First Admission!

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JazzysMom

New member
Just a suggestion if the pharmacy is anything like at our hospital. Take your enzymes & diabetes supplies (insulin, testing kit etc) with you so that there is no waiting at meal time.

It seems to take forever to get things processed by them.

Patience is the key I have found. Its a long dragged out process. I am always wipes out after the first day......

Another thought too. It took me a long time of being "nice" to finally put my foot down. Our hospital is a teaching hospital so we always had residents, interns, student nurses/physicians stopping by making me repeat things etc. They would start bright & early.

That started pissing me off (took 33 years not too bad) & I put a sign up on the door not to be disturbed before 7:45 AM. It shocked a lot of people LOL......rest is difficult enough to come by in the hospital. They did respect it & unless you put your foot down they wont "think" anything about it.
 
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JazzysMom

New member
Just a suggestion if the pharmacy is anything like at our hospital. Take your enzymes & diabetes supplies (insulin, testing kit etc) with you so that there is no waiting at meal time.

It seems to take forever to get things processed by them.

Patience is the key I have found. Its a long dragged out process. I am always wipes out after the first day......

Another thought too. It took me a long time of being "nice" to finally put my foot down. Our hospital is a teaching hospital so we always had residents, interns, student nurses/physicians stopping by making me repeat things etc. They would start bright & early.

That started pissing me off (took 33 years not too bad) & I put a sign up on the door not to be disturbed before 7:45 AM. It shocked a lot of people LOL......rest is difficult enough to come by in the hospital. They did respect it & unless you put your foot down they wont "think" anything about it.
 
J

JazzysMom

New member
Just a suggestion if the pharmacy is anything like at our hospital. Take your enzymes & diabetes supplies (insulin, testing kit etc) with you so that there is no waiting at meal time.

It seems to take forever to get things processed by them.

Patience is the key I have found. Its a long dragged out process. I am always wipes out after the first day......

Another thought too. It took me a long time of being "nice" to finally put my foot down. Our hospital is a teaching hospital so we always had residents, interns, student nurses/physicians stopping by making me repeat things etc. They would start bright & early.

That started pissing me off (took 33 years not too bad) & I put a sign up on the door not to be disturbed before 7:45 AM. It shocked a lot of people LOL......rest is difficult enough to come by in the hospital. They did respect it & unless you put your foot down they wont "think" anything about it.
 
J

JazzysMom

New member
Just a suggestion if the pharmacy is anything like at our hospital. Take your enzymes & diabetes supplies (insulin, testing kit etc) with you so that there is no waiting at meal time.

It seems to take forever to get things processed by them.

Patience is the key I have found. Its a long dragged out process. I am always wipes out after the first day......

Another thought too. It took me a long time of being "nice" to finally put my foot down. Our hospital is a teaching hospital so we always had residents, interns, student nurses/physicians stopping by making me repeat things etc. They would start bright & early.

That started pissing me off (took 33 years not too bad) & I put a sign up on the door not to be disturbed before 7:45 AM. It shocked a lot of people LOL......rest is difficult enough to come by in the hospital. They did respect it & unless you put your foot down they wont "think" anything about it.
 
J

JazzysMom

New member
Just a suggestion if the pharmacy is anything like at our hospital. Take your enzymes & diabetes supplies (insulin, testing kit etc) with you so that there is no waiting at meal time.
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<br />It seems to take forever to get things processed by them.
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<br />Patience is the key I have found. Its a long dragged out process. I am always wipes out after the first day......
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<br />Another thought too. It took me a long time of being "nice" to finally put my foot down. Our hospital is a teaching hospital so we always had residents, interns, student nurses/physicians stopping by making me repeat things etc. They would start bright & early.
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<br />That started pissing me off (took 33 years not too bad) & I put a sign up on the door not to be disturbed before 7:45 AM. It shocked a lot of people LOL......rest is difficult enough to come by in the hospital. They did respect it & unless you put your foot down they wont "think" anything about it.
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Landy

New member
It looks like everything has been covered, the only thing I would add is to take antibacterial wipes or something to wiipe everything down with when you first get to your room (i.e. bed rails, tv remote, telephone, etc).

Good luck on your first admission!
 
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Landy

New member
It looks like everything has been covered, the only thing I would add is to take antibacterial wipes or something to wiipe everything down with when you first get to your room (i.e. bed rails, tv remote, telephone, etc).

Good luck on your first admission!
 
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Landy

New member
It looks like everything has been covered, the only thing I would add is to take antibacterial wipes or something to wiipe everything down with when you first get to your room (i.e. bed rails, tv remote, telephone, etc).

Good luck on your first admission!
 
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Landy

New member
It looks like everything has been covered, the only thing I would add is to take antibacterial wipes or something to wiipe everything down with when you first get to your room (i.e. bed rails, tv remote, telephone, etc).

Good luck on your first admission!
 
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Landy

New member
It looks like everything has been covered, the only thing I would add is to take antibacterial wipes or something to wiipe everything down with when you first get to your room (i.e. bed rails, tv remote, telephone, etc).
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<br />Good luck on your first admission!
 
