying "get help"? Is that your answer? Let me ask you this...IF everything I say is a big fat lie, why am I so angry? What made me this angry if everything was PERFECT? Hmmm? Make sense to you doc? I have had a few more encounters with health "care" since then. Funny how when I relate good experiences the hornets come out.
(added later: I looked on line to see if the anesthesiologist involved had moved. He hasn't. I looked to see if the crna involved had suddenly become an anesthesiologist, he hadn't. So whomever tried to comment, claiming that he/she knew everything that had happened in my case is, what shall I say, lying.)
Anyway, here's the deal. I don't have to print ANY of the comments. I find it amusing that people come here and berate me, swear at me, try to take me down a peg or two, denigrate me, insult my intelligence, lie about what happened to me and all the rest. Like I care about that. The worst they could do is done. I will never, EVER allow a nurse to perform any kind of anesthesia on me again. Ditto for Versed. I am in charge of what goes on. Freedom of speech and all that. The crna's, well, if I didn't have proof of their hostility, maybe I would be more concerned with their little feelings. Oh yeah, and I specify that Aaron isn't allowed in the room with me or my family. BY NAME. THE FULL NAME. I have that right.
Just so everybody knows, "anonymous" still allows me to grab your IP address. If the threats get to the point that I decide you are a danger to me, you WILL hear from me. Think about that... I already had to track a nurse to Texas and warn this person, who isn't even a crna, that I know who he is, where he was and where he worked. Can you imagine an advanced practice nurse sending me threatening hate mail FROM WORK! He has an I-pad and apparently too much idle time on the job. Yes you can be tracked that easily and reliably across the Internet.
(added later: I don't mind if you anesthesia types need to vent and take your frustrations out on me. I'm an easy target. Believe me, I know that. The only reason to ferret you out is if you make actual threats of any kind, beating me up, threatening my family, lawsuits etc. If you make credible threats and/or not so credible threats I treat them as such. It is in my best interest for me to find out how serious the threat is. That means I have to figure out where you are, who you are and the level of danger you present. Just verballing me, name calling and insults don't rise to that level. You are safe from me having you tracked and identified. Just be careful about any actual threats of harm and you can call me every name in the book. I really don't care. If your comment is really, REALLY nasty I like to put those up along with my commentary because it proves my point. Everybody needs to know what kind of people they are dealing with in a medical setting, don't you think? I think of it as a public service.)
One more point. Please do not write and ask me what anesthesia I would use for surgeries. That's your job. Of course I see the point. You guys are trying to pretend that Versed is NECESSARY for surgery. It certainly is not. How silly. I've had so many anesthesia people ask me what *I* would use for surgery it's mind boggling. What are you trying to prove by asking stupid questions? DON'T USE VERSED. If you are using Versed as anesthesia for gall bladder surgery etc. you are out of your mind! Who would want that? I have heard that some institutions use Versed because they want the "stimulation" IE pain, to keep the patients blood pressure up. (a whistleblower doctor told me that) I also wouldn't use Ketamine, especially in conjunction with Versed. I've read the stories, don't bother to deny this. I don't want propofol either or any of the other drugs designed, not to minimize pain, but to short circuit the brain by creating amnesia. For God's sake don't use sevo on me or anybody like me. My crna did that. What do you do with patients with a history of paradoxical reactions, wild awakenings and difficulty anesthetizing them? Use sevo? Jeez do I have to educate all of you? Apparently so or there wouldn't be SO MANY of you writing to ask me what to use for different kinds of surgery. Trying to conflate amnesia with being unconscious is another no go. The absurdity of trying to pretend that awake and aware, suffering from pain, begging for the procedure to stop, all the while with the team laughingly telling each other that this kind of suffering doesn't matter because of an unpredictable amnesia drug, is somehow comparable to being unconscious or asleep is abhorrent. It really is.
For the doctor who wrote me recently, you have it wrong, but you already know that. Part of the reason it is so hard to get any kind of justice for medical problems is because of tort reform. I am actively speaking out against it. It costs too much to get redress for our harm. I have gone into this at length elsewhere on the blog. The FACT that there was no informed consent for what was done to me is irrefutable. The hospital was CITED for it. I did NOT give permission in any way, shape or form for what was done to me. I am the INJURED party and I'm angry about it. You guys KNEW that I didn't have the money to fight you, so you treated me with utter disdain. I have explained the details of my lawsuit on this blog. I have the x-rays on this blog. I have the actual alleged "informed" consent on this blog. The exact one that the hospital was cited for. Yes it is hard to prove things in a court of law, but you know what? I have real doctors who are more than happy to testify on my behalf. They just aren't "expert witness" doctors. Yet you want to pretend that I was wrong or a liar? Nice try. You (apparently) and *I* both know what happened to me in that hellish place. It was against the law. Pretending that it was anything other than a complete disregard for the law is sophomoric. Reorganizing what happened to me and making false statements about material facts is also kind of strange. As far as "getting help" do you know how many times aggrieved people who don't deal with criticism well have told me that? Me neither. Too many times to count. So you think that you (non specific you) should be allowed to cause PTSD with your treatment of patients and then cavalierly dismiss them by saying "get help"? Is that your answer? Let me ask you this...IF everything I say is a big fat lie, why am I so angry? What made me this angry if everything was PERFECT? Hmmm? Make sense to you doc? I have had a few more encounters with health "care" since then. Funny how when I relate good experiences the hornets come out.
