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31 Janvier 2019
J'ai été un des premiers cas de HINI avant même que le virus soit nommé...
3 mois avant son apparition...
Mais là je suis drôlement malade et je veux tenir un journal de bord comme je l'ai fait quand j'ai été malade avec le HINI
J'ai été en contact avec 2 agents de bord malades qui revenaient de la Chine.
31 Janvier 2019
Je n'étais pas très forte apres avoir passé plus de 10 heures avec les 2 agents de bord malades
Essouflement
Aucune energie
La premiere nuit
j'étouffais
La luette enflée elle était tellement grosse quelle touchait ma langue.
Gorge sèche
Yeux qui coulent pour rien
Assoiffée
Je croyais la fatigue
Le voyage au Brésil...campagne stress....
mal de tete ne lâche pas
je me lève avec un mal de tete
je me couche avec un mal de tete
j ai passé une bouteille d'advil
une bouteille de robuflex
rien à faire
Mais non
jour de l'an passe je ne vais pas bien du tout.
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je reste chez moi je ne vais pas bien.
je ne vois personne
Le 6 janvier, j'ai un rendez-vous déja de planifié à l'hopital de Ste Agathe pour une visite annuelle chez le gynécologue. Je ne me sens pas en force d'annuler cela fait tres longtemps que j'attends. Mais apres ma visite, je ne me sens vraiment pas bien, je sais pas si je pourrai faire mon vol ou pas pour le Japon. Alors, je reste à l'hopital pour demander un papier de médecin pour ma compagnie.
Je passe à l'urgence.
mon mal de dos est vraiment bizarre
et j'ai le souffle court
je me suis dis: j'ai passé la souffleuse hier au froid
qui sait
donc au triage
on me demande qu'est ce que j'ai
J'ai mal au dos, j' ai de la difficulté à respirer. Je suis sans énergie. Elle prend
ma temperature
ma pression
mon taux d'Oxygène
et je retourne m'asseoir
Le calvaire continue vraiment vite je trouve mes symptomes empirissent
Il ne faut vraiment pas bouger
sinon je ne respire pas
Heureusement que j'ai pris la sage decision de rester ici
C'était la pire journée depuis le
HINI
Chaque respire me donnait un point dans le coté du dos
comme un coup de couteau
C'était horrible
Les heures passent
Toute la matinée là à attendre couchée sur le banc
Je mange un maigre sandwich aux oeufs
j'attends incapable de rester assise je dois m étendre.
Après-midi
prise de sang
rayon x des poumons et du dos
mais je n'arrive pas à me rendre au rayons x
Je croyais m'écrouler parterre
Les vaches de bonnes femmes
Oui excusez-moi mais là
Elles sont là et me regardent comme si de rien était
Elles auraient pu m'apporter une chaise roulante
C'était comme si j'étais au ralentit
Je n'arrivais pas à respirer normalement
bref
aucune aide
J'avais vraiment besoin d'oxygène
Incroyable, elles sont là, les bras croisées incapables de me venir en aide
Cette journée là, était la pire
J'ai du retourner chez moi diagnostic: un spasme musculaire !!!
Aller chercher les medicaments
Horrible
3 mois avant son apparition...
Mais là je suis drôlement malade et je veux tenir un journal de bord comme je l'ai fait quand j'ai été malade avec le HINI
J'ai été en contact avec 2 agents de bord malades qui revenaient de la Chine.
31 Janvier 2019
Je n'étais pas très forte apres avoir passé plus de 10 heures avec les 2 agents de bord malades
Essouflement
Aucune energie
La premiere nuit
j'étouffais
La luette enflée elle était tellement grosse quelle touchait ma langue.
Gorge sèche
Yeux qui coulent pour rien
Assoiffée
Je croyais la fatigue
Le voyage au Brésil...campagne stress....
mal de tete ne lâche pas
je me lève avec un mal de tete
je me couche avec un mal de tete
j ai passé une bouteille d'advil
une bouteille de robuflex
rien à faire
Mais non
jour de l'an passe je ne vais pas bien du tout.
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je reste chez moi je ne vais pas bien.
je ne vois personne
Le 6 janvier, j'ai un rendez-vous déja de planifié à l'hopital de Ste Agathe pour une visite annuelle chez le gynécologue. Je ne me sens pas en force d'annuler cela fait tres longtemps que j'attends. Mais apres ma visite, je ne me sens vraiment pas bien, je sais pas si je pourrai faire mon vol ou pas pour le Japon. Alors, je reste à l'hopital pour demander un papier de médecin pour ma compagnie.
Je passe à l'urgence.
mon mal de dos est vraiment bizarre
et j'ai le souffle court
je me suis dis: j'ai passé la souffleuse hier au froid
qui sait
donc au triage
on me demande qu'est ce que j'ai
J'ai mal au dos, j' ai de la difficulté à respirer. Je suis sans énergie. Elle prend
ma temperature
ma pression
mon taux d'Oxygène
et je retourne m'asseoir
Le calvaire continue vraiment vite je trouve mes symptomes empirissent
Il ne faut vraiment pas bouger
sinon je ne respire pas
Heureusement que j'ai pris la sage decision de rester ici
C'était la pire journée depuis le
HINI
Chaque respire me donnait un point dans le coté du dos
comme un coup de couteau
C'était horrible
Les heures passent
Toute la matinée là à attendre couchée sur le banc
Je mange un maigre sandwich aux oeufs
j'attends incapable de rester assise je dois m étendre.
Après-midi
prise de sang
rayon x des poumons et du dos
mais je n'arrive pas à me rendre au rayons x
Je croyais m'écrouler parterre
Les vaches de bonnes femmes
Oui excusez-moi mais là
Elles sont là et me regardent comme si de rien était
Elles auraient pu m'apporter une chaise roulante
C'était comme si j'étais au ralentit
Je n'arrivais pas à respirer normalement
bref
aucune aide
J'avais vraiment besoin d'oxygène
Incroyable, elles sont là, les bras croisées incapables de me venir en aide
Cette journée là, était la pire
J'ai du retourner chez moi diagnostic: un spasme musculaire !!!
Aller chercher les medicaments
Horrible
Je me sentais tellement pas bien
j ai demandé au pharmacien à la clinique de tout changer mes medicaments à sa pharmacie parce que je ne voulais pas attendre je lui ai demandé aussi de renouveler ma prescription de pompe mais il me dit que j en avais plus
j ai demandé au pharmacien à la clinique de tout changer mes medicaments à sa pharmacie parce que je ne voulais pas attendre je lui ai demandé aussi de renouveler ma prescription de pompe mais il me dit que j en avais plus
Le souffle me manquait
Franchement !
Un mini HINI
Mais j ai juste hâte d arriver chez nous
Je devais prendre un rendez vous en physio pour m'aider
Je devais prendre un rendez vous en physio pour m'aider
J ai eu mon rendez vous 3 semaines plus tard
Spasme musculaire
Au revoir madame
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Puis après
shot down total
Médicaments ont fait leurs effets, j'ai dormie je ne sais combien de jours
couchée en haut, couchée en bas...
Impossible d'aller travailler
Je devais faire un aller retour
Puis un voyage au Japon
J'ai dû tout annuler.
Ensuite mes vacances ont commencer mais il n'était pas question de faire quoique ce soit
J'étais mal empoint.
Je n'arrivais pas à remonter la pente.
J'ai appellé mon propre médecin pour voir s'il avait pris le temps de regarder mes rayons x
il n'a même pas été foutu de me rappeler.
Ça ne vaut pas la peine d'aller le voir il est tellement ...
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Puis après
shot down total
Médicaments ont fait leurs effets, j'ai dormie je ne sais combien de jours
couchée en haut, couchée en bas...
Impossible d'aller travailler
Je devais faire un aller retour
Puis un voyage au Japon
J'ai dû tout annuler.
Ensuite mes vacances ont commencer mais il n'était pas question de faire quoique ce soit
J'étais mal empoint.
Je n'arrivais pas à remonter la pente.
J'ai appellé mon propre médecin pour voir s'il avait pris le temps de regarder mes rayons x
il n'a même pas été foutu de me rappeler.
Ça ne vaut pas la peine d'aller le voir il est tellement ...
con excusez-moi mais je suis malade bref
Les semaines passent et je ne suis toujours pas mieux..
Les semaines passent et je ne suis toujours pas mieux..
Je voulais rappeler le medecin de l'urgence mais bon
quoi bon si le prognostic ne donne rien.
Le 22
Mercredi, j'ai eu enfin mon rendez-vous chez le physio
J'attend toujours mon rendez vous chez le physio pour m'aider
Sur le papier pour le physio, je réalise ensuite que le docteur avait écrit
spasme musculaire
entorse dorsale
Le physio m'a vraiment aider à mieux respirer
Au fait je crois que c'est gràce à lui que j'ai fini par guerir
il est également hosthéopathe il a fait une manoeuvre qui m'a tellement soulagé
woa!
il est également hosthéopathe il a fait une manoeuvre qui m'a tellement soulagé
woa!
Tout restait bloqué.
Les médicaments ont certainement aidés aussi.
La douleur s' est estompée de beaucoup.
Je pouvais de nouveau respirer à fond.
Est-ce dû parce que j'ai eu un accident de travail à l'épaule et que j'ai dû essayer de protéger mon épaule en utilisant l'autre coté que j'ai utilisé plus mon dos, plus que la normal, qui sait mais quand j ai passé la souffleuse je poussais avec mes jambes en essayant de ne pas utiliser mon bras qui sait le froid intense....
encore là je ne suis pas médecin mais ce n était pas uniquement un spasme musculaire...
