The hospital-staff almost killed me

Last week i thought i had a flu.
I felt weak and my body temperature was high.
I was wrong, it wasn't the flu.
An infection was spreading throughout my Gullbladder, pancreas and liver.
Sunday i started having unimaginable pain in my lower abdomen and it got so bad that i started screaming uncontrollably.
My organs were digesting themselves due to my pancreas being infected.
I called an ambulance and the drivers rolled their eyes at me and told me to quiet down.
The doctor at the hospital yelled at me because she "had a rough night and couldn't deal with this"
None of them took me seriously.
2 hours after the pain started the doctor returned.
She was suddenly very worried and immediately admitted me to the Intensive Care Unit.
I received a plethora of the worlds strongest opioid painkillers and they still couldnt quite eliminate the pain.
No one there told me what was going on, only that my situation was critical and that there is a chance that i might not survive it.
When i began to ask questions about my status or how the situation was developing they started giving me very large amounts of sedatives. This got to the point where i was no longer able to control my extremities, speak or even move my eyes under my own free will, while still being conscious enough to notice everything around me.
They constantly prodded me, undressed and dressed me again and carted me to take tests without anyone ever talking to me.
I was put in a CT-Scan with no one speaking a single word to me from the moment they picked me up to the time i was returned to the ICU.
The results were, as usual, not disclosed to me at any point.
Tuesday they upped the dose to a level where my breathing was growing more and more shallow and i was afraid of dying because of an overdose.
I managed to slowly edge myself off of my bed, ripping the needle out of my hand.
The drip with the medication in it emptied itself and after i was lifted back on my bed it was empty and they didn't connect me to it again, so i had a chance to get control over my body back.
When i could walk and speak again i invoked my right to chose my physician and took away their right to treat me and then i left.
This was two days ago.
I still have no idea how extensive the damage to my organs actually is or what really happened to me, but i know that these people who i trusted to help me when i was at my weakest had me live through the worst abuse of my entire life.
In about one hour i will go see my regular doctor who is also a specialist in internal medicine to find this out.
This was the worst week of my life and i am still deeply traumatized by what i had to live through.

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I've never eaten ramen so I'll take your word for it...XD

I hope your internal system didn't sustain too much damage, and if it got damaged I hope said organs can self-heal...
 
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Thanks RaMon90.
Yeah, have lived here all my life.
Not all hospitals are bad, but you can get really unlucky at times.
It is the luck of the draw, i guess.
But as a german you can always invoke your right to chose your own physician and simply walk out of there.
Well... if you can talk, speak and sign a paper that is.
If you ever want someone to talk about germany with, i am your guy!

@Amapola62: Well, i mean.. i can't influence it either way, but i would rather just know and then find a way to go on, you know?
It sucks that i am in constant pain and it sucks even more that i walk with the speed of an 80year old man and that i have to ask people to give me a seat when i use the bus or the tram, because i can not stand that long.
All of this is terribly humiliating when you are 29 years old.
 
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@WiiUBricker: I am seriously considering my legal options.
 
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Believe me, i have been thinking it about this CONSTANTLY, but first i need to take care of myself and find out what damage has actually been done to my body.
 
I agree with WiiUBricker about the suing...

Maybe you could use that damage as additional proof if the case goes to trial...
 
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@Amapola62 You never had ramen?? How did that happen?
No, that is one thing i can not rightfully blame them for.
There is really nothing much you can do when someone has something like this happening to him/her.
I know, its unbelievable, but if the infection is not caused by gaulstones or a virus your only option is to remove the affected organs alltogether before the digestive enzymes begin digesting the heart and lung, but i really, really want to keep my gaulbladder and my pancreas, because without them i would immediately be a diabetic who can not process fatty foods.
 
By never going to a Japanese restaurant...XD Since there's maybe only one around where I leave and considering my trouble with fine motor skills...Handling shopsticks is basically an impossible task for me...I never tried to go there...
 
