tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post1990636632843267864..comments2024-01-12T06:12:35.838-05:00Comments on StorytellERdoc: ER TupperwareStorytellERdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371229500424449124noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-12577906379343260162010-02-09T20:38:02.853-05:002010-02-09T20:38:02.853-05:00I brought one of these tupperwares in the er . I ...I brought one of these tupperwares in the er . I just got so frustrated. I came in to er so sick and in level 10 pain in gallbladder area. Just had Gallbladder surgery 2 months ago. Morphine shot they gave me made it worse. Doc had no clue and said we are going to send you home . I told him no something is wrong but it was useless. Get home and start throwing again even worse. This time it was dark green thick bile and attack was making me feel like I was dying. I went back to er brought my container in with the green stuff so they could see I am really in pain and sick and wanted help. That did the trick. haha! Was sent right back. Liver levels were taken 380 alt and 370 ast and elevated tbili. Admitted me. Turns out I have been diagnosed with sphincter of oddi dysfunction and was having an attack. Thankfully no more attacks that bad and have not had to use the container :)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09596359990099995146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-25326081120231123252010-01-30T12:29:32.482-05:002010-01-30T12:29:32.482-05:00OH MY GOD.
Please, please, convince me it wasn&#...OH MY GOD. <br /><br />Please, please, convince me it wasn't my 93 year old aunt that INSISTS on sending leftovers with everyone when they stop by. <br /><br />We finally bought her a bunch of disposable containers and as we exit the apartment, our "gifts" get tossed into the dumpster, as we have seen her kitchen and are well aware of her inability to really see any of the gross things that are happening there).<br /><br />(Don't worry....she has gobs of money and these little tidbits of disposable leftover potatoes aren't sending her to the poor house)OHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03856294075428012923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-141430912244897762010-01-08T04:31:25.617-05:002010-01-08T04:31:25.617-05:00Usually it is bats, snakes, or spiders in the cont...Usually it is bats, snakes, or spiders in the container. Pooh is captured on the digital camera for review.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01698190735613420726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-8844254919061094072010-01-06T09:44:01.135-05:002010-01-06T09:44:01.135-05:00oh come on doc, I'm a little surprised at your...oh come on doc, I'm a little surprised at your 'squeamish' reaction to an old lady's pleghm...I've seen MUCH worse in my time for sure, and I'm always amazed at how freaked out people get over bodily fluids. And what's the big deal about taking her Tupperware home to clean and re-use? it's not like she had some hazardous material in there, and it was HER spittle? (that's all we do NOT need is one more piece of plastic in the garbage dump!)IrishPoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00963530202003057742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-23306966951639298522010-01-06T01:01:24.767-05:002010-01-06T01:01:24.767-05:00LOL the dreaded tupperware sign! If positive, prep...LOL the dreaded tupperware sign! If positive, prepare for + + emotional support. <br /><br />I'm with torontoemerg - I haven't been doing triage very long but the time that I have been doing it has left me queasy on many an occasion. I had the misfortune of seeing the same tupperware container as the one that I carry my lunch in (walmart was having a sale - i guess i wasn't the only one who knew about it) with a whole bunch of foul, cloudy pee from a nephrostomy along with a few pebbles of poop in it. <br /><br />I had to replace all of my plastic containers with glass ones after that. <br /><br />Great story as always! Looking forward to the next post.Mahahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04860979377398925052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-1273932536698247362010-01-05T23:37:23.498-05:002010-01-05T23:37:23.498-05:00I started to chuckle at the first italicized sente...I started to chuckle at the first italicized sentence. Laughter only became more diphragmatic from then on.<br /><br />Completely, totally, utterly gross. And just equally as funny!<br /><br />Again, Doc, your colorful knack for storytelling hits the mark!t.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15078067225523297368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-68814761187850634422010-01-05T20:16:08.703-05:002010-01-05T20:16:08.703-05:00Once upon a time I worked for a urologists office....Once upon a time I worked for a urologists office. You don't even want to begin to imagine the post-vasectomy "samples" we got delivered to us. In various tupperware. One still steamy on the inside. And one- in a PAPER bag. and nothing else. Puke away.mommy-medichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09840535408488261923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-73216415642482656132010-01-05T16:31:35.559-05:002010-01-05T16:31:35.559-05:00Scary indeed. Not to burst your bubble, but I thin...Scary indeed. Not to burst your bubble, but I think what you're experiencing is a re-living of childhood, watching your mom and her lady friends at the monthly tupperware party? Joking...<br /><br />ER would be fun- sounds like there's a good balance of everyday human craziness and actual medical practice!?