Les semaines passérent et je cherchais ce qui avait bien pu me rendre la vie méserable comme cela
le foie la rate qui sait...
puis je suis tombée sur un article
coronavirus
mais bon impossible je ne suis pas allée à Wuhan
ils disent que cela provient de là
donc il n' y a pas à s'en faire
ma soeur et son fils ont été malades influenza
Je n'ai pas été vacciné cette année trop tard
Quand tu es malade tu te demandes si tu as eu oui ou non le bon diagnostic.
mais bon ce n'est pas ça que j'ai eu
Je suis encore en vie
Moi tout mon corps me faisait mal mais le dos surtout
La respiration
je montais les marches pour aller en haut comme si cétait le mont everest
ça ne marchait toujours pas mon affaire
Je pensais que je ne m'en sortirais pas
Étais-ce un genre de mini HINI me suis-je demandé
Je voulais passer mes vacances à jouer dehors avec mon chien faire du ski de fond de la raquette
belle affaire.
J'ai commencé à faire de exercices de respiration de pilates
pour m'aider à respirer.
Horrible!
Je voulais rapppeler le docteur à l'hopital puisque je n'allais pas mieux mais bon, je me suis mise en quarantaine.
Je jouais avec ma mère au mot mystere par skype.
Et quand je me suis sentie un peu mieux je suis allée à l' épicerie.
J'ai commencé à aller prendre des marches dans les magasins pour faire un peu d'exercice car aller dehors etait encore difficile pour la respiration.
Et je suis allee chez provigo
métro
iga
wall mart
un petit magasin dans le village
et un autre
L'hiver on marche en dedans
Finalement, j'ai eu un autre rendez-vous chez le physio
Le 30 janvier
Nous sommes le 01 février je commence juste à reprendre du poil de la bête.
Demain je reprend le boulot on verra ce que cela a donné. Je dois faire 4 vols dans tout mon mois parce que j'ai encore d'autres vacances de planifiées.
L'hiver je préfère être chez moi alors ça tombe bien mais je perd beaucoup d'argent aussi.
Je comprend que ceux qui ont le coronavirus et qu'ils sont en quarantaine doivent trouver le temps long
aussi comme moi j'avais le garde manger plein à cause de Noel donc j'étais correcte pour un bout de temps mais qui sait si ce n'est pas ça le #coronavirus le #Covid19.
puisque 1 des agents de bord avec qui j'avais volé mois de décembre avait fait des vols pour la Chine et l'autre était vraiment malade quand il s'est présenté pour notre vol au Brésil
ils n'auraient pas dû se présenter au boulot
mais c'est ça on a tellement de pression de la part de nos employeurs que coute que coute on vient travailler mais les passagers malades eux ne cancellent pas leurs vols n'ont plus. C'est un monde vicieux dans les 2 sens et c'est un risque à prendre dans mon métier.
Aujourd'hui les microbes, les virus voyagent a une vitesse folle en avion. Ses centaines de milliers d'avions décollent à la seconde emportant avec eux des centaines et des milliers de pasagers.
Et la précaution de monter dans un avion saine et libre de tout germes est rare.
Avez vous déja vu des stations sanitaires à l'entrée de l'aéroport devant le point de securité avant
d'embarquer dans l'avion, dans la toilette de l'avion, recevez vous des serviettes désinfectantes avant de manger votre repas?
Non, non et non.
Voilà
L'hiver il faut se mettre en quarantaine
Là ceux qui vont à l'épicerie sont malades.
La caissière n'a pas de gant, elle transmettra à l'autre le virus.
Incroyable
On meurt plus de la rougeole, de l'ébola.
On a survécu au HINI au SRAS
Mais là le coronavirus augmente grossit et tue
celui la on n'a pas encore de vaccin.
Je suis chanceuse que j'ai attrappé un virus musculaire quelquonque et que je suis en phase de rémission et à cent lieux de la Chine pour l'instant.
Mal au dos
Mal aux pieds
Pieds enflés
Mal de dos
Etourdissement
Bras douloureux
Mal de dos
mal au talon
mal à la jambe gauche
mal à mon épaule
mal aux doigts
Le dos me brûle
Manque de souffle
Douleur respiratoire
si je ne bouge pas tout va
étendue
tout va
A la seconde que vous bougez rien ne va
entorse dorsal
spasme musculaire
1 mois et toujours pas remis sur pied
zéro énergie
Je verrai demain comment je serai sur mon vol.
Ah oui on m'a prescrit
de la cortisone pour 2 jours
ben oui toi
2 jours
Je me suis tapé l'urgence pour 2 jours de médicaments
ce n'est pas suffisant bien évidemment.
Des relaxants musculaires
et de la morphine quand même.
Ma mère m'a dit de ne pas touché à ça et je l' écoute encore à mon age..
Ben l'fun!
souffre madame souffre
Bref le triage ce n'est pas fort au Québec
Les malades qui devaient porter un masque couraient partout à l'urgence
Ils n'était pas vraiment malades.
ils toussaient oui et toussaient partout
la dame au triage n'a pas fait respecter les règles du triage
et apres vous vous demandez pourquoi on est contaminé.
Mëme chose je lui ai dit que j'avais de la diffculté à respirer. Elle ne m'a rien donné pour me protéger me donner de l oxygène pour m'aider à respirer.
Le triage
On attend des heures au triage quand la nurse pourrait
nous envoyez faire un remplissage d'urine
prendre des prises de sangs
et préparez le dossier pour le médecin oui le parce qu'ici il n'y en a qu'un qui travaille aux urgences à Ste-Agathe.
Il pourrait meme nous envoyez en radio
pour faciliter la tâche au médecin et accélérer le processus.
Le medecin attend les resultats et vous, vous attendez le medecin; quelle bureaucratie de nuls.
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Covid-19
pas vaccin
Il faut agir vite
Les enfants l'auront moins sévere en général mais le virus change et eux ils peuvent tramsettent le virus.
Ma question est comme le virus n'était pas connu avant que les Chinois le signalent
les 16,000 personnes qui sont mort de l influenza aux Etas-Unis avaient peut-etre le Covid19
et moi
spasme musculaire
entore dorsale
etais-ce vraiment ça.
Ce sertait bien de voir si on pouvait reprendre mon test de sang et de tester mon sang pour ce fameux Covid19
je serais curieuse si ce n'était pas positif. C'était la même chose pour mes collegues un une pneumonie, l'autre HINI...mais pas de Covid Les medecins n'étaient pas au courant....
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Covid19
sras-cov2
31 st of December 2019
Millions of people had traveled before
They had found this new virus.
Since it was during the Chinese holiday, millions of people had traveled before the doctor had declared it or was able to declare it as we all know about the situation in China is getting the right pieces of information.
And by the time the authorities had told anyone a lot of time and traveling had gone by.
But now I'm quite sick and wonder what I have therefore I am starting an update of these sickness symptoms.
My journal
31st December 2019
I was not very strong after passing more than 10 hours with 2 extremely sick flight attendants
- Hard time breathing
- no energy
The first night, I got back from Brasil.
- I was suffocating
- (Luette) was so big it was touching my tongue
- my throat is so dry
- my eyes running for nothing like I'm crying
- very thirsty
Wondering why?
I thought maybe it's my trip to Brazil in the countryside or stress from the holidays.
- I am starting to have headaches it doesn't go away.
- I'm suffering from migraines but this is weird.
- I wake up with a headache.
- I go to bed with a headache.
I pass a bottle of Advil
a bottle of Robuflex
because of my backache
nothing is helping
but no
I go to work come back
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- I stay home I'm not feeling good
- I dont see anybody
On the 6th of January
I have a rendezvous check-up with the gynecologist that I have been waiting for for months so
I wont to cancel but I decided to go and worst come to worse I will go to the emergency to get a medical note from my doctor saying I'm not fit to work. I won't be able to do my flight to Japan So.
- I decide to go to the hospital to ask for a medical paper.
After my doctor's visit, I decided to go to the emergency. So I tough maybe because I went to blow the snow outside in the cold with the snowblower I must have work out too much.
- Pain in the back
- very bizarre
- short of breath
who knows?
This is unbearable.
- I had a hard time breathing
- I had no energy
The nurse
took my temperature
my pressure
my Oxygen level
and I returned to sit on a chair
Now, it's getting worst to the minute.
what the fuck
I'm glad I stayed here and decided to be check.
- I can not move as soon as I move I have a hard time to breath.
- As soon as I move I'm in pain.
- It's getting to be like HINI but something is not quite the same the pain is lower not in the lungs not in the thorax.
- It's not in my throat
- The pain is when I breathe.
- Each time I breathe it feels like a knife in the side of my chest as compare to HINI the knife feelling was in the throat.
It's horrible.
Hours pass by.
I'm here all morning; waiting.
1 doctor for all of us at the emergency.
I finally made my way to walk all the wait to the snack bar.
I took a tiny egg sandwichs.
And got back and wait again.
In the afternoon
I went for a blood test:
lung Xrays
back Xrays
but
- I had a hard time getting to the Xray room.
- I felt I was walking on the moon.
I had to walk a long corridor.
I saw the 2 nurses waiting for me with their arms crossed waiting for me
they didn't even come to help me.
I walked all the way there
mean person
really
mean nurse
really
- I was not able to breathe and move.
They could have brought me a wheelchair.
- It felt like I was in slow motion.
- I really needed oxygen.
Please
help
No
No
Unbelievable, there they were, looking at me doing fuck all.
That day was really bad
They send me back home
I couldn't believe
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On my way back home
- I was not feeling good at all.
- I was gasping for air
I ask the pharmacist to renew my pump but he said the prescription had expired
really. While I waited I was getting worse by the minute.
- It felt like a mini HINI
I couldn't wait to go back home and lay down
I took my physio appointment
and she told me I had to wait for 3 weeks. I took the medication.
- in bed for 2 days
- sudden fever
- muscle spasm
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And after
total shut down the medication made their effects.
- Total shut down.
- I slept I dont know how many days.
- I was getting up going down to sleep on the couch too exhausted
- go up the stairs and sleep some more.
Impossible to work. I had to do a turn a trip to Toronto and back and then the next day to Japan.
I had to cancel, I was unable to go to work. I took a leave of absence without pay. Afterward, my vacation started but it was out the question to do anything I was not able to recover. I called my family doctor to know if he had time to look at my XRays but he never called back. It s not worth going to see I'm he is so useless. Excuse me but I'm sick. Need help need to know.
What the fuck ?
Weeks go by and I'm still not good.
I wanted to call back the doctor at the emergency but what for
another useless diagnostic.
