# Where's davidm? In the hospital recovering from a medical screwup.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 29, 2017, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-davidm-in-the-hospital-recovering-from-a-medical-screwup/803049 "2017-11-29T12:24:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-davidm-in-the-hospital-recovering-from-a-medical-screwup/803049/561 "2025-03-05T15:25:42Z")

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That’s the point.  
Did they give you a legit reason to not have anything but water?  
Or, maybe you just feel to sick to eat?

I’ve been in hospitals a bunch.  
If I can’t eat, timely and what I need, there will be repercussions.

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**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-davidm-in-the-hospital-recovering-from-a-medical-screwup/803049/562 "2025-03-05T23:09:20Z")

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They weren’t allowing anything by mouth because the scan for urological issues coincidentally showed what appeared to be a bowel obstruction. I knew this was not the case because I know what a real obstruction feels like and I know that scans of my rearranged insides often are misdiagnosed as an obstruction. I kept insisting on this but they wouldn’t allow anything by mouth until they got a surgical consult. My surgeon (the one who saved my life years ago) agreed and now I can eat. She said that with people like me you diagnose obstruction by symptons and bowel sounds, not by x-rays or scans.

I still have to deal with a bladder stone that’s too big to pass.

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**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-davidm-in-the-hospital-recovering-from-a-medical-screwup/803049/563 "2025-03-07T23:07:54Z")

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I’m home. I have to schedule an outpatient procedure ro remove the stone.

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**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-davidm-in-the-hospital-recovering-from-a-medical-screwup/803049/564 "2025-03-08T01:13:45Z")

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That’s good news! Waiting at home has to be more comfortable than being at the whims of the hospital staff.

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**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-davidm-in-the-hospital-recovering-from-a-medical-screwup/803049/565 "2025-03-08T14:19:17Z")

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Yes Especially since the kitchen could not get my low fiber diet right. Every meal consisted of me having to ask for somethibg different than what they sent me.

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