tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367596429065516772.post5307873998235870383..comments2023-10-28T06:12:54.164-07:00Comments on infantasia: not listeningJohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08988685736635515808noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367596429065516772.post-8146408987776895562009-02-17T15:35:00.000-08:002009-02-17T15:35:00.000-08:00the not listening to patients and their relatives ...the not listening to patients and their relatives gets me, too. remember the case where somebody had forgotten to take the nil-by-mouth off the chart of a paralysed woman, when they stopped the IV nutrients? she starved to death even though her relatives were alerting staff and saying they were concerned?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367596429065516772.post-34918656825847006952009-02-17T10:31:00.000-08:002009-02-17T10:31:00.000-08:00I didn't want to comment as this gives me the heeb...I didn't want to comment as this gives me the heebies.<BR/><BR/>In Bishopstown probably ten years ago now, I ended up with the nurse holding my head and the dentist with his knee up on the chair beside me as he swung himself with both hands off the tooth he was trying to pull.<BR/><BR/>I slept for 21 hours straight after that.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11044403947730363259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367596429065516772.post-71727704241457615682009-02-17T09:22:00.000-08:002009-02-17T09:22:00.000-08:00I had to have THREE goes of it the last few times ...I had to have THREE goes of it the last few times I've been - luckily my dentist is as eager to keep it pain free as me :)<BR/><BR/>I think she was fine thorugh the ctual root canal, just sore at the end. They do give LOADS, she had a chipmonk cheek.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08988685736635515808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367596429065516772.post-77061491350877352812009-02-17T05:52:00.000-08:002009-02-17T05:52:00.000-08:00Funny how dentists don't quite believe the anaesth...Funny how dentists don't quite believe the anaesthetic isn't working. I often need an extra jab of the stuff, and they seem to think I'm fooling around, that I've cunningly neutralised the original dose.<BR/><BR/>Unnecessary pain is particularly alarming to a child who trusts adults to be gentle and reassuring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367596429065516772.post-79459805675687307072009-02-17T02:25:00.000-08:002009-02-17T02:25:00.000-08:00I had a horrific time with the local Health Board ...I had a horrific time with the local Health Board dentist when I was a kid. Scarred me for life (and scared me).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com