On the 22
Wednesday I finally have my appointment to see the physio.
3 week wait. He could help me recover. On the doctor's note, I finally notice the doctor wrote
muscular spasm and back twist. The physio helped me breathe. In fact, it's him who help me breathe or the medication that finally made their effect or both at the same time. He is an osteopath and did a maneuver that helps me deblock my lungs.
- The pain started to go away slowly and slowly.
At first, I ask maybe it was my shoulder accident and I was tired all the time to not hurt it again and was using the other side of my back who knows maybe it was because I went to pass the snowblower and the cold was too intense or maybe I used my leg and my back instead of my shoulder while doing it. Whatever. Weeks go by, I was wondering what caused this to made me in so much pain. So I started to look for something up on the net and I ended up reading on this new virus coming from China apparently but right, it couldn't be it, I didn't go to Wuhan. They say it comes from there.
My sister and nephew this winter had a bad case of influenza as well so it can not be it but probably like them influenza and I'm a live compare to #Covid19 with this one, people are dying. But really will I ever get better.
- My entire body was in pain.
- My breathing was awful.
- I was going up like I was climbing Mount Everest.
- It was not going 100 percent good.
- I really thought I was not going to make it.
- It felt like a mini HINI
I told myself you went thru this one, you should be able to manage this new thing you have. I wanted to spend my vacation with my dog and do some snowshoeing. Right.
I started to do some exercise breathing pilates exercise s to help me breathe better.
Horrible. I wanted to call the emergency doctor but why bother for a wrong diagnostic.
- I decided to be smart and quarantine myself again.
I was playing mystery words with my mom via skype. And when I started to feel better I would go to the grocery to walk. Metro, IGA, Wall-Mart. The little store here and there in the village. In the winter we walk inside. Especially around where I live, it's icy impossible to go even on the balcony.
So I finally had another appointment at the physio on the 30th of January.
We are the first of February
- I started to feel better.
The next day, I decided I was going to work... I need to do 4 flights in my entire month. I lost a lot of money woa! I understand people who are in quarantine that long. I was lucky I had a lot of food from Holiday still in the fridge so I was fine for a while.
But who knows if it's not COVID-19?
Since the 2 flight attendants, I went to work with were really sick.
One of the flight attendants did all Chinese flights all thru her month of December and the other one arrived really sick and he brought his wife as well on our layover. He was doing geneva flights.
He should have not shown up at work like this.
But again sick passengers come on our planes as well. Its a vicious circle and our company forces us to come to work, we are punished, we need a medical note.
One time I had an ear infection and they didn't pay me my cycle when I booked off. I have 51 days off in my sick bank they had the dare to send me a letter via Purolator to ask for my medical note.
So it's hell when we book off, especially when you are sick. It's not to your advantage with the pressure, people..it's awful.
Today germs travel as fast as a plane.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TRAVEL EVERY SECOND IN THE WORLD.
Bringing with them their germs so as to have a clean environment: it's rare.
Have you ever seen hand sanitizers at airports?
at the gate
before getting on the plane
in the washroom, before you eat your meal
no me either.
There you go. In winter you need to put yourself in quarantine. A lot more people get sick during winter and at season-changing its normal but still, you need to protect yourself. People go to the supermarket they meet the cashier she takes your money give it back to you and the way it rolls over and over again.
Incredible
Million of people die of measles and ebola
we had survived HINI and SRAS
But now this coronavirus
I'm not sure
there is no immunization vaccine
I am lucky I had this muscle pain whatever influenza flu
and I am getting better and I am far away from China for the moment.
Symptoms
- fever
- headache
- pain the back
- pain in my feet
- swollen feet
- dizziness
- pain in the arms
- pain the back
- ain the left leg
- pain in my shoulder
- pain my fingers
- my back in on fire
- hard time breathing
- if I move I am in pain
- I lay down I'm fine
- The minute I move nothing works
- twisted back
- muscular spasm
1 month and still not on my feet
and have zero energy
I will see how I am before my flight.
Oh
they prescribe me
cortisone for 2 days
2 days
Do you really think I waited all day for a 2 days prescription
it wasn't enough for sure
Muscle relaxing pills
and morphine
Well to tell you triage in the hospital are leaking of organizational skills
why go there and wait
when the nurse could right away take your blood test
ask for urine test
send you to x rays
so doctors are not waiting time
Same thing for those who have a cold
they are supposed to put a mask on and stayed in a cubicle
but instead, they are running around coughing and all
whatever
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SRAS is contagious
1 out of 10 die
Measle
avian flu
seasonal flu
1 on 1,000
influenza 3, 500 per year die of influenza just in Canada.
16,000 this year only in America quite suspicious. It was probably the virus and if it was it was a soldier form an American base who transmitted...
Some Taiwanese research lab found out that the covid19 was different in Europe and the states than the one in China. We will never know. there were some articles on this subject.
Covid19
no immunization shots
we have to act fast
The children do not touch really by this new virus
My question is since this virus was not known before the Chinese signal it to the world
16,000 people died of influenza in the United States
maybe they simply had
Covid 19
and me
muscle spasm and twisted back with difficulty breathing
what if
what if it was that
I would be curious to see if we could check our blood test and see if it had COVID 19 signs in it
Will add up more update on where the virus really started
to be followed
Imagine today
March 19, 2020
We are confined at home
the internet blow up
and I lost all the documents
I had to start over again
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voir mon article sur le HINI Je vous l'ai mis ci-bas
HINI VIRUS IS HITTING PEOPLE AGAIN KILLING A LOT OF PEOPLE AND IF YOU DONT KNOW IF YOU SHOULD GET THE SHOT PLEASE READ THIS.
I WROTE ON THIS BLOG IN 2009 MY NIGHTMARE WITH THIS UNKNOWN VIRUS. wHEN I HAD IT, DOCTORS DIDNT KNOW ABOUT HINI.
SWINE FLU H1N1 JANUARY 2009
I AM NO DOCTOR OR EXPERT, I WAS JUST SICK WITH THIS SEVERE VIRUS.
I EVEN PUT MYSELF IN QUARANTINE IN JANUARY TO PROTECT MY FAMILY WAY BEFORE ANYONE KNEW IT WAS:
HINI.
FOR ALL I COULD SAY, I HAD AN UNKNOW;VIRUS.
IF ALL MY FELLOW CITIZENS GET THE SHOT TO PROTECT THEMSELVES, WHY DO WE LET STRANGERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD COMING IN MY COUNTRY OR YOURS, WITHOUT HAVING A PAPER STATING THEY HAVE HAD THE SHOT?
ALL TRAVELERS BOARDING A CAR, PLANE, TRAIN OR A SHIP TO GO SOMEWHERE SHOULD HAVE A VACCINATION PASSPORT IN ORDER NOT TO SPREAD ANY DEADLY VIRUS.
WHY ISN'T IT THE FIRST STEP TO TAKE?
HOW RESPONSABLE IS YOUR GOVERNMENT?
IN 1918
HINI HAD KILLED A THIRD OF THE POPULATION ON THIS PLANET THANKS TO THIS AMERCAN WHO CAME BACK FROM WORLD WAR 1 WITH THIS INFLUENZA.
25 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE DIE IN 25 WEEKS.
IN 2009
1000 PEOPLE DIE OF IT EVERY DAY.
AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, IN 1918 IT WASN'T LIKE 2009 WHERE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD, TAKE OFF EVERY SECOND TO A NEW DESTINATION DAILY.
DOCTORS ARE SUPPOSED TO EVALUATE THE SITUATION WHEN ASSESSING A PATIENT.JUST HAVE IN MIND THAT THIS VIRUS KILLED VERY YOUNG PEOPLE, HEALTHY ONE IN GOOD SHAPE AS WELL.
THIS STORY IS TRUE.
IT TOOK A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THE VIRUS REALLY KICK IN. IT'S KIND OF YOU HAVE IT BUT YOU DON'T KNOW YOU HAVE IT UNITL YOU HAVE IT SO BAD YOUR ENTIRE BODY SHOTS DOWN. YOU CAN LITERALY NOT MOVE.
JUST BARE WITH ME AS ENGLISH IS NOT MY MOTHER TONGUE.
PART 1
MEXICO CITY
I WAS DOING MEXICO FLIGHTS FOR THE FIRST TIME. I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE 30 HOURS IN THIS MAGNIFICIENT CITY OF MEXICO BUT BOTH MY COLLEAGUES WERE QUITE SICK COUGHING AND ALL, LOOSING THERE VOICES, BEING SO LETHARGIC THEY WILL LAY DOWN ON THE BUS, TO, AND FROM THE AIRPORT. THEY HAD A SEASONAL FLU AND NO ONE WAS AWARE OF THE CONSEQUENCES JUST YET. NO ONE KNEW ABOUT HINI IN JANUARY 2009.
WHEN I CAME BACK FROM MY LOVELY TIME IN MEXICO CITY, MY CAR DIDN'T START.
- I WAS SHIVERING.
PART 2
IT WAS EARLY MORNING WHEN I LEFT TO WORK WITHOUT MY WALLET. I ARRIVED AT THE GATE, AND MY 2 PREVIOUS COLLEAGUES HAD BOOKED OFF SICK. WHEN WE GOT TO OUR HOTEL, A CO-WORKER LEND ME $50.00 FOR THE DAY. I WENT TO DO A BUS TOUR WITH THEM AND AFTEWARDS, I TOOK THEM TO THE MAIN PLACE AND ON TO TOP OF THE HOLIDAY INN TO ADMIRE THE SITE. WE HAD A CORONA WITH LIME JUICE AND WENT BACK TO THE HOTEL TO EAT SOME GREASY TACOS AND CHEER THE NEW YEAR 'EVE WITH ONE MORE CORONA.
AROUND NINE-ISH, WE WENT TO BED.
THE POLLUTION AND THE HIGH ELEVATION OF THE CITY OF MEXICO REALLY AFFECTED ME A LOT OR WAS IT THE VIRUS THAT WAS KICKING IN. I DON'T KNOW.