(added later: I looked on line to see if the anesthesiologist involved had moved. He hasn't. I looked to see if the crna involved had suddenly become an anesthesiologist, he hadn't. So whomever tried to comment, claiming that he/she knew everything that had happened in my case is, what shall I say, lying.)
Anyway, here's the deal. I don't have to print ANY of the comments. I find it amusing that people come here and berate me, swear at me, try to take me down a peg or two, denigrate me, insult my intelligence, lie about what happened to me and all the rest. Like I care about that. The worst they could do is done. I will never, EVER allow a nurse to perform any kind of anesthesia on me again. Ditto for Versed. I am in charge of what goes on. Freedom of speech and all that. The crna's, well, if I didn't have proof of their hostility, maybe I would be more concerned with their little feelings. Oh yeah, and I specify that Aaron isn't allowed in the room with me or my family. BY NAME. THE FULL NAME. I have that right.
Just so everybody knows, "anonymous" still allows me to grab your IP address. If the threats get to the point that I decide you are a danger to me, you WILL hear from me. Think about that... I already had to track a nurse to Texas and warn this person, who isn't even a crna, that I know who he is, where he was and where he worked. Can you imagine an advanced practice nurse sending me threatening hate mail FROM WORK! He has an I-pad and apparently too much idle time on the job. Yes you can be tracked that easily and reliably across the Internet.
(added later: I don't mind if you anesthesia types need to vent and take your frustrations out on me. I'm an easy target. Believe me, I know that. The only reason to ferret you out is if you make actual threats of any kind, beating me up, threatening my family, lawsuits etc. If you make credible threats and/or not so credible threats I treat them as such. It is in my best interest for me to find out how serious the threat is. That means I have to figure out where you are, who you are and the level of danger you present. Just verballing me, name calling and insults don't rise to that level. You are safe from me having you tracked and identified. Just be careful about any actual threats of harm and you can call me every name in the book. I really don't care. If your comment is really, REALLY nasty I like to put those up along with my commentary because it proves my point. Everybody needs to know what kind of people they are dealing with in a medical setting, don't you think? I think of it as a public service.)
One more point. Please do not write and ask me what anesthesia I would use for surgeries. That's your job. Of course I see the point. You guys are trying to pretend that Versed is NECESSARY for surgery. It certainly is not. How silly. I've had so many anesthesia people ask me what *I* would use for surgery it's mind boggling. What are you trying to prove by asking stupid questions? DON'T USE VERSED. If you are using Versed as anesthesia for gall bladder surgery etc. you are out of your mind! Who would want that? I have heard that some institutions use Versed because they want the "stimulation" IE pain, to keep the patients blood pressure up. (a whistleblower doctor told me that) I also wouldn't use Ketamine, especially in conjunction with Versed. I've read the stories, don't bother to deny this. I don't want propofol either or any of the other drugs designed, not to minimize pain, but to short circuit the brain by creating amnesia. For God's sake don't use sevo on me or anybody like me. My crna did that. What do you do with patients with a history of paradoxical reactions, wild awakenings and difficulty anesthetizing them? Use sevo? Jeez do I have to educate all of you? Apparently so or there wouldn't be SO MANY of you writing to ask me what to use for different kinds of surgery. Trying to conflate amnesia with being unconscious is another no go. The absurdity of trying to pretend that awake and aware, suffering from pain, begging for the procedure to stop, all the while with the team laughingly telling each other that this kind of suffering doesn't matter because of an unpredictable amnesia drug, is somehow comparable to being unconscious or asleep is abhorrent. It really is.
Once Again
I am going to answer a commenter about what exactly *I* expect from medical workers when I go to the hospital. Hopefully this will be the last time I have to answer this question. Here is the comment;
Jack has left a new comment on your post "Recent Hate Comments":
I've poked around on your blog but can't really figure out what happened to you that has caused you to demonize Versed. Can you explain what happened?
I've administered Versed to thousands upon thousands of patients with no ill effect. More than anything else, patients want a guarantee that they will remember/feel nothing. Versed is just one of the drugs I go to in my toolbox to ensure my patients have a good experience. I've also had patients request a regional anesthetic and to remain awake during their procedure. That's not a problem and I don't think most anesthesia providers would have a problem with that. I've had family members receive Versed and I would want it if I was having surgery.
Really, all anesthetic agents cause amnesia. Should they be eliminated? How would you like to be cared for if a regional anesthetic isn't an option if you are going to exclude all drugs that cause amnesia?
Jack
Dear Jack, in a nutshell I have always had problems with anesthesia from when I was a kid and had my tonsils out. For unknown reasons which btw have nothing to do with drug addiction, mental illness or alcohol consumption, I fight anesthesia. I know that there are drugs that will basically paralyze me, so I'm not sure where the fighting comes from, but EVERY SINGLE DOCTOR who has ever given me general anesthesia has had a problem with me. It is what it is. They prefer me to have regional blocks and no sedation.