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slccfer413

New member
Hey, I would recommend taking some of your meds, but hide them. Most hospitals will not allow patients to bring in their own meds. Where are you at, which Hosp? Here in Utah we have a great unit for CFers' so the nurses are all very familiar with CF and our care. I ask them to just bring me in my days supply of enzymes in the morning, so I don't have to rely on their time schedule.
Biggest thing to know is that you have been taking care of yourself for 22 years and many nurses have only read about CF. Don't let the nurses, interns and docs scare you into any sort of treatment. Every time I go to the hospital someone wants to diagnose me with CF relted Diabetes, and after 4 years of doing the tests and being positive while in the hospital, then negative 3 months later. I finally said ENOUGH. I go to the hospital to get better from an illness, not diagnosed with a new one.
 
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slccfer413

New member
Hey, I would recommend taking some of your meds, but hide them. Most hospitals will not allow patients to bring in their own meds. Where are you at, which Hosp? Here in Utah we have a great unit for CFers' so the nurses are all very familiar with CF and our care. I ask them to just bring me in my days supply of enzymes in the morning, so I don't have to rely on their time schedule.
Biggest thing to know is that you have been taking care of yourself for 22 years and many nurses have only read about CF. Don't let the nurses, interns and docs scare you into any sort of treatment. Every time I go to the hospital someone wants to diagnose me with CF relted Diabetes, and after 4 years of doing the tests and being positive while in the hospital, then negative 3 months later. I finally said ENOUGH. I go to the hospital to get better from an illness, not diagnosed with a new one.
 
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slccfer413

New member
Hey, I would recommend taking some of your meds, but hide them. Most hospitals will not allow patients to bring in their own meds. Where are you at, which Hosp? Here in Utah we have a great unit for CFers' so the nurses are all very familiar with CF and our care. I ask them to just bring me in my days supply of enzymes in the morning, so I don't have to rely on their time schedule.
Biggest thing to know is that you have been taking care of yourself for 22 years and many nurses have only read about CF. Don't let the nurses, interns and docs scare you into any sort of treatment. Every time I go to the hospital someone wants to diagnose me with CF relted Diabetes, and after 4 years of doing the tests and being positive while in the hospital, then negative 3 months later. I finally said ENOUGH. I go to the hospital to get better from an illness, not diagnosed with a new one.
 
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slccfer413

New member
Hey, I would recommend taking some of your meds, but hide them. Most hospitals will not allow patients to bring in their own meds. Where are you at, which Hosp? Here in Utah we have a great unit for CFers' so the nurses are all very familiar with CF and our care. I ask them to just bring me in my days supply of enzymes in the morning, so I don't have to rely on their time schedule.
Biggest thing to know is that you have been taking care of yourself for 22 years and many nurses have only read about CF. Don't let the nurses, interns and docs scare you into any sort of treatment. Every time I go to the hospital someone wants to diagnose me with CF relted Diabetes, and after 4 years of doing the tests and being positive while in the hospital, then negative 3 months later. I finally said ENOUGH. I go to the hospital to get better from an illness, not diagnosed with a new one.
 
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slccfer413

New member
Hey, I would recommend taking some of your meds, but hide them. Most hospitals will not allow patients to bring in their own meds. Where are you at, which Hosp? Here in Utah we have a great unit for CFers' so the nurses are all very familiar with CF and our care. I ask them to just bring me in my days supply of enzymes in the morning, so I don't have to rely on their time schedule.
<br />Biggest thing to know is that you have been taking care of yourself for 22 years and many nurses have only read about CF. Don't let the nurses, interns and docs scare you into any sort of treatment. Every time I go to the hospital someone wants to diagnose me with CF relted Diabetes, and after 4 years of doing the tests and being positive while in the hospital, then negative 3 months later. I finally said ENOUGH. I go to the hospital to get better from an illness, not diagnosed with a new one.
 
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TonyaH

Guest
A while back I saw this advise posted in the families section and completely agreed! If you will be going home on iv antibiotics, think about what schedule will work for you at home and have the nurses run your meds on that schedule. That will keep you from having to adjust everything later on.

Good luck!
 
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TonyaH

Guest
A while back I saw this advise posted in the families section and completely agreed! If you will be going home on iv antibiotics, think about what schedule will work for you at home and have the nurses run your meds on that schedule. That will keep you from having to adjust everything later on.

Good luck!
 
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TonyaH

Guest
A while back I saw this advise posted in the families section and completely agreed! If you will be going home on iv antibiotics, think about what schedule will work for you at home and have the nurses run your meds on that schedule. That will keep you from having to adjust everything later on.

Good luck!
 
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TonyaH

Guest
A while back I saw this advise posted in the families section and completely agreed! If you will be going home on iv antibiotics, think about what schedule will work for you at home and have the nurses run your meds on that schedule. That will keep you from having to adjust everything later on.

Good luck!
 
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TonyaH

Guest
A while back I saw this advise posted in the families section and completely agreed! If you will be going home on iv antibiotics, think about what schedule will work for you at home and have the nurses run your meds on that schedule. That will keep you from having to adjust everything later on.
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<br />Good luck!
 
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