PART 3
3 OCLOCK IN THE MORNING, I WOKE UP WITH A VERY WEIRD SENSATION.
EXCRUCIATING PAIN.
- I HAD ITCHY EYES,
- SOAR THROAT,
- SOAR NECK YES THE NECK, THE BACK OF MY HEAD.
- MY HEAD WAS HEAVY IT HURT SO MUCH.
- MY FACE
- AND MY STOMACH OH MY GOD....IT WAS SO NOISY, I NEEDED TO TAKE ACTION RIGHT AWAY BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE. I WAS IN FREAKIN' PAIN WITH STOMACH CRAMPS AND ALL WORST THAN STONES IN THE GALBLADDER.
I KEPT GOING TO THE WASHROOM BACK AND FORTH AND ASSUMED IT WAS THE FAMOUS TURISTA. NOTHING TO WORRY. I WAS LEAVING THE HOTEL AT NOON. I KEPT GOING TO THE WASHROOM AND FINALLY DECIDED TO TAKE A GRAVOL AND TRY TO GET SOME SLEEP. BUT IT CAME OUT LIKE A SPEEDY GONZALES.
I VOMIT THIS PILL RIGHT AWAY. THE WORST WAS GETTING TO THE WASHROOM. AT ONE POINT, I FELT LIKE I WAS IN A L.S.D. PARTY. EVERYTHING WAS BLURRY. I REMEMBER NOT RECOGNISING MYSELF IN THE MIRROR AND HAVING TO LAY DOWN ON MY HANDS AND KNEES SO I WOULDN'T FALL TO GO BACK TO BED.
(IN ORDER TO STAY ALIVE, YOU HAVE TO REPEAT EVERY SINGLE THING THAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR HEAD OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND TRY TO FOCUS ON; FURTHER STEPS TO TAKE IN CASE A REAL EMERGENCY OCCUR. IN OUR JOB ITS CALLED: ONE STEP AHEAD)
BECAUSE I WAS GETTING SICKER TO THE MINUTE, AND I WAS ALL BY MYSELF, I NEEDED TO TAKE NOTE, IN CASE I PASSED OUT. I DIDN'T WANT TO WAKE UP; MY FELLOW WORKER JUST YET. I HAD BEEN SICK IN SAUDI ARABIA WITH A PNEUMONIA AND WAS TOLD THAT MY ENTIRE CREW HAD LEFT THE COUNTRY AND I DIDN'T WANT TO EXPERIENCE THAT EVER AGAIN BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THIS THING WAS PROGRESSING INSTEAD OF GETTING BETTER SO I HAD TO CALL IN SICK.
- THE PAIN WAS TOO INTENSE IT WAS UNBAREABLE;
- I COULDN'T EVEN REACH THE PHONE.
- I COULDN'T GET MY BODY IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION. IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO GRAB THE PHONE. I PULLED OVER THE CORD AND PULLED AND PULLED UNTIL THE RED PHONE WAS AT THE LEVEL OF MY EAR. AT THIS POINT,
- I WAS KIND OF PARALYSE. I DON'T KNOW. IT WAS AWFUL.
- MY EARS WAS IN SUCH A PAIN JUST BY PUTTING THE PHONE NEXT TO MY EAR IT WAS UNBEARABLE.
- MY NECK WAS SOAR.
- MY HEAD WAS AWFUL. IT WAS BANGING.
- MY STOMACH WAS ROARING.
- IT FELT LIKE EVERYTHING WAS IN SLOW MOTION OR I WAS ON PLANET MARCH.
NO.SHE DID. SHE DID IT SO MANY TIMES IT WAS UNRREAL. I TRIED AND TRIED OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
IF I DIDN'T PERSERVERE THAT NIGHT I COULD OF BEEN DEAD.
I WAS LITTERALY DYING IN MEXICO. FRENCH IS MY MOTHER TONGUE, ENGLISH IS MY WORKING LANGUAGE, AND I CAN MANAGE TO ASK FOR OUN DOCTOR IN SPANISH, IN ITALIAN AND IN ARABIC BUT NO,
THE OPERATOR OF THIS FIVE STARS INTERCONTINENTAL; HOTEL WAS NOT NICE.
INSTEAD OF TRYING TO HELP ME SHE WOULD SIMPLY HANG UP.
CARRAMBA! WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THIS OPERATOR.
I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW.
ON MY WAY TO THE WASHROOM FOR THE ZILLION TIME; I FINALLY MANAGE TO DROP A NOTE TO MY FLIGHT DIRECTOR WHO HAD A ROOM IN FRONT OF MINE TO LET HER KNOW I WAS SICK AND WAS UNABLE TO CALL CREW SCHED TO BOOK OFF BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT MORNING, SHE WAS OUT FOR BREAKFAST AND CAME BACK VERY LATE. I CLOSED THE DOOR BEHIND ME BUT DIDN'T LOCKED IT, I WAS ABOUT TO FAINT, AND WAS AFRAID TO BECOME UNCONSCIOUS LAYING DOWN ON MY BEDROOM FLOOR AND NO ONE TO COME TO MY RESCUE.
LATER ON, I WENT BACK TO THE WASHROOM AND MY
- FACE WAS UNRECOGNISABLE. IT WAS ALL PUFFY.
- I STARTED TO BE DIZZY
- NO ONE SEEM TO UNDERSTOOD ME. I HAD PROBLEM TALKING. SO PERHAPS THEY SHOULD HAVE CALLED AN AMBULANCE, DAM' IT!
IT WAS JUST AWFUL TO DEAL WITH SO MUCH SHIT WHEN YOU ARE IN DEAP SHIT YOURSELF!
- MY STOMACH WAS SO PAINFUL AND MY NECK MY NECK, MY EYES EVERYTHING.
- I WAS LITTERALLY IN A SHOCK AT THIS POINT,
- MY PRESSURE WAS SO LOW IN A HIGH ALTITUDE CITY LIKE THIS, HE THOUGHT I WAS AN ATHLETE, A RUNNER...AND HE ASK ME A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS THAT I DON'T RECALLED, ASK ME TO MOVE BUT
- I COUDLN'T MOVE OR LIFT ANY PART OF MY BODY.
- TOO WEAK TO MOVE AND I COULD FALL. THEY SHOULD HAVE SEND ME TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE NO ONE FROM THE HOTEL CAME TO CHECK ON ME DURING THE DAY EITHER.
I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL THE NEXT NIGHT IN STE-AGATHE, I TOLD THEM I WAS COMING BACK FROM MEXICO, I WAS REALLY SICK WITH SEVERE SYMPTOMS OF A SEVERE INFECTIOUS GASTRO VIRUS, GIVE THEM MY CARDIOLOGIST REPORT BUT
THE NURSE AT TRIAGE TOLD ME: EVERYONE GETS SICK IN MEXICO.
SHE DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER LOOKING AT ME WHEN SHE TOLD ME TO SIT DOWN AND WAIT LIKE THE OTHERS. SO I LEFT. THE LADY NEXT TO ME HAD A CHILD WITH A FEVER AND SHE WAS PREGNANT AND THEY WERE THERE FOR 12 HOURS ALREADY. MY CHANCE TO SEE A DOCTOR THAT DAY WAS SLIM AND WAS TO WEAK TO SIT ALL THAT TIME. I STAYED HOME. I NEEDED TO LAY DOWN.
- COULDN'T MOVE A FINGER,
- MY NECK WAS SORE
- MY ENTIRE BODY WAS SORE.
THE NURSE TOLD ME: NO ONE CAN SEE THE DOCTOR BESIDE THE PILOTS
PART 4
LETHARGIC PHASE CONTINUE.
YOU HAVE SEEN NOTHING YET FROM THIS VIRUS. THIS IS ONLY HOW IT SETTLE WITHOUT YOU KNOWING HOW BAD IT WILL BE. I SPEND ONE WEEK, LAYING DOWN ON MY BACK THINKING ITS JUST A BAD MEXICAN FLU.
- TOTALLY LETHARGIC,
- LAYING DOWN ON MY BACK FOR ANOTHER WEEK EVEN MORE LETHARGIC.
WHEN I ARRIVED IN LONDON, I WENT TO BED EVEN THO I WAS EXTREMELY EXHAUSTED, I SLEPT FOUR HOURS, STEPPED OUT OF BED, WALK. TO GET SOME WATER AND FOOD. I HAD NO ENERGY WHATSOEVER. WHEN I TOOK MY SHOWER,I WAS REALLY NOT FEELING GOOD,
- I WAS FREEZING, I REALIZED,
- I WAS FULL OF PIMPLES, MY BODY WAS COVERED IN PIMPLES. MAN, WHAT THE HELL DID I GET THIS TIME?
- FEVERISH CONDITION.
THAT NIGHT, I WAS
- SHIVERING LIKE A LEAF BUT DID MY FLIGHT BACK THE NEXT DAY,
I WAS GOING TO BE ON VACATION AFTER THAT, SO, I COULD REALLY RECUPARATE FROM THIS AT LAST. 28 DAYS OF REAL VACATIONS. NUP!
DURING THE FLIGHT, I STARTED TO
- LOOSE MY VOICE, I THOUGHT PERHAPS IT WAS MY SPICY HUMMUS OR I WAS ALLERGIC TO SOMETHING BUT IT WASN'T THAT.
I TOOK SOME ANTIHISTAMINE JUST IN CASE BECAUSE I HAD A
- HARD TIME SWALLOWING.
- MY THROAT WAS GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER FROM THE OUTSIDE AND SMALLER FROM THE INSIDE. IT FELT LIKE SOMEONE WAS KICKING MY THROAT WITH THEIR FEET OR SOMEONE WAS PERCING MY THROAT WITH VERY SHARP KNIVES AND WAS CHOKING ME AT THE SAME TIME. IT WAS A NIGHTMARE BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO CALL A DOCTOR BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO THAT ON BOARD AN AIRCRAFT OR AWAY FROM HOME, YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY BOOKING OFF AND YOU ARE NOT PAYED. I HAD TWO HOURS TO SUFFER BIG DEAL, RIGHT! I KIND OF HIDE IN THE WASHROOM. WHEN TIME CAME TO DO THE SECOND SERVICE, 2 HOURS PRIOR TO LANDING,
- I COULD BARELY SPEAK.