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why not just try the kind you buy in packets?
I usually buy it in bulk from amazon-germany, but amazon america carries it, too!
https://www.amazon.com/Nongshim-Ram...F8&qid=1481224438&sr=8-1&keywords=shin+ramyun

There are more kinds of ramen then you can count, but in my oppinion this one ranks among the best and is certainly the best kind i have ever had.

Just put it in a bowl (or buy the kind already in a disposable bowl) pour hot water over it and let it sit for a few minutes.
No need for chop-sticks either! Just use a fork for the noodles and at the end you can slurp the yummy broth! ^_^
 
Well I am French so in my case that would be Amazon France...

I wonder if the local organic food shop sells ramen...I think I'll check the next time I go there...
 
When I first saw Nongshim, I thought, "what the hell does Korea know about ramen?!", but can now attest they are among the best instant noodles available.
 
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Yeah, when i first saw it in a local shop i asked what flavor this was and where it was from. I was surprised to learn it was from Korea.
Since i never any korean Ramyun (their spelling for ramen apparently) i only took one, but i enjoyed it immensely.
Ever since then i have been eating them at least a few times a month.

I did NOT like Shin Ramyun Black as much tho, because the garlic bits were little slivers, instead of being crushed. Biting into one those was unpleasant for me.

PS: A friend of mine is a really big Ramen-fan. She just loves trying out new flavors and brands all the time, but here comes the weird part.... she absolutely hated Shin Ramyun.

She loves the noodles, but dislikes the broth. She says the flavors are to bold, which might be because japanese Ramen are much milder and have much subtler flavors.
 
As a nurse I think you should have stayed in the hospital. their 'not taking you seriously' is because people fish for narcotics all the time. it sounds like they did their job by running tests and realizing the severity of your situation. if you were in a state of pain that required sedatives and (sounds like) a morphine drip the last thing you should have done is pull your IV. removing those drugs without tapering can seriously fuck you up. if they weren't telling you anything it's because they didn't have any information to share. it sounds to me like they were still running diagnostics to determine the right treatment. doctors treat sever situation in a particular order. they need to monitor cardiovascular, then respiratory, then pain. you feeling comfertable in your surroundings is way down on their list of priorities. and that's any hospital you go to. their job is to keep you alive. not make you feel like totally cool with the vibe and stuff.
 
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They mixed the medication in a way that lead to my resperation almost failing.
I am not someone who needs a lot of comfort, i do however need to breathe. All the time.
I showed my doctor the papers i got from the hospital, which included the dosage and she said that it is a wonder that i survived that.
They gave me dosages that would have put any normal person in serious danger of suffocation, something even more dangerous for me consiering i am suffering from Asthma.
I understand you have pride in your work, but if you do not consider this to be very dangerous behavior, then maybe you really should work somewhere else.
 
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Jesus, that's like movie shit. Hope you get better, and yeah..this should turn into a serious legal case for, actual mental distress.
 
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Yeah, i am considering that, but at the moment all i care about is actually finding out my condition and having my doctor find a way to treat me, or at least offer me a way to deal with the pain.
I got "Tramadol" today, which is an Opiate, but not a terribly effective one. Didn't really help me at all, to be honest, so i am probably going to return the packet tomorrow.
Having Opiates lying around when you don't need them doesn't seem like a good idea.
Right now i found out that a combination of 1000mg Metamizol and 800mg Ibuprofen at least dulls the pain enough for me to be mobile, which really is a god send.
 
Respiratory depression is common with opiod medications. if your doctor said the dosage was too high then it is possible it was. I'm not saying people don't make mistakes. but they don't put you on high dosages of those medications without monitoring your breathing and o2 levels. or at least they do in the US. It is also likly your doctor is mistaken. really youre comparing the word of one physician to that of a medical team. that situation sounds scary, absolutely. but you could have really hurt yourself.
 
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Believe me. This was not a good hospital.
There were so many things i left out.
All of them utterly terrible.
I am glad you take pride in your work. You should!
But i honestly doubt the quality of your work is comparable to theirs.
 

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