Hi All,
Don't often blog as I am miserable most of the time- just really hate the treatment but today I am feeling very cross. I went having decided to give up on the portacath which is excruciatingly painful and doesn't do blood anyway and to have a cannula in my arm. That was OK but they couldn't get any blood. They do the blood test before chemo and I wait about 20mins for the OK to do chemo. The nurse said she would bring another nurse who I just don't like, I said please try again but the other nurse came and had a go. She was doing something I really don't like and which makes me feel very sick (that tapping on the vein thing) so I asked her to stop as I know only one vein works anyway. she didn't stop so I asked again, she said no, I have to do it, my husband asked her to stop and she still didn't. I was upset then and shouted "Get off me". Then she said I can't treat you and walked out of my room.The other nurse didn't know what to do so I asked for the ward manager to come and I was left waiting for 25mins. I rang my consultant and he rang the chemo unit and then a doc came and redid the cannula (in my one vein) and it got done. The ward manager listened and sympathised but I did emphasise that I was complaining about the nurses attitude.
What a palaver you might think but I am a known hospital phobic and usually my treatment is done with kid gloves so I am used to getting my own way if you want to look at it like that but I just feel it is treatment which is appropriate to my needs. Today was a nightmare and has not helped my phobia.
My question is does stop mean stop? Or can they just do what they want?
Sorry to rant and thanks for reading.
Jen XX