I DID THE SERVICE IN SILENCE. WHEN I ARRIVED AT CUSTOMS,
I DECLARED I WAS SICK AND THIS TIME I TOLD THEM; I WISHED TO SEE A DOCTOR BUT THEY TOLD ME: THERE WASN'T ANY MEDICAL STAFF AT THE NATIONAL AIRPORT OF OTTAWA,
SO, I CATCHED MY SECOND FLIGHT TO GO BACK HOME
OTTAWA MONTREAL AND GRABBED MYSELF A HUGE GLASS OF ICE BEFORE I BOARDED THE FLIGHT. AS SOON AS I TOOK THE ICE CUBE OUT OF MY MOUTH. IT WAS HELL. SO THE IDEA WAS TO FROZE THE VIRUS AND IT WORKED. I DROVE IN THAT COLD WEATHER OF MINE AND DECIDED TO HIT DIRECTLY TO THE HOSPITAL. I COULD BARELY HOLD THE STEARING AND FOCUS.
- I WAS HOT LIKE HELL, I WAS DRIVING WITH MY WINDOWS OPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER. SO, I DROVE TO ST-JEROME HOSPITAL AND THAN REMEMBERED, THAT I HAD WAITED 28 HOURS THERE DURING THE HOLIDAYS LAST YEAR, TO GET MY COMPANY A DOCTORS NOTE FOR A FREAKIN'URINARY INFECTION, WHERE IT TAKES USUALY, 2 SECONDS FOR A DOCTOR IN AN IDEAL SITUATION TO PRESCRIBE THE PROPER PILL TO RELIEF YOU FROM THE PAIN. BUT IN MY CIVILIZED COUNTRY WHERE HEALTH CARE IS FREE, THE CLINIC ARE CLOSE AND FULL TO CAPACITY DURING THE HOLLIDAYS. NO I COULDN'T CERTAINLY GO BACK TO THIS HOSPITAL EVER, EVER EVER AGAIN. I DECIDED TO GO HOME AND DIE WITH MY DEAR CAT GRINGO. THERE WAS NO WAY I COULD STOP BY AT MY MOM SO SHE COULD TAKE CARE OF ME, IT WOULD HAVE KILL HER AND MY DAD WITH HIS MYASTENIA, FORGET IT. NO I COULD NOT STOP. I WAS ON MY OWN.
I HAD TO GO HOME AND DIE, I THINK
- I WAS REALLY FEVERISH TO COME UP WITH THIS ANSWER. I TOLD MYSELF, I WILL GO DIE WITH THE ONE WHO TAKES CARE OF ME THE MOST AFTER MY MOM; MY DEAREST CAT. I CRASHED THE CAR IN THE SNOW BANK, LEFT MY SUITCASE INSIDE THE CAR, STRUGGLE TO GET IN.
- TREMBLING TOO MUCH AND FINALLY THROW THE KEYS ON THE FRONT TABLE, GRABBED THE PHONE AND WENT DIRECTLY TO THE SOFA WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO TAKE MY COAT OFF AND MY BOOTS. I TRIED TO CALL HOME BUT NO VOICE WAS COMING OUT OF ME AND MY MOM DIDN'T HAVE A CALLER ID NUMBER ON HER PHONE. SO SHE COULD KNOW WHO WAS CALLING.
I THAN TRY TO CALL THE HEALTH INFO LINE TO KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH ME BUT AFTER WATING OVER 40 MINUTES AND MORE BECAUSE I KIND OF PASSED OUT, I DROPPED THE PHONE ON THE FLOOR AND WAS UNABLE TO PICKED IT UP, I WAS
- TOO WEAK TO BEND DOWN TO GRAB IT. SO WEAK. I COULD NOT CALL THE AMBULANCE,
- I WAS PARALYSED KIND OF. SUCKED IN THE SOFA KIND OF AND
- COULDN'T TALK EITHER.
I STARTED TO CRY AND MY CAT JUMPED BESIDE ME, ON TOP OF THE SOFA AND STAYED TO MY SIDE WITHOUT MOVING AN INCH UNTIL I FELT BETTER.
HE KNEW SOMETHING WAS REALLY WRONG WITH ME.
PART 5
ALL ALONE AT HOME.
I MUST HAVE
- STAYED ON THE SOFA FOR 48 HOURS STRAIGHT.
I SHOW HER MY THROAT, I COULD NOT TALK. THAN I WROTE DOWN ON A PIECE OF PAPER TO GET ME A FEW THINGS:
TYLENOL, THERMOMETER, CANDIES FOR THE THROAT AND I GAVE HER MY HEALTH CARD SO SHE COULD GO TO THE CLINIC FOR ME.
SHE CAME BACK, TOLD ME TO REMOVE MY BOOTS OFF AND MY COAT, LEFT THE STUFF OUT,TOLD ME THE CLINIC WAS FULL. WAS I A SURPRISED, NOT REALLY.
SHE THAN BACK OFF, TOLD ME:
- I LOOKED LIKE A SICK RACCOON
I STAYED ON THE COUTCH FOR EVER AND EVER, LAYING DOWN.
- I WAS TOO WEAK TO MOVE.
- I COULD NOT EVEN DRINK ANYTHING AT THIS POINT, IT WOULD NOT GO IN.
ONE DROP. I COULD SWALLOW ONE SINGLE DROP OF WATER ONLY FROM THE MELTED ICE CUBE. I AM NOT JOKING.
- I WAS SUFFERING SO MUCH.
- SO WEAK, SO BLOODY WEAK.
FOR A FULL WEEK, I SLEPT WITH MY UNIFORM ON AND
- FORCE MYSELF TO DRINK THE AMOUNT OF A FULL GLASS OF WATER A DAY.
I TRIED TO GET SOME ICE MELT IN MY THROAT TO HELP EASE THE PAIN.
MY 75 YEARS OLD MOTHER CALLED ME, I WOULD HIT THE PHONE WITH A PENCIL TO TELL HER I WAS LISTENING. SHE TOLD ME SHE TRIED IN THE COLD WINTER TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE, DRIVING MY DAD'S OLD CAR FOR 2 CONSECUTIVE DAYS TO GO TO THE CLINIC FOR ME BUT SHE COULDN'T. EACH TIME SHE TRIED, SHE ARRIVED TOO LATE. IT WAS FULL AT 7:30 A.M.
IT WAS THE BEST SHE COULD DO FOR ME BUT WE WERE OUT OF LUCK.
I HAD TO GO TO THE CLINIC, I COULDN'T STAY LIKE THIS, AND MY MOM TOLD ME THEY WERE ANNOUNCING SOME ICE RAIN.
- HAD FEVER.
PART 6
A NEW LEVEL OF PAIN
SO THE NEXT DAY, I WENT. IT WAS
- IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO SLEEP AT THIS POINT.
- FEVER AND ALL. I WAS GETTING INTO ANOTHER MODE, AFTER BEING SLEEPY FOR I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DAYS, NOW, I COULDN'T SLEEP.
EACH TIME, I WAS LAYING DOWN TO TRY TO SLEEP, I WAS LITTERALY
- CHOCKING.
WHAT THE FUCK WAS HAPPENING?
I DIDN'T KNOW. SO, I TOOK ALL THE NON EXISTENT ENERGY THAT I HAD AND FINALLY MADE IT TO THE CLINIC IN STE-ADELE .I WAS LUCKY THAT DAY,THEY WERE TAKING 26 PATIENTS ONLY. I WAS IN THE STAGE OF
- COUGHING NOW VERY BAD.
THERE WERE WORST KID THAN ME AT THE STE-JUSTINE HOSPITAL.
WHAT DO YOU THINK I WAITED 2 HOURS AND A HALF TO HEAR THIS? BUT I TOLD MYSELF SHE WAS A SELFISH BITCH AND ORDER HER TO GIVE ME SOME PENICILINE. SHE WAS LUCKY I COULD NOT TALK TO TELL HER WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT HER. THIS SHORT HEADED PLASTIC NOSE DOCTOR I SAW IN STE ADELE'S CLINIC COULDN'T CARE LESS ABOUT HER PATIENT THAT DAY.
PE-NI-CI-LI-NE
SHE SHOULD HAVE MADE ME AN XRAY OF MY LUNGS, HAVE A SAMPLE OF MY SALIVA BUT NO SHE DIDN'T CARE, DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER ABOUT SEING MY BODY FULL OF PIMPLES....HOW CAN YOU MISS THAT?
REALLY! SHE TOLD ME I WOULD BE FINE IN ONE WEEK. IDIOT! I TOLD MYSELF THAT IF IT WAS REALLY THE CASE, I WOULD NOT HAVE WAITED 2 HOURS TO SEE A DOCTOR FOR A SIMPLE SORE THROAT IDIOT AND HOW COME I WAS STILL SICK AFTER A WEEK? RIGHT, IT WAS FOR SURE SOMETHING ELSE, I WAITED FOR THE PRESCRITION AND LEFT.
WHAT IS IT WITH DOCTORS? THEY THINK WE HAVE TIME TO WAIST AT THE CLINIC FOR A STUPID SORE THROAT! HELLO! I AM 50 YEARS OLD I KNOW WHAT PAIN IS ALL ABOUT....
PART 7
QUARANTINE STARTED OR I WILL DIE WITH NO ONE TO MY SIGHT BESIDE MY CAT.
I WENT BACK HOME, STOP TO THE GROCERY TO GET CAT FOOD AND SOUP AND POPSICLE AND ICE CREAM. IT TOOK FOR EVER, THAN THE CLERK LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS SOME KIND OF WEIRDO WITH MY TURTLE NECK OVER MY MOUTH AND MY GLOVES ON TRYING TO LOOK FOR MONEY TO PAY BUT I KNEW I WAS IN FOR A BIG ONE AND I WAS TRYING TO PROTECT HER FROM WHAT I HAD. SINCE IT WAS SO PAINFUL I DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY TO HAVE IT. IT WAS TOO MUCH.
