Weee reading my discharge papers

I just love “MyChart” by Sunnybrook, a wonderful web-based access portal where I can see my lab results, notes written by my surgeon to other doctors, results of radiology tests and so forth. I just LOVE IT!
Here’s what was written with regards to my discharge from my lovely 3 week stay at Sunnybrook in early [...]

Doctors Can be Such Twits & Other Fun Stuff

This post will be a rambling bit of an update on what has been happening in my life lately – and I know how exciting you all find it.
Health:
(1) I made a complaint about a doctor this past Friday morning. The previous night I had gone to the medical clinic (The Doctor’s Office at [...]

Huzzah!

I am infection-free! First time in 3 months. No UTI, no kidney infection, no lung infection … nadah!
On a happy note I am to have an appointment on December 14th for a follow-up with Herschorn. The secretary, Holly, squeezed me for 8am. 8am you gasp… that is an ungodly hour. And it may be so, [...]

Sunnybrook ER

I haven’t been feeling well for a while now. I went to a walk-in clinic on Septemer 21, cos I had an increase in mucuous production plus an increase in sediment — a definate sign of a UTI. At the clinic the doctor asked me how I knew that I had a UTI – I [...]

Oh My Stoma, How you Delight Me

I haven’t blogged in a while, and not because I didn’t have anything to “report” on but mostly due to sheer laziness.
I continue to have problems with my stoma, with my attempts at intermittent catheterisations tending to fail within a day or two of the foley being removed. Back in mid-August Dr Herschorn removed the [...]

Adventures in Healthcare

Well, I got sick again. Blast this decrepit body!
I went to Emergency on July 17th at 2am with severe abdominal pain. I was in ER for a few hours and was prescribed Macrobid by the ER doctor – a certain Dr J Thurger. I was sent home, hopped up on morphine. A few hours later [...]