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-5844166033493164682010-01-05T01:03:15.588-05:002010-01-05T01:03:15.588-05:00opps... meant to say "here" not hearopps... meant to say "here" not hearMLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02844329474927366269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-53216019282963342072010-01-05T01:02:36.148-05:002010-01-05T01:02:36.148-05:00ROFLMAO... The dreaded tupperware containers, down...ROFLMAO... The dreaded tupperware containers, down hear most bring things in mason jars, at least than we have some advance warning of what is in them.MLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02844329474927366269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-81487309732959645442010-01-04T21:50:07.699-05:002010-01-04T21:50:07.699-05:00I actually couldn't read the post...seen too m...I actually couldn't read the post...seen too many at triage. My personal faves are the baby food jars filled with poo samples, and the aluminum pots used as ad hoc emesis basins --- which I guess will be used to cook the macaroni the next day.<br /><br />It's all too ugly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-10158404704378104952010-01-04T15:36:03.729-05:002010-01-04T15:36:03.729-05:00Clear spittle and feeling fine...what is wrong wit...Clear spittle and feeling fine...what is wrong with people?Dr. Mongo Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09351344829632811877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-29968971874761199892010-01-04T15:05:33.575-05:002010-01-04T15:05:33.575-05:00Hi Jim - Awww ..what a sweet elderly lady. :) Yo...Hi Jim - Awww ..what a sweet elderly lady. :) You're so good with your patients. I'm sure that's not always easy at 5am when you know they don't need to be there. I had to laugh out loud when you bargained with God. I always prayed whenever a patient came in with lice or scabies and then itched all night too. :) <br /><br />You just couldn't resist the pepperoni comment could you? ;)<br /><br />I worked with a doc who told us he was friends with a a pulmonary doc who named his dog phlegm. :)<br /><br />I was pretty relaxed reading it because I figured it couldn't top having a gross foreign body in your mouth.<br /><br />I LOVE ziploc bags *organizing*. You can even use a punch hole thingy and then snap into a loose leaf binder for the purpose of holding pertinent receipts or smaller objects you want included with the rest of the paperwork. Then just flip to or past them while working in that binder.<br /><br />Your posts are so well written, moving, entertaining, etc. that you should consider writing a book.<br />***********************<br />I have to say..I wasn't worried about what you would say ..because unless it was in your mouth ..it wouldn't effect me too badly.<br /><br />I hope you don't mind Jim, but I thought you might be interested in reading a set of posts I wrote as a newbie blogger. It's a true story and maybe I overreacted..but you had to have it in your mouth to know how panicked I was really feeling. I put the links down in order- pt I, II and III. It tied in with the gross aspect of your story. If you prefer I not do this then please feel free to delete. :)<br /><br />http://seaspray-itsawonderfullife.blogspot.com/2007/01/what-is-in-my-mouth.html<br /><br />http://seaspray-itsawonderfullife.blogspot.com/2007/01/whatis-in-my-mouth-part-ii.html<br /><br />http://seaspray-itsawonderfullife.blogspot.com/2007/01/what-is-in-my-mouth-partiii.htmlSeaSprayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07906503090688697222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-66198652113789354802010-01-04T14:11:52.141-05:002010-01-04T14:11:52.141-05:00How can you make it to that age without knowing th...How can you make it to that age without knowing that CLEAR mucous is a GOOD thing. If it was a nasty brown color, or bright red, I could understand being worried. Or if it was coming out by the bucket.BubbleGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00932935674980101062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-7625796487206216182010-01-04T13:44:07.038-05:002010-01-04T13:44:07.038-05:00I like to think this is why Ziploc began manufactu...I like to think this is why Ziploc began manufacturing semi-permanent containers: washable but also easy to pitch. Sounds perfert for bizarre specimens that no one really wants to see.<br /><br />Enjoy the snow.<br /><>< KatieKatie Axelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09361471654719262744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-13563097942022619412010-01-04T13:12:53.808-05:002010-01-04T13:12:53.808-05:00I was ok until you got to the wet partial..sputum ...I was ok until you got to the wet partial..sputum I can do...but a wet, sticky partial in that sputum, pulled out and replaced in one's mouth? I nearly retched. Ugh...sends chills down my spine. I could never be a dentist.J-Quell'nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01878522077562588401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-19670600177014669102010-01-04T11:41:25.129-05:002010-01-04T11:41:25.129-05:00I didn't know whether to laugh or grab a bucke...I didn't know whether to laugh or grab a bucket. I'm glad I wasn't sipping on my tea while reading.Chrysalis https://www.blogger.com/profile/00757696627388704079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-80603499580535718342010-01-04T10:25:19.086-05:002010-01-04T10:25:19.086-05:00That was really gross. ::shiver::
I'll take ...That was really gross. ::shiver::<br /><br />I'll take amniotic fluid and meconium ANY day over sputum!!AtYourCervixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08238926588944507794noreply@blogger.com