MAYBE THE CASHIER FROM THE GROCERIES ARE THE ONE WHO SPREAD THE VIRUS BY TOUCHING EVERYONE'S MONEY....
THE PENICILINE WAS ALMOST OVER AND I WAS GETTING WORST.
- FEVER WAS HIGH
- FEVER WAS REAL LOW, VERY LOW, EXTREMELY LOW. I FELT LIKE A YOYO.
- I WAS TAKING TYLENOL EVERY FOUR HOURS TO BRING THE TEMPERATURE DOWN OR PANACETAMOL.
- I COULDN'T BREATH.
- ONE SIDE OF MY NOSE WAS PLUGGED AND
- THE OTHER ONE WAS PLUG ALSO.
- MY EARS WERE COMPLETELY PLUGGED AND
- MY TONGUE WAS SO BIG AND
- MY FACE READY TO EXPLODE.
- MY TEMPERATURE WAS TOO HIGH
- OR WAY TOO LOW
- MY TONGSILITIS WAS TOUCHING MY TONGUE.
THE PENICILINE WAS DOING FUCK ALL.
- AND I WAS NOW, SLEEP DEPRIVE FOR EVER AND
- CHOCKING TO DEATH AT NIGHT.
IT WAS SCARY TO BE ALL BY MYSELF, NO ONE TO CHECK ON ME.
I WOULD TRY TO GO BACK TO BED UPSTAIR IN MY BEAUTIFUL BEDROOM AND 30 MINUTES AFTER, I WOULD HAVE TO BRING MY BLANKET AND MY PILLOWS DOWNSTAIRS AND STAYED UP ALL NIGHT. I COULD NO LONGER SLEEP.
I WAS TURNING INTO A BAT LOOKING LIKE AN OWL. I WAS JUST FREAKIN SCARY TO LOOK AT. ONE TIME, I DECIDED TO TAKE A SLEEPING PILLL AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, MY CAT JUMPED ON ME RIGHT ON MY CHEST.
- I WAS CHOCKING
- I COULD NOT BREATH.
I COULD NOT SEE MYSELF CALLING THE AMBULANCE FOR THAT I WAS NOT BLEEDING
SO I DECIDED AT 5:30 IN THE MORNING, TO GO WAIT IN LINE AT THAT STUPID ST-SAUVEUR CLINIC, WHERE SICK PEOPLE HAVE TO WAIT IN LINE IN THE FREAKIN COLD LIKE PIECE OF SHIT FOR AS LONG AS 2 HOURS IN ORDER TO GET IN AND GIVE YOUR HEALTH CARD AND THAN GET BACK HOME AND COME BACK FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT LATER ON THAT DAY. YOU ARE SICK FOR GOD SAKE DO YOU NEED TO SPENDTIME LIKE THIS ON THE ROAD FEVERISH DRIVING IN THE SNOW UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF COLD SYRUP AND TYLENOL AND FOR MY CASE PENICILINE. WE SHOULD BE IN TITLE TO GET HUMAN RIGHTS AND BE TREATED LIKE HUMAN BEENS, WE SHOULD BE IN TITLE TO WAIT INSIDE LIKE HUMAN BEENS AND BE TREATED NICELY. IT S UNBEARABLE THE WAY THEY TREAT US. SO YOU SEE WHAT KIND OF DOCTORS WE HAVE TO GO THRU UP NORTH IN THE LAURENTIANS, IN QUEBEC.... I USED TO HAVE A DOG AND WENT TO THE VET WITH HIM AND HE WAS BETTER TREATED THAN ME.WE WILL WAIT INSIDE TOGETHER AND GET AN APPOINTMENT RIGHT AWAY WHEN HE WAS SICK. WHY CAN'T I HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE THAT?
HERE, DOCTORS ARE YOUR FAMILY DOCTORS FOR TWO REASONS:
TO SIGN UP FOR YOUR DEATH CERTIFICATE,
AND THE OTHER ONE IS, TO CHECK YOU OUT OUNCE A YEAR FOR COUPLE OF BLOOD SAMPLES.
BUT WHEN YOU ARE REALLY REALLY SICK FORGET IT, THEY ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO SEE YOU.THEY SIMPLY DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU. THEY AVOID YOU LIKE YOU HAD THE PEST!
SO THAT MORNING, I WAS WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE, ALREADY STANDING IN FRONT OF THE DOOR, LIKE BEGGERS TO GET IN. ONE GUY WITH METAL CRUTCHES AND ALL SORT OF SICK PATIENTS. WE STOOD THERE IN THE COLD OF WINTER, MINUS DEGREES, WIND FACTOR AND ALL, TO WAIT TO SEE A DOCTOR SO HE COULD RELIEVED US FROM OUR MISERY AND PAIN. IT FELT LIKE I WAS IN THE BRONX IN NEW YORK BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE FUCK ALL! NOT EVEN A BIG FIRE TO WARM UP TO. ONE GUY WAS SO NICE, HE TOLD ME I LOOKED VERY SICK, AND I SHOULD BE SITTING IN MY CAR FOR A WHILE, AND HE SAID THE SAME THING TO THE CRUTCHE'S GUY AND WE WENT TO HIDE FOR A BIT. THAN WE WAITED FOR MORE AND WAITED. I WENT BACK AGAIN TO WARMED UP INSIDE MY CAR. IT WAS SUDDENLY THE THIRD WORLD COUNTRY HERE IN ST-SAUVEUR, QUÉBEC, CANADA.
SO WE WENT IN AROUND 8:30, THE GUY BEHIND ME WAVED AT ME, SO I COULD TAKE MY SPOT BACK BECAUSE THEY WERE ONLY TAKING 12 PEOPLE THAT DAY. I WAS LUCKY, LIKE A RUSSIAN GUY PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE RIGHT!
I GOT MY APPOINTMENT AND SAT INSIDE, I COULD NOT GO BACK HOME BACK AND FORTH LIKE THIS IN THE SNOW.
THE DOCTOR I SAW TOLD ME:
IT WAS SINUSITIS.
I TOLD HIM EVEN THO HE IS NOT MY SUPPOSED TO BE FAMILY DOCTOR THAT HE KNEW ME BETTER THAN THAT AND THIS WASN'T A SINUSITIS. I COME HERE VERY OFTEN MAYBE 4 TIMES A YEAR FOR SINUSITIS. AND I AM TELLING YOU THIS IS NOT IT. IT IS SOMETHING ELSE. WELL,
HE SAYS,
TAKE THIS SPRAY TO UNPLUG YOUR NOSE.
AND GET THIS SYRUP.
YOU ARE NOT LISTENING.
I TOLD YOU:
I HAVE THE SPRAY AT HOME IT IS NOT WORKING. NOTHING IS COMING IN MY NOSE OR COMING OUT OF MY NOSE. WHAT DO YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND?
HE DOESN'T EVEN BOTHER TO LOOK AT MY PIMPLES OR SEND ME FOR AN X-RAY, OR A TEST FOR MY SALIVA, OR LUNG S-RAY NOTHING! WHAT ABOUT MY PIMPLES?
HE SAT THERE WRITING NOT ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS, REALLY! HE THAN TELLS ME TO FINISH MY PENICILINE, LIKE ONE MORE DAY, TAKE THE SYRUP AND IF IT WAS GETTING WORST TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. SO HE DIDN'T KNOW EITHER WHAT I HAD AND PRETENDED IT WAS A SINUSITIS OF COURSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO DO A FOLLOW UP. ALL THIS WAIT FOR A STUPID ANSWER. I WENT HOME. IT WAS AWFUL. WORST THAN EVER AND THAT NIGHT,
- I HAD A 42 DEGREE FEVER... IT WAS ALMOST OVER A WEEK MAYBE TWO, THAT I HAD A FEVER. NO WONDER MY FEVER WENT UP THAT NIGHT WITH ALL THE WAIT IN THE FREAKIN COLD.
- THE SYRUP MADE ME PIUCK AND I COULD NOT EVEN GET IT TO GO DOWN MY THROAT IT WAS STAYING RIGHT THERE IN MY MOUTH.
- VOMITING BLOOD AFTER COUGHING.
- NOTHING WAS COMING IN OR OUT MY BODY BESIDE THAT LITTLE CUP OF WATER I MANAGED TO DRINK ALL DAY.
PART 8
THE SHIT HIT THE FENCE.
I WAS SUDDENLY IN ANOTHER STAGE,
- I WAS CHOKING AND SNEEZING LIKE A SPRINKLER LIKE ALL OVER THE LIVING ROOM. OH MAN! OH MAN!
- I WOULD BREATH IN AND CHOKE FOR EVER.
- BREATH IN AND CHOKE SOME MORE.
- BREATH IN AND SNEEZE.
- BREATH IN AND COUGHT
- BREATH IN AND CHOKE. AT ONE POINT I THOUGHT I HAD PIERCE THE INSIDE OF MY NOSTRIL. I WAS A REAL ZOMBIE,
- WITH FEVER STILL.
- I HAD A FEVER FOR WAY TOO LONG.
SO I DECIDED TO RETURN TO THE HOSPITAL.THERE WAS NO DOCTOR THAT NIGHT.
REALLY THIS WAS WORST THAN RUSSIA. NO DOCTOR HEN!
YOU ARE JOKING?
NO,
THE DOCTOR WILL BE COMING SOON.
HUM!
AND THE ONE THAT'S IN FOR THE NIGHT, HE IS ABOUT TO LEAVE SO HE IS NOT SEING NEW PATIENT. GO TO THE CLINIC NOT TO FARE AWAY FROM HERE. I JUST DROVE IN A SNOW STORM FOR 20 MINUTES AND I AM SICK LIKE A DOG BUT IT'S ALRIGHT I CAN NOT SLEEP. I DIDN'T SLEEP FOR SO MANY DAYS NOW, SO I WENT TO THIS CLINIC AND BY THE TIME, I GOT THERE, IT WAS ALREADY FULL. THERE WAS ONLY 10 PERSON IN FRONT OF ME, BUT, THEY WERE A FULL BUNCH FROM THE DAY BEFORE WHO DIDN'T SEE A DOCTOR, WHO WERE NOW, PUT ON TO THIS NEW LIST. WHY THEY DIDN'T WROTE THAT AT THE DOOR? I DON'T KNOW. I WENT HOME.