My experience was that when I wanted and gave permission for a regional block for my distal radius fracture ORIF, my crna, who was posing as a doctor, decided in his infinite wisdom that *I* didn't know what I was talking about. Apparently stupid patients aren't allowed to say no to anything the nurse wants to do. So he showed me! He shot me up with Versed. Said it was simply a muscle relaxant when I asked what "vitamin V" was. That's a big fat lie. Immediately I couldn't speak, and was rendered completely helpless. Then he began to make disparaging comments about me, I was completely helpless and humiliated. You already know about the creepy "obedience" that Versed causes. I never got amnesia, didn't know I was supposed to... (refer to informed consent laws) but I sure had to listen to the "funnies" that my crna came up with. Then he gave me general anesthetic which I had COMPLETELY DECLINED. I explained my previous experiences with it. I told the story of the ORIF femur I had without general anesthetic, only a regional. He didn't give a damn and in fact told me that as *I* wasn't a trained medical professional such as himself, that he "knows what's best for me". He found it amusing that I was upset. "Too bad, what are ya gonna do about it" was his attitude. This is also the attitude of most of the crna types who come here and write comments, so it's not unusual.
The upshot was that I got PTSD from the assault. I completely trusted the crna (thinking he was a doctor) and he betrayed that trust in such an egregious way that it caused me SEVERE emotional problems. The surgery was so poorly done I had to have it redone somewhere else. For a year and a half I had those screws (look at the xrays on this blog) shredding my tendons. I had a loose "self-locking" screw interfering with my ulnar nerve. IF the crna had obeyed me and limited my treatment as required by law, whomever did the surgery might have been a little more careful. If it was the JANITOR who performed the surgery (yes it was that bad) then I would have been aware of it as well. All of this was accompanied by a HUGE hospital bill, for no reason. The minute I was shot up with the poison you call Versed the charges started racking up. Oh yeah and I got a nice kidney infection as well.
When I came to my senses after the huge amounts of anesthetic pumped into me, including a shot of 4 MORE MLS of Versed after the surgery was over, on top of the continuous shots of Versed during surgery and before surgery, I was already on my feet trying to kill people. I kept fading in and out, but observers said that my speech was continuous and coherent so somehow even though my memory is in bits and pieces I was "lucid" according to them. They are lucky I was so dizzy because I absolutely wanted to murder them. Versed took away my inhibitions, and I was so angry at the arrogant, cavalier treatment and the nasty comments about me, that I really truly wanted them dead. It took years to get over that blazing hot HATRED. It scared me and it scared my husband. It scared the crap out of the nurses.
I have seen the comments from crna's on nurse-anesthesia. I am well aware of the "esteem" in which we patients are held by these nurses. I went to the hospital for a minor surgery, BEST DONE WITH A REGIONAL BLOCK LIKE I WANTED and I got an anti-social arrogant nurse who defied me AND the law by performing those things which I had declined. He beat me into submission with Versed, did whatever he wanted to... One of the things that really got me was when he claimed that I gave "consent" in the operating room by "not objecting". He made damn sure I COULDN'T object by shooting me up with Versed, which I had declined by saying no sedative or drugs which will incapacitate me. He left that part out because he is a lying snake. Since when is consent given in the negative? We had the conversation. I laid out concise permission for the parameters of my care. I explained myself fully. I'm not good enough or important enough to be able to put restrictions on a demi-God of a crna now am I? I'm still angry as you can tell. You guys have no right to do this to people. I don't give a damn how many people like Versed. It has a HUGE amount of people who hate it. I would never have allowed its use for any reason and my crna knew that. He just didn't care. No patient was going to tell him his job.
The actual consent form is on this blog. The hospital got into a lot of trouble over it, because it isn't a legal consent. Look and see if you can find anything on it about sedation, risks and benefits or consent for any kind of anesthesia whatsoever. The crna himself wrote a note on the anesthesia report stating that not only had he explained his plan to me (he didn't) but also that I had ACCEPTED this plan. Lying sack of excrement. See if you can find where anything is written down about the risks and benefits of my surgery? It's not there. There were all kinds of errors and omissions, the wrong block was listed and the paper I got AFTER surgery saying what I had received it is also against the law. The dates are mixed up...was that when they went back and redid the electronic records? The physicians assistant is listed as my surgeon. I remember him asking me the same question as a dozen nurses had already asked, but he didn't identify himself as my surgeon or as the PA. So anyway, the hospital had to change their "inferred" consent to actual "informed" consent. In the 21st century.
As for the statement that all anesthetics cause amnesia, no they don't. Please don't insult my intelligence by conflating unconscious with amnesia. I had a crna try to tell me that SLEEPING means you have amnesia. You know that's a crock. Plus the effects of Versed on the brain are NOT like any other. Yes I have had problems with anesthesia but NOTHING like the problems I have had since the Versed.
PS I have enough money saved up to go to INDIA if I have to have any major surgery. Especially heart surgery. They are pioneering a way to do open heart surgery without general anesthetic. My wild awakenings after surgery would kill me if I had open heart surgery. Do you understand now?
Jack has left a new comment on your post "Recent Hate Comments":
I've poked around on your blog but can't really figure out what happened to you that has caused you to demonize Versed. Can you explain what happened?
I've administered Versed to thousands upon thousands of patients with no ill effect. More than anything else, patients want a guarantee that they will remember/feel nothing. Versed is just one of the drugs I go to in my toolbox to ensure my patients have a good experience. I've also had patients request a regional anesthetic and to remain awake during their procedure. That's not a problem and I don't think most anesthesia providers would have a problem with that. I've had family members receive Versed and I would want it if I was having surgery.
