How did you know I was one of those nurses who can’t resist a challenge?
the search is on!
Is the Esophilic fasciitis the same as necrotizing fasciitis? If so, I have seen that twice. Gruesome as hell. Never heard of the other one, though.
We had a pt awhile back who was injecting herself with insulin(“OD’ing” while hospitalized for something else)–suicidal ideation etc. It was discovered via the endocrinologist by running an endogenous insulin test (IIRC)…she had a breakdown when confronted and off to the mental health facility went she.
Let me 'splain the Greta Garbo post–before all of you think I have lost what little mind I have left.
The mystery wrapped inside an enigma quote I got–Churchill on Russia (USSR-whatever). But David Niven in one of his books, used it to describe Greta Garbo–hence my mental linkage here…
Nope, haven’t seen it. I have had 2 pts with scleroderma, fairly advanced. One had lost all her digits (from the distal knuckle) and was to be tubed shortly d/t pulmonary compromise. She died at the age of 38. Her chest wall was exactly like leather–horrible.
I’m having fun! Versed is God’s gift to all healthcare, IMO. Gotta love a drug that causes amnesia. Having had it once, it is weird to lost time like that.
I’ve had pts wake up from their procedures and yell at me b/c they don’t believe that they’ve had them…work is hard, but never dull!
So, are you a psychiatrist or do you hang around mental institutions for the variety?
Good one, jayjay. You induced a humorous, snorky-type noise out of me.
No pshrink I, rather do I deal with the physical foibles of the incorrigible incarcerates. Dabbling in diabetes, assisting asthmatics, hectoring Hepatitis C, badgering B, lowering lipids while counseling cardiac cath candidates and incising infections and bracing broken bones.