I THOUGHT I WAS GETTING BETTER THAT DAY, UNTIL,
THIS WAS GOING ON FOR TOO LONG, SO I JUMPED INTO MY CAR ONE MORE TIME THINKING,I WAS BETTER SITTING IN MY CAR DRIVING, THAN LAYING DOWN IN MY BED CHOKING SO I WENT BACK TO THE CLINIC. I WAS REALLY AFRAID TO SLEEP NOW.
THAT DAY,
I FINALLY SAW A DOCTOR LATE IN THE MORNING, WHO TOLD ME
THAT IT COULD BE
SRAS
I WAS TIRED AND FED UP SO I TOOK THE PRESCRIBE MEDICATION AND THE NEW SYRUP THAT DIDN'T WORK VERY WELL EITHER AND WISH FOR TIME TO GET ME WELL. I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE GETTING MORE DOCTOR'S ADVICE THAT WEEK. I HAD NO ENERGY FOR THAT.
PART 9
I WAS NOW IN THE STAGE OF COUGHING BLOOD A LOT.
IT WAS JUST PAINFUL AND SCARY,
I FINALLY GOT MY VOICE BACK AND WAS SKYPING AT HOME TO TALK TO SOMEONE, I WAS GETTING NUTS NOT TO HAVE ANY CONTACTS. NOW AT THIS STAGE, I HAD STILL
ONE TOAST A DAY.... TO MASH POTATOES THAT MY MOM WILL DELIVER TO MY DOOR....THAN SHE WENT ON ADDING SOME PEAS AND PIECES OF STEAK.
I WAS SPENDING MY DAYS TRYING TO SEARCH ON THE NET WHAT THE HELL I HAD AND WRITE MY PAINFUL EPISODE. THAN ONE DAY, WHAT REALLY GOT ME GOING WAS MAKING A VIDEO ABOUT IT. UNFORTUNATELY, MY COMPUTER CRASHED AND I LOST EVERYTHING EXCEPT MY EMAILS TO MY FRIENDS TELLING THEM I WAS ALMOST DYING AT HOME ALONE.
PART 10
WHAT HAPPEN AFTERWARDS.
I HAD
MEANWHILE,
IN MAY,
ONE DAY, I ARRIVED IN AGONY. I LAYED DOWN ON THE FLOOR IN
THIS TIME, I WAS READY TO WAIT TO SEE A DOCTOR.
PAIN KILLER.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I HAD AGAIN. THEY HAVE 2 REPORTS BUT SO A PART FROM ONE ANOTHER. i CALL MY MOM.
THEY WERE TELLING ME I HAD PROBABLY A STONE IN THE KIDNEY AND IT WAS 5 CM BIG SO THEY HAD TO OPERATE OR IT COULD BE AN APPENDICITIS AND THEY STILL HAD TO OPERATE BUT THEY NEED IT ANOTHER EVALUATION AND THEY NEEDED TIME BEFORE THEY OPERATE AS I NEEDED TO BE 24 HOURS WITHOUT FOOD.
DO WE HAVE A DOCTOR?
DO WE HAVE A SURGEON?
SO WE GOT THE VERDICT THAT NIGHT,
THAT I WAS GOING UNDER THE KNIFE FOR
HOW COULD THAT BE? I KEPT TELLING THE NURSES,
THEY ALMOST LOST ME THAT NIGHT. THEY REALLY HAD A HARD TIME TO KEEP ME ALIVE ,OXYGEN AND ALL. I WENT THERE FOR A SIMPLE APPENDICITIS, RIGHT! THE MORNING AFTER MY OPERATION, MY SISTER FOUND OUT THE NEXT MORNING WHEN SHE WANTED TO TALK TO ME ON THE PHONE THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO WAKE ME UP BECAUSE THEY ALMOST LOST ME THAT NIGHT.
THEY NEVER THOUGHT EITHER, IN CALLING MY FAMILY MEMBERS EITHER... I WAS SHARING THE ROOM WITH OTHER SICK PATIENTS BUT I COULD NOT BREATH IN THIS HOSPITAL, I HAD TO STAY IN THE CORRIDOR WHERE I COULD OPEN THE WINDOW AND BREATH.
I NEED IT AIR. MY SEARCHING FOR AIR WAS MORE PAINFUL THAN THE OPERATION, SO I WENT HOME THAT NIGHT. HOME ALONE. BIG MISTAKE. I COULD NOT ROLL OVER ON ANY SIDE IT WAS HELL. I GUESS THE PAIN KILLER WERE OUT! OH MY GOD! I COULD NOT GET OFF THE COUTCH. I WAS STUCK ON THIS BLOODY COUTCH ONE MORE TIME.
UNABLE TO GET UP IT WAS TOO PAINFUL. I BOOKED OFF SICK FOR TWO WEEKS.
LAYING DOWN ON MY COUTCH WATCHING THE SPRING GO BY WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO PLAY IN MY BEAUTIFUL GARDEN.
IN CONCLUSION, I WENT TO WORK IN A LOT OF PAIN AFTERWARDS, I DID A LOT OF WALKING IN FRESH AIR TO HELP ME RECOVER.
AND ON OCCASION, I SEEM TO BE
HAVE YOUR SKYPE ON FOR SOMEONE TO WATCH YOU OVER NIGHT AND DAY
LOTS OF MOVIES TO WATCH AFTERWARDS AND A CONFORTABLE COUTCH TO SLEEP ON WITH A LOTS OF PILLOWS.... HAVE A MASK, IF YOU HAVE TO GO OUT OR A SCARF LIKE THE COWBOYS USED TO WEAR AND BE READY TO FIGHT YOUR OWN WAR AGAINST THIS AWFUL VIRUS....BUY YOURSELF A BLOOD PRESSURE KIT, AND IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT, A SPO2 TO CHECK OUT YOUR OXYGEN INTAKE. AND IF YOU DO TRAVEL FOR CHRISTMAS OR VACATION ONE PIECE OF ADVISE MAKE SURE THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAS TRAINED STAFF IN CASE OF EMERGENCY TO HELP YOU OUT. THAT THEY KNOW FIRST AID AND THEY CAN ASSIST YOU. MAKE SURE THE HOTEL YOU STAY HAVE OPERATORS THAT SPEAK ENGLISH VERY WELL. AND IF YOU HAVE A FRIEND DOCTOR ASK HIM TO PRESCRIBE YOU SOME MEDICATION IN CASE YOU BECOME ILL OVER THERE. TRULY, BE READY.
P.S. SO LETS RECAPITULATE THE SYMPTOMS FOR THE DOCTORS WHO ARE READING THIS.
JANUARY
REALLY THIS WAS WORST THAN RUSSIA. NO DOCTOR HEN!
YOU ARE JOKING?
NO,
THE DOCTOR WILL BE COMING SOON.
HUM!
AND THE ONE THAT'S IN FOR THE NIGHT, HE IS ABOUT TO LEAVE SO HE IS NOT SEING NEW PATIENT. GO TO THE CLINIC NOT TO FARE AWAY FROM HERE. I JUST DROVE IN A SNOW STORM FOR 20 MINUTES AND I AM SICK LIKE A DOG BUT IT'S ALRIGHT I CAN NOT SLEEP. I DIDN'T SLEEP FOR SO MANY DAYS NOW, SO I WENT TO THIS CLINIC AND BY THE TIME, I GOT THERE, IT WAS ALREADY FULL. THERE WAS ONLY 10 PERSON IN FRONT OF ME, BUT, THEY WERE A FULL BUNCH FROM THE DAY BEFORE WHO DIDN'T SEE A DOCTOR, WHO WERE NOW, PUT ON TO THIS NEW LIST. WHY THEY DIDN'T WROTE THAT AT THE DOOR? I DON'T KNOW. I WENT HOME.
I THOUGHT I WAS GETTING BETTER THAT DAY, UNTIL,
- I ALMOST CHOKE TO DEATH THAT DAY AND LATE AT NIGHT
- I VOMITTED SOME MORE BLOOD.
THIS WAS GOING ON FOR TOO LONG, SO I JUMPED INTO MY CAR ONE MORE TIME THINKING,I WAS BETTER SITTING IN MY CAR DRIVING, THAN LAYING DOWN IN MY BED CHOKING SO I WENT BACK TO THE CLINIC. I WAS REALLY AFRAID TO SLEEP NOW.
THAT DAY,
I FINALLY SAW A DOCTOR LATE IN THE MORNING, WHO TOLD ME
THAT IT COULD BE
SRAS
I WAS TIRED AND FED UP SO I TOOK THE PRESCRIBE MEDICATION AND THE NEW SYRUP THAT DIDN'T WORK VERY WELL EITHER AND WISH FOR TIME TO GET ME WELL. I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE GETTING MORE DOCTOR'S ADVICE THAT WEEK. I HAD NO ENERGY FOR THAT.
PART 9
I WAS NOW IN THE STAGE OF COUGHING BLOOD A LOT.
IT WAS JUST PAINFUL AND SCARY,
- CHOKING SOME MORE
I FINALLY GOT MY VOICE BACK AND WAS SKYPING AT HOME TO TALK TO SOMEONE, I WAS GETTING NUTS NOT TO HAVE ANY CONTACTS. NOW AT THIS STAGE, I HAD STILL
- PIMPLES ON MY BODY AND DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THE RISK TO SPREAD IT TO THOSE I LOVE DEARLY .I LOVED THEM TOO MUCH FOR THAT SO
- I HAD A BIT OF ENERGY TO SIT DOWN NOW, INST EAD OF LAYING DOWN, SO I WENT ON TALKING ON SKYPE WITH MY PARENTS. I WOULD SIT THERE AND WATCH THEM DO THEIR THINGS AND
- SLOWLY STARTED TO DRINK COFFEE AND EAT ONE TOAST A DAY AND
- CHOKE FOR ANOTHER EPISODE BUT
- I FINALLY RECUPARATED. I HAD TO PUT FOOD IN MY BODY. IT WILL TAKE ME HOURS BUT I HAD NO WHERE TO GO, RIGHT!