Really, all anesthetic agents cause amnesia. Should they be eliminated? How would you like to be cared for if a regional anesthetic isn't an option if you are going to exclude all drugs that cause amnesia?
Jack
Dear Jack, in a nutshell I have always had problems with anesthesia from when I was a kid and had my tonsils out. For unknown reasons which btw have nothing to do with drug addiction, mental illness or alcohol consumption, I fight anesthesia. I know that there are drugs that will basically paralyze me, so I'm not sure where the fighting comes from, but EVERY SINGLE DOCTOR who has ever given me general anesthesia has had a problem with me. It is what it is. They prefer me to have regional blocks and no sedation.
My experience was that when I wanted and gave permission for a regional block for my distal radius fracture ORIF, my crna, who was posing as a doctor, decided in his infinite wisdom that *I* didn't know what I was talking about. Apparently stupid patients aren't allowed to say no to anything the nurse wants to do. So he showed me! He shot me up with Versed. Said it was simply a muscle relaxant when I asked what "vitamin V" was. That's a big fat lie. Immediately I couldn't speak, and was rendered completely helpless. Then he began to make disparaging comments about me, I was completely helpless and humiliated. You already know about the creepy "obedience" that Versed causes. I never got amnesia, didn't know I was supposed to... (refer to informed consent laws) but I sure had to listen to the "funnies" that my crna came up with. Then he gave me general anesthetic which I had COMPLETELY DECLINED. I explained my previous experiences with it. I told the story of the ORIF femur I had without general anesthetic, only a regional. He didn't give a damn and in fact told me that as *I* wasn't a trained medical professional such as himself, that he "knows what's best for me". He found it amusing that I was upset. "Too bad, what are ya gonna do about it" was his attitude. This is also the attitude of most of the crna types who come here and write comments, so it's not unusual.
The upshot was that I got PTSD from the assault. I completely trusted the crna (thinking he was a doctor) and he betrayed that trust in such an egregious way that it caused me SEVERE emotional problems. The surgery was so poorly done I had to have it redone somewhere else. For a year and a half I had those screws (look at the xrays on this blog) shredding my tendons. I had a loose "self-locking" screw interfering with my ulnar nerve. IF the crna had obeyed me and limited my treatment as required by law, whomever did the surgery might have been a little more careful. If it was the JANITOR who performed the surgery (yes it was that bad) then I would have been aware of it as well. All of this was accompanied by a HUGE hospital bill, for no reason. The minute I was shot up with the poison you call Versed the charges started racking up. Oh yeah and I got a nice kidney infection as well.
When I came to my senses after the huge amounts of anesthetic pumped into me, including a shot of 4 MORE MLS of Versed after the surgery was over, on top of the continuous shots of Versed during surgery and before surgery, I was already on my feet trying to kill people. I kept fading in and out, but observers said that my speech was continuous and coherent so somehow even though my memory is in bits and pieces I was "lucid" according to them. They are lucky I was so dizzy because I absolutely wanted to murder them. Versed took away my inhibitions, and I was so angry at the arrogant, cavalier treatment and the nasty comments about me, that I really truly wanted them dead. It took years to get over that blazing hot HATRED. It scared me and it scared my husband. It scared the crap out of the nurses.
I have seen the comments from crna's on nurse-anesthesia. I am well aware of the "esteem" in which we patients are held by these nurses. I went to the hospital for a minor surgery, BEST DONE WITH A REGIONAL BLOCK LIKE I WANTED and I got an anti-social arrogant nurse who defied me AND the law by performing those things which I had declined. He beat me into submission with Versed, did whatever he wanted to... One of the things that really got me was when he claimed that I gave "consent" in the operating room by "not objecting". He made damn sure I COULDN'T object by shooting me up with Versed, which I had declined by saying no sedative or drugs which will incapacitate me. He left that part out because he is a lying snake. Since when is consent given in the negative? We had the conversation. I laid out concise permission for the parameters of my care. I explained myself fully. I'm not good enough or important enough to be able to put restrictions on a demi-God of a crna now am I? I'm still angry as you can tell. You guys have no right to do this to people. I don't give a damn how many people like Versed. It has a HUGE amount of people who hate it. I would never have allowed its use for any reason and my crna knew that. He just didn't care. No patient was going to tell him his job.
The actual consent form is on this blog. The hospital got into a lot of trouble over it, because it isn't a legal consent. Look and see if you can find anything on it about sedation, risks and benefits or consent for any kind of anesthesia whatsoever. The crna himself wrote a note on the anesthesia report stating that not only had he explained his plan to me (he didn't) but also that I had ACCEPTED this plan. Lying sack of excrement. See if you can find where anything is written down about the risks and benefits of my surgery? It's not there. There were all kinds of errors and omissions, the wrong block was listed and the paper I got AFTER surgery saying what I had received it is also against the law. The dates are mixed up...was that when they went back and redid the electronic records? The physicians assistant is listed as my surgeon. I remember him asking me the same question as a dozen nurses had already asked, but he didn't identify himself as my surgeon or as the PA. So anyway, the hospital had to change their "inferred" consent to actual "informed" consent. In the 21st century.
As for the statement that all anesthetics cause amnesia, no they don't. Please don't insult my intelligence by conflating unconscious with amnesia. I had a crna try to tell me that SLEEPING means you have amnesia. You know that's a crock. Plus the effects of Versed on the brain are NOT like any other. Yes I have had problems with anesthesia but NOTHING like the problems I have had since the Versed.
PS I have enough money saved up to go to INDIA if I have to have any major surgery. Especially heart surgery. They are pioneering a way to do open heart surgery without general anesthetic. My wild awakenings after surgery would kill me if I had open heart surgery. Do you understand now?
Friday, April 3, 2015
Recent Hate Comments
Some crna decided that in order to convince me of the perfection of their exalted being they needed to insult me and my intelligence. Rather than have them languish in the comments sections of individual posts of mine, I decided to make a whole new post for their comments. Anybody who has had the "benefit" of a crna instead of a doctor and has been treated with arrogant indifference to their needs/wants and in violation of current "informed consent" laws needs to read this. As usual the commenter(s) can't see the narcissistic nature of their comments. It's all part of the illness. So here we go;
Comment #1 from "anonymous"
"I'm sorry you had a bad experience with Versed. I am a CRNA. If my patient tells me they do or don't want a drug, I certainly try to accomadate, (sic) and versed certainly goes in that category for me. I know many anesthesiologists and CRNAs, both groups having good eggs and bad eggs. Please don't extrapolate your negative experience with one pretentious CRNA to us all as a whole. I tend to think (because of my bias) that CRNAs typically listen to their patients more because of their nursing background as opposed to the physician background, but that's my opinion. The anesthesiologist who downplayed the CRNA's involvement in your husband's case, I take issue with him as you have described him. Oh well. Good egg and bad eggs in each of the Anesthesiologist and CRNA camps. I try to be the best I can at what I do, but the day I stop listening to my patients and customizing the anesthetics to each individual is the day I should stop administering anesthesia." This one is fairly innocuous, but he/she doesn't get it. Once you have been AMBUSHED by a crna, the fear and loathing doesn't just dissipate. She/he [seems female to me, judging by writing style] talks about good eggs and bad eggs. It is so important to have GOOD people in anesthesia. It isn't good eggs and bad eggs, like your Ford dealership employees. Anesthesia providers must be held to a higher standard. I was happy that the anesthesiologist was in charge AS THE LAW PROVIDES! In my opinion, crna's do NOT listen to their patients more than doctors. They feel that they are the final arbiters of "what's good for you." That mind set isn't listening to the patient. That being said I MIGHT entertain the idea that this person be in charge of my anesthetic. This is my absolute right! I can decline the services of a nurse any time I want. It's the LAW.
Comment #2 Is this from the same "anonymous" as above? It was commenting on the same post of mine. hmmmm
"You sound looney! How do you make your husband's surgery all about you? Poor you can't take care of someone who has had surgery? I feel bad for your husband, Your entire blog is absolutely ridiculous and without merit." Now this is more what I have come to expect from crna's and the like. The first comment shown above is the EXCEPTION. Since *I* don't like Versed and I saw what happens when you have sloppy anesthesia provided by an arrogant nurse, and don't want a repeat of same with my husband, I am the bad guy. So this proves that not only do crna's not care about the patient, they don't give a damn about what the caregivers go through either. Believe me, I don't want a Versed crazed man who outweighs me being turned loose into my custody. For that I'm the bad guy. Wow. Please note that the commenter goes beyond their faux outrage at my concern at being a caregiver if my husband reacted the same way *I* did and condemns the whole blog. Of course, because this cretin wishes to pump Versed into people regardless of outcome. As I've previously complained, all these crna's are interested in is their own selfish wishes for an easy time with the patients no matter the aftermath. Once the patient is out the door they could care less what the patient and their family/caregiver has to go through. The proof is in the comment.
Comment #3 from hypnus
"Dear whoever....it's obvious that you have no concept of what it takes to become a CRNA. The training for a CRNA is NOT emptying bedpans or bathing patients. To clarify any misconceptions you have let me detail this for you.
A doctor does a 4 year undergrad degree, usually in a science field but this is NOT a requirement. They then attend a 4 year medical school. The first 2 years are didactic studies with the last 2 being clinical work that includes learning to take history and physicals from patients, etc. Benign work and they don't make any clinical decisions regarding patient care. Upon graduation they do a 1 year general internship where they rotate through all hospital departments. It isn't until their 2nd year that they begin their residency in anesthesia. At this point they are in the same residency program as a CRNA. Upon completion of the residency doctors are not required to prove competency through any board certification, although many do complete the certification.