ONE TOAST A DAY.... TO MASH POTATOES THAT MY MOM WILL DELIVER TO MY DOOR....THAN SHE WENT ON ADDING SOME PEAS AND PIECES OF STEAK.
I WAS SPENDING MY DAYS TRYING TO SEARCH ON THE NET WHAT THE HELL I HAD AND WRITE MY PAINFUL EPISODE. THAN ONE DAY, WHAT REALLY GOT ME GOING WAS MAKING A VIDEO ABOUT IT. UNFORTUNATELY, MY COMPUTER CRASHED AND I LOST EVERYTHING EXCEPT MY EMAILS TO MY FRIENDS TELLING THEM I WAS ALMOST DYING AT HOME ALONE.
PART 10
WHAT HAPPEN AFTERWARDS.
I HAD
- DIFFICULTIES WALKING ON MY FEET, THEY WERE SO BIG, SO FAT, IT FELT LIKE 2 BALLOUNES.
MEANWHILE,
- MY IMMUNE SYSTEM WAS SO LOW.
IN MAY,
- I HAD SEVERE CRAMPS AGAIN IN MY STOMACH.
ONE DAY, I ARRIVED IN AGONY. I LAYED DOWN ON THE FLOOR IN
- FREAKIN PAIN.
- THE PAIN WAS AWFUL. I LAY DOWN IN BED ALL DAY. THIS WAS GOING ON FOR EVER.
THIS TIME, I WAS READY TO WAIT TO SEE A DOCTOR.
- I WAS IN SO MUCH IN PAIN AGAIN. SO I WHEN I GOT THERE I WAS SO IN PAIN, I THOUGHT I LANDED IN PARADISE. WAS I REALLY AT THE RIGHT PLACE? IT WAS WHITE...LIKE I LANDED IN PARADISE. THERE WAS NO BODY. BELIEVE ME. THERE WAS NO BODY. THAT NIGHT AT THE EMERGENCY. THIS WAS MY LUCKY DAY AFTER ALL.
PAIN KILLER.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I HAD AGAIN. THEY HAVE 2 REPORTS BUT SO A PART FROM ONE ANOTHER. i CALL MY MOM.
THEY WERE TELLING ME I HAD PROBABLY A STONE IN THE KIDNEY AND IT WAS 5 CM BIG SO THEY HAD TO OPERATE OR IT COULD BE AN APPENDICITIS AND THEY STILL HAD TO OPERATE BUT THEY NEED IT ANOTHER EVALUATION AND THEY NEEDED TIME BEFORE THEY OPERATE AS I NEEDED TO BE 24 HOURS WITHOUT FOOD.
DO WE HAVE A DOCTOR?
DO WE HAVE A SURGEON?
SO WE GOT THE VERDICT THAT NIGHT,
THAT I WAS GOING UNDER THE KNIFE FOR
- AN APPENDICITS AND THAT THE STONE WAS REALLY BIG BUT FLOATING AROUND MY BODY NOTHING TO WORRY, REALLY! I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE AN OPERATION TO REMOVE SOME SKIN INSIDE MY NOSE TO HELP ME BREATH BETTER AND HERE I WAS, GETTING AN OPERATION. SHIT! I COULD NOT ESCAPE FROM GOING UNDER THE KNIFE. IT WAS THIS OR I WILL DIE, TOLD ME THIS VERY FRIENDLY DOCTOR. IT WILL BE OKAY TOLD ME THE ANAESTHESIST. YEAH RIGHT. I WAS JUST SO HAPPY THEY HAD FIND ONE OF THOSE SPECIALIST HANGING AROUND THE HOSPITAL, THAT LONG WEEK-END OF VICTORIA DAY.
- I ALMOST DIE AFTER THE OPERATION.
HOW COULD THAT BE? I KEPT TELLING THE NURSES,
- I WAS CHOKING,
- I COULD NOT BREATH, BUT THE NURSES WAS NOT LISTENING TO ME, I KEPT TELLING THEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN, I HAD THE VIRUS FROM MEXICO. SO IT WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION TO PUT MY HEAD SO LOW IN THE BED. DO NOT PUT MY HEAD LIKE THIS, I WAS TELLING THEM, I CANNOT BREATH LIKE THIS.
THEY ALMOST LOST ME THAT NIGHT. THEY REALLY HAD A HARD TIME TO KEEP ME ALIVE ,OXYGEN AND ALL. I WENT THERE FOR A SIMPLE APPENDICITIS, RIGHT! THE MORNING AFTER MY OPERATION, MY SISTER FOUND OUT THE NEXT MORNING WHEN SHE WANTED TO TALK TO ME ON THE PHONE THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO WAKE ME UP BECAUSE THEY ALMOST LOST ME THAT NIGHT.
THEY NEVER THOUGHT EITHER, IN CALLING MY FAMILY MEMBERS EITHER... I WAS SHARING THE ROOM WITH OTHER SICK PATIENTS BUT I COULD NOT BREATH IN THIS HOSPITAL, I HAD TO STAY IN THE CORRIDOR WHERE I COULD OPEN THE WINDOW AND BREATH.
I NEED IT AIR. MY SEARCHING FOR AIR WAS MORE PAINFUL THAN THE OPERATION, SO I WENT HOME THAT NIGHT. HOME ALONE. BIG MISTAKE. I COULD NOT ROLL OVER ON ANY SIDE IT WAS HELL. I GUESS THE PAIN KILLER WERE OUT! OH MY GOD! I COULD NOT GET OFF THE COUTCH. I WAS STUCK ON THIS BLOODY COUTCH ONE MORE TIME.
UNABLE TO GET UP IT WAS TOO PAINFUL. I BOOKED OFF SICK FOR TWO WEEKS.
LAYING DOWN ON MY COUTCH WATCHING THE SPRING GO BY WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO PLAY IN MY BEAUTIFUL GARDEN.
IN CONCLUSION, I WENT TO WORK IN A LOT OF PAIN AFTERWARDS, I DID A LOT OF WALKING IN FRESH AIR TO HELP ME RECOVER.
- I HAD A RASH
- AND VERY BIG FEET.
AND ON OCCASION, I SEEM TO BE
- LACKING OF OXYGEN...
HAVE YOUR SKYPE ON FOR SOMEONE TO WATCH YOU OVER NIGHT AND DAY
LOTS OF MOVIES TO WATCH AFTERWARDS AND A CONFORTABLE COUTCH TO SLEEP ON WITH A LOTS OF PILLOWS.... HAVE A MASK, IF YOU HAVE TO GO OUT OR A SCARF LIKE THE COWBOYS USED TO WEAR AND BE READY TO FIGHT YOUR OWN WAR AGAINST THIS AWFUL VIRUS....BUY YOURSELF A BLOOD PRESSURE KIT, AND IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT, A SPO2 TO CHECK OUT YOUR OXYGEN INTAKE. AND IF YOU DO TRAVEL FOR CHRISTMAS OR VACATION ONE PIECE OF ADVISE MAKE SURE THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAS TRAINED STAFF IN CASE OF EMERGENCY TO HELP YOU OUT. THAT THEY KNOW FIRST AID AND THEY CAN ASSIST YOU. MAKE SURE THE HOTEL YOU STAY HAVE OPERATORS THAT SPEAK ENGLISH VERY WELL. AND IF YOU HAVE A FRIEND DOCTOR ASK HIM TO PRESCRIBE YOU SOME MEDICATION IN CASE YOU BECOME ILL OVER THERE. TRULY, BE READY.
P.S. SO LETS RECAPITULATE THE SYMPTOMS FOR THE DOCTORS WHO ARE READING THIS.
JANUARY
- HEAD PAIN
- NECK PAIN
- ITCHY EYES
- NUMBNESS OF THE ENTIRE BODY
- LETHARGIC
- DIZZY
- FAINTING
- EAR ACHE
- STOMACH PAIN
- DIARRHEA
- SOAR THROAT
- NO VOICE
- FACE GET S WAY BIGGER THAN NORMAL,
- YOUR THROAT IS ON FIRE,
- TONSYLITIS GETTING SO BIG CLOSING DOWN ON YOU
- FEVER
- TREMBLING
- SHIVERING
- FEVER
- OR SO COLD YOUR BODY FEEL LIKE IS DEAD COLD 33-34-35 TEMPERATURE
- CAN NOT EVEN DRINK
- CANNOT SWALLOW A SINGLE THING BESIDE A SMALL DROP OF WATER
- YOU ARE PLUG IN
- DIFFICULTIES BREATHING
- GASPING FOR AIR
- THAN YOU COUGH
- THAN YOU SNEEZE
- THAN YOU BLEED
- THAN YOU COUGH
- THAN YOU START BLOWING YOUR NOZE.
- YOUR FEET GETS BIG.
- BLURRY VISION.
- AND PEOPLE THINK YOUR AN IDIOT WITH A SIMPLE SORE THROAT....
- YES ITS TRUE YOU ARE NOT AMPUTATED. BUT IT FEEL LIKE IT MAN! YOU CAN NOT MOVE.
- DIFFICULTY BREATHING STILL I WAS GASPING FOR AIR ALL THE TIME
- TROUBLE WALKING
- IMMUNE SYSTEM IS NOT RESPONDING ANYMORE.
- APPENDICITIS
IN SEPTEMBER,
- I HAD STILL TROUBLE WALKING ON MY FEET AND BREATH NORMALLY.
WHEN I WENT TO PARIS ON A LAY OVER, I WENT TO A LIBRARY GOT MYSELF TONS OF MEDECINE BOOKS GOT BACK TO MY HOTEL AND LISTEN TO THE NEWS. WHEN I CAME BACK, EVERYONE HAD LEFT ME A MESSAGE SAYING I HAD GOT H1N1.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IF I WILL GET THE FLU SHOT OR NOT?
SINCERLY, THINK ABOUT IT,
FLYING GIRL