A CRNA completes 4 years of undergrad, specializing as an RN. The last 2 years are spent specializing in nursing practice and doing actual patient care at the bedside under supervision. A far cry from emptying bedpans, this includes insertion of oral gastric tubes, IV's, drawing arterial blood gases, inserting foley and rectal catheters, reading cardiac monitors, learning to regulate IV medications...many of which are potent, and so forth. Upon graduation the RN is required to spend a determined amount of time working as a critical care nurse before they can even apply for a CRNA program. In the ICU the RN becomes skilled at patient assessment, IV monitoring, use of ventilators, reading and determining meanings of Swan-Ganz readings (inserted into the hear), titrating potent drips, etc. As yes, the RN will empty bedpans because we are not above taking personal care of a patient. Most CRNA programs require that a CRNA applicant be a certified critical care RN (CCRN) before they will even entertain interviewing them. The interview process for CRNA programs is grueling. Because the programs expect the RN applicant to have understanding of critical care medicine, interviews are performed in front of a panel of professors and even anesthesiologists/CRNA's. The interview consists of questions regarding specific medications and their pharmacokinetics, ventilator settings, Swan-Ganz interpretations, arterial blood gas interpretations, and so forth. This usually lasts an hour to an hour and a half. The panel the weighs in the applications accuracy at answering questions, how well they performed under stress, their GPA's, their work history and type of critical care experience before making the selection. There are typically 250+ applicants each year to programs that only welcome 50-75 students. This allows programs to select only the very best for their programs. Upon entering the program the applicants spend 1 year minimum in intense didactics, studying the same material as medical students. Because the students already have bedside experience in critical care and training in nursing, unlike medical students who have no prior experience in medicine, the didactic portion of the program is more condensed than medical school. There is no need to begin with basics of patient care with CRNA students. After the didactic portion of the program is complete the residency begins. For nearly 2 years the CRNA will work in the residency program alongside physicians, learning through experience and with supervision. Yes, there is a difference between the CRNA resident and the medical resident. The CRNA is not paid, the medical resident is. Anyway, the CRNA will spend between 60 to 90 hours a week training in surgery, taking call, and being scrutinized. Upon completion of the residency the CRNA student (RRNA) must take a board certification exam, which must be repeated every 8 years, to provide competency. So before you speak of how CRNA's are incompetent, educate yourself or you will continue to look foolish." So here we have a typical rant from a crna trying to prove, once again, that they are superior to everybody else including doctors. The whole comment is nothing but a self serving attempt to show all us cretins how superior they are. Amazing that they would even try this. So do these nurses start out like this with anti-social tendencies or is it something that is drummed into them in school? It's uncanny how many of them display this attitude. Surly, arrogant, disrespectful, insulting diatribes aimed at? What is this poster striving to achieve? Can anybody tell? The insults are designed to do what? Make us all love crna's? Somebody please tell these "bad eggs" that this kind of behavior is having the opposite impact on patients, if the idea is to convince us to allow a nurse to do our anesthesia. As an aside, an hour and a half interview is what university applicants are expected to do as well. If this example was supposed to show us how onerous the training is, it is a fail. GPA for crna's is what? 3.0 I've heard. If you can't get a B average in a NURSING school you are seriously not a good candidate for a crna. If you can't tell the difference between being a technician and having a true patient care objective, I can't help you. You are describing mechanic school for one aspect of the human body. Sort of like the person who can only do brakes on a car. Where is the concern for the person?
Comment #4 from "anonymous" again
The funny thing is that this poster tried to comment on "ANOTHER Amnesia drug" by stating the following
"Lady, I'm sorry to tell you this and burst your hysterical rant bubble, but Versed isn't the only hypnotic/amnestic given during induction. Propofol also has these properties, so does anesthesia gases. Versed has many other properties too, such as prevention of seizures that can occur when large doses of local anesthetic is injected intraop, decreasing brain hypoxia, decreasing the dose of opioid needed for pain relief resulting in less postop nausea and vomiting, and many more. POCD (postop cognitive dysfunction) is typically only seen in the elderly, substance abusers/alcoholics. It is thought to be caused by the inflammatory process of surgery. Read the facts." Here I am on my blog talking about other amnesia drugs, as I have over the years, and this genius takes the time to deride me for saying so by stating what I have ALREADY written about. Hint: if you are commenting on an article in which I reveal YET ANOTHER amnesia drug, does it stand to reason that I might already know this? So what's up with the snarkiness? The title of my post would give normal people the idea that I am well aware of the FACT that there are other amnesia drugs in use. I have written about many of them. Including Propofol. Ketamine, a blood pressure drug, Ambien, etc. So here we have the oh-so-very-intelligent commenter pretending that I don't know anything. Of course the usual digs about not being educated, "hysterical". "rant", "bubble", blah blah, blah. So predictable. Yet another crna blowing their own horn. Yawn. Of particular interest is how this person tries to disseminate propaganda by saying POCD is "typically" only seen in the elderly (who cares about them, right) SUBSTANCE ABUSERS AND ALCOHOLICS. So the implication to take from this is that IF you have a bad reaction to their wonder drug, it isn't the drug...YOU must be a substance abuser or alcoholic. Blame the victim once again. "Typically" is nothing but an obfuscation, an "anecdotal" based aggressive attempt to disparage anybody who has a bad experience. Careful nursey poo your compassion is showing...not.
Comment #5 again from "anonymous" short but sweet.
"Ridiculous dribble. Did you get rejected by a CRNA program? Is this why you are so jealous and bitter?"
Is this what they teach in crna school? Attack people who have had a bad experience at the hands of a nincompoop nurse who feels they are a God. If somebody disagrees with them, they claim some ulterior motive and impugn their experience? Of special note; this commenter is commenting on a post where I actually LIKED a crna. Maybe they are jealous and bitter about some other crna getting a compliment from me? LOL
Comment #6 anonymous again, last one, tried to post to "My Hope For Versed Pushers"
"That's super nice of you wishing harm on other people." So this commenter doesn't like it that I wish Versed pushers to suffer the same way I did? Too damn bad. You have no problem causing suffering in your patients do you? You have the nerve to try to take the high moral ground while forcing your patients to suffer? Doesn't work like that. You people deliberately and maliciously use a drug which CAUSES suffering in so many people and then have the unmitigated gall to try to castigate me? You make your patients endure what amounts to torture and that's OK but if *I* opine that you should get the exact same treatment, *I* am the bad guy? Spare me.
Comment #1 from "anonymous"
"I'm sorry you had a bad experience with Versed. I am a CRNA. If my patient tells me they do or don't want a drug, I certainly try to accomadate, (sic) and versed certainly goes in that category for me. I know many anesthesiologists and CRNAs, both groups having good eggs and bad eggs. Please don't extrapolate your negative experience with one pretentious CRNA to us all as a whole. I tend to think (because of my bias) that CRNAs typically listen to their patients more because of their nursing background as opposed to the physician background, but that's my opinion. The anesthesiologist who downplayed the CRNA's involvement in your husband's case, I take issue with him as you have described him. Oh well. Good egg and bad eggs in each of the Anesthesiologist and CRNA camps. I try to be the best I can at what I do, but the day I stop listening to my patients and customizing the anesthetics to each individual is the day I should stop administering anesthesia." This one is fairly innocuous, but he/she doesn't get it. Once you have been AMBUSHED by a crna, the fear and loathing doesn't just dissipate. She/he [seems female to me, judging by writing style] talks about good eggs and bad eggs. It is so important to have GOOD people in anesthesia. It isn't good eggs and bad eggs, like your Ford dealership employees. Anesthesia providers must be held to a higher standard. I was happy that the anesthesiologist was in charge AS THE LAW PROVIDES! In my opinion, crna's do NOT listen to their patients more than doctors. They feel that they are the final arbiters of "what's good for you." That mind set isn't listening to the patient. That being said I MIGHT entertain the idea that this person be in charge of my anesthetic. This is my absolute right! I can decline the services of a nurse any time I want. It's the LAW.
Comment #2 Is this from the same "anonymous" as above? It was commenting on the same post of mine. hmmmm
"You sound looney! How do you make your husband's surgery all about you? Poor you can't take care of someone who has had surgery? I feel bad for your husband, Your entire blog is absolutely ridiculous and without merit." Now this is more what I have come to expect from crna's and the like. The first comment shown above is the EXCEPTION. Since *I* don't like Versed and I saw what happens when you have sloppy anesthesia provided by an arrogant nurse, and don't want a repeat of same with my husband, I am the bad guy. So this proves that not only do crna's not care about the patient, they don't give a damn about what the caregivers go through either. Believe me, I don't want a Versed crazed man who outweighs me being turned loose into my custody. For that I'm the bad guy. Wow. Please note that the commenter goes beyond their faux outrage at my concern at being a caregiver if my husband reacted the same way *I* did and condemns the whole blog. Of course, because this cretin wishes to pump Versed into people regardless of outcome. As I've previously complained, all these crna's are interested in is their own selfish wishes for an easy time with the patients no matter the aftermath. Once the patient is out the door they could care less what the patient and their family/caregiver has to go through. The proof is in the comment.
Comment #3 from hypnus
"Dear whoever....it's obvious that you have no concept of what it takes to become a CRNA. The training for a CRNA is NOT emptying bedpans or bathing patients. To clarify any misconceptions you have let me detail this for you.
A doctor does a 4 year undergrad degree, usually in a science field but this is NOT a requirement. They then attend a 4 year medical school. The first 2 years are didactic studies with the last 2 being clinical work that includes learning to take history and physicals from patients, etc. Benign work and they don't make any clinical decisions regarding patient care. Upon graduation they do a 1 year general internship where they rotate through all hospital departments. It isn't until their 2nd year that they begin their residency in anesthesia. At this point they are in the same residency program as a CRNA. Upon completion of the residency doctors are not required to prove competency through any board certification, although many do complete the certification.
A CRNA completes 4 years of undergrad, specializing as an RN. The last 2 years are spent specializing in nursing practice and doing actual patient care at the bedside under supervision. A far cry from emptying bedpans, this includes insertion of oral gastric tubes, IV's, drawing arterial blood gases, inserting foley and rectal catheters, reading cardiac monitors, learning to regulate IV medications...many of which are potent, and so forth. Upon graduation the RN is required to spend a determined amount of time working as a critical care nurse before they can even apply for a CRNA program. In the ICU the RN becomes skilled at patient assessment, IV monitoring, use of ventilators, reading and determining meanings of Swan-Ganz readings (inserted into the hear), titrating potent drips, etc. As yes, the RN will empty bedpans because we are not above taking personal care of a patient. Most CRNA programs require that a CRNA applicant be a certified critical care RN (CCRN) before they will even entertain interviewing them. The interview process for CRNA programs is grueling. Because the programs expect the RN applicant to have understanding of critical care medicine, interviews are performed in front of a panel of professors and even anesthesiologists/CRNA's. The interview consists of questions regarding specific medications and their pharmacokinetics, ventilator settings, Swan-Ganz interpretations, arterial blood gas interpretations, and so forth. This usually lasts an hour to an hour and a half. The panel the weighs in the applications accuracy at answering questions, how well they performed under stress, their GPA's, their work history and type of critical care experience before making the selection. There are typically 250+ applicants each year to programs that only welcome 50-75 students. This allows programs to select only the very best for their programs. Upon entering the program the applicants spend 1 year minimum in intense didactics, studying the same material as medical students. Because the students already have bedside experience in critical care and training in nursing, unlike medical students who have no prior experience in medicine, the didactic portion of the program is more condensed than medical school. There is no need to begin with basics of patient care with CRNA students. After the didactic portion of the program is complete the residency begins. For nearly 2 years the CRNA will work in the residency program alongside physicians, learning through experience and with supervision. Yes, there is a difference between the CRNA resident and the medical resident. The CRNA is not paid, the medical resident is. Anyway, the CRNA will spend between 60 to 90 hours a week training in surgery, taking call, and being scrutinized. Upon completion of the residency the CRNA student (RRNA) must take a board certification exam, which must be repeated every 8 years, to provide competency. So before you speak of how CRNA's are incompetent, educate yourself or you will continue to look foolish." So here we have a typical rant from a crna trying to prove, once again, that they are superior to everybody else including doctors. The whole comment is nothing but a self serving attempt to show all us cretins how superior they are. Amazing that they would even try this. So do these nurses start out like this with anti-social tendencies or is it something that is drummed into them in school? It's uncanny how many of them display this attitude. Surly, arrogant, disrespectful, insulting diatribes aimed at? What is this poster striving to achieve? Can anybody tell? The insults are designed to do what? Make us all love crna's? Somebody please tell these "bad eggs" that this kind of behavior is having the opposite impact on patients, if the idea is to convince us to allow a nurse to do our anesthesia. As an aside, an hour and a half interview is what university applicants are expected to do as well. If this example was supposed to show us how onerous the training is, it is a fail. GPA for crna's is what? 3.0 I've heard. If you can't get a B average in a NURSING school you are seriously not a good candidate for a crna. If you can't tell the difference between being a technician and having a true patient care objective, I can't help you. You are describing mechanic school for one aspect of the human body. Sort of like the person who can only do brakes on a car. Where is the concern for the person?
Comment #4 from "anonymous" again
The funny thing is that this poster tried to comment on "ANOTHER Amnesia drug" by stating the following
"Lady, I'm sorry to tell you this and burst your hysterical rant bubble, but Versed isn't the only hypnotic/amnestic given during induction. Propofol also has these properties, so does anesthesia gases. Versed has many other properties too, such as prevention of seizures that can occur when large doses of local anesthetic is injected intraop, decreasing brain hypoxia, decreasing the dose of opioid needed for pain relief resulting in less postop nausea and vomiting, and many more. POCD (postop cognitive dysfunction) is typically only seen in the elderly, substance abusers/alcoholics. It is thought to be caused by the inflammatory process of surgery. Read the facts." Here I am on my blog talking about other amnesia drugs, as I have over the years, and this genius takes the time to deride me for saying so by stating what I have ALREADY written about. Hint: if you are commenting on an article in which I reveal YET ANOTHER amnesia drug, does it stand to reason that I might already know this? So what's up with the snarkiness? The title of my post would give normal people the idea that I am well aware of the FACT that there are other amnesia drugs in use. I have written about many of them. Including Propofol. Ketamine, a blood pressure drug, Ambien, etc. So here we have the oh-so-very-intelligent commenter pretending that I don't know anything. Of course the usual digs about not being educated, "hysterical". "rant", "bubble", blah blah, blah. So predictable. Yet another crna blowing their own horn. Yawn. Of particular interest is how this person tries to disseminate propaganda by saying POCD is "typically" only seen in the elderly (who cares about them, right) SUBSTANCE ABUSERS AND ALCOHOLICS. So the implication to take from this is that IF you have a bad reaction to their wonder drug, it isn't the drug...YOU must be a substance abuser or alcoholic. Blame the victim once again. "Typically" is nothing but an obfuscation, an "anecdotal" based aggressive attempt to disparage anybody who has a bad experience. Careful nursey poo your compassion is showing...not.
Comment #5 again from "anonymous" short but sweet.
"Ridiculous dribble. Did you get rejected by a CRNA program? Is this why you are so jealous and bitter?"
Is this what they teach in crna school? Attack people who have had a bad experience at the hands of a nincompoop nurse who feels they are a God. If somebody disagrees with them, they claim some ulterior motive and impugn their experience? Of special note; this commenter is commenting on a post where I actually LIKED a crna. Maybe they are jealous and bitter about some other crna getting a compliment from me? LOL
Comment #6 anonymous again, last one, tried to post to "My Hope For Versed Pushers"
"That's super nice of you wishing harm on other people." So this commenter doesn't like it that I wish Versed pushers to suffer the same way I did? Too damn bad. You have no problem causing suffering in your patients do you? You have the nerve to try to take the high moral ground while forcing your patients to suffer? Doesn't work like that. You people deliberately and maliciously use a drug which CAUSES suffering in so many people and then have the unmitigated gall to try to castigate me? You make your patients endure what amounts to torture and that's OK but if *I* opine that you should get the exact same treatment, *I* am the bad guy? Spare me.
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Other Blogs and Pages
Here is a link to a person who was grievously injured by medical care. One of those who suffered the iatrogenic disasters that I speak of from time to time. He also goes into "informed" consent, or the lack thereof, another of my pet peeves. Happy reading, if you can call it that.
Or if the link doesn't work, www.shellyskalicky.blogspot.com
Here is Pro-Publica's facebook page where you can share your story and talk about many different facets of medical care in today's world.
Don't forget author Elizabeth Bewley. I have her books and I love them. They are easy to read and are must haves for navigating the hostile medical field. I can't encourage you enough to buy her books.
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