To anyone sufferring/going to suffer from kidney stones, here's a golden rule what to do when the episode kicks in [the sooner you start - the better]: 2 pills of no-spa, 1 tablet of painkillers [ibuprofen/dolmen]. As soon as no-spa kicks in and relaxes your spasm -- become a fucking breakdancer. I shit you not. Start bending, spinning, jumping, swimming like a fucking hurricane. The more you move, the better chances are you'll make that lump of rock move down the pipes and unclog your drainage.

Did it this week. Did not need to come back to the ER.

This was my 5th stone. Many more to come [Pending...].

I don't understand why do they make us lay in bed in the hospital if we have kidney stones. They should pump us with no-spa and make us do gymnastics, acrobatics and brakedancing instead!

Usually they order bed rest when they're understaffed and don't have personnel to keep an eye on you.

(At least that's what a nurse once told me, saying that most decisions are not wether what's good for you, but what keeps liability at a minimum).

@IntrusionCM

> when they're understaffed

when are they not...?

@netikras you found the not so subtle hidden message inside my text....

That aside, it's almost always best when the patient moves.

Longer periods of bed rest are always bad... For various reasons.

I didn't want to say it like I think it is, because most people don't like that opinion....

But a hospital is a profit oriented business, even in Germany. Unless absolutely necessary, noone should make use of it. Get secondary opinions, avoid long term stays, always try to get out sooner than they want - necessary supervision as a prerequisite of course (as in don't stay home alone, baaaad idea).

Profit is what makes a hospital a gamble between health and death, sadly.

Some things are just "bad luck"… others the direct result of capitalism.

Shit in America I went to the ER with a gash in my head that was still bleeding and they made me wait 8 hours… I was they only one there.. and they let a dog in..

@ScribeOfGoD was that a vet ER?

@ScribeOfGoD cute dog like lassie?

@netikras nope just a good ol Murican ER. Ended needing 4 or so staples and when time came to get them taken out the last one didn’t want to come out so they had to twist and yank and pull… #note to self, don’t fall head first into an entertainment center corner drunk as shit

@retoor I honestly can’t remember, but if it breaths it’s probably a cute dog hehe

@IntrusionCM regd the subtle message.

I used to be one of those complaining about the healthcare, doctors and nurses too. Then I spent 5 years of my life in that kitchen studying medicine and assisting in ORs and caring units. Then I left the field in a hurry to salvage what's left of my life years.

The stress, the dedication, the loneliness, the hate and anger the personnel is exposed to is enormous. And under such conditions they have to operate within non-existent margin of error. During those years I've made acquaitances in the field and I know for sure that this job is sucking everything out of them. Impossible to find a life partner bcz of workload, so they are left alone to deal with all that.

I'm no longer surprised they are understaffed. Who'd want to work under such conditions, rly?
I'm no longer offended by a harsh doc's attitude.

And who's to blame? Mgmt? Corps? Yes, maybe. But also we are, the patients, who are eager to judge and reluctant to appreciate [out loud].

I live and tick by a handful of ground rules. One of them is 'treat others the way you want to be treated [yourself]'.

Med staff are quite literally sacrifising their lifes for our benefit, as if we're each entitled to a piece of them. And yet we often treat them worse than pigs in a slaughter house.

The first words the doc says to us when we walk through the door are "what happened?" or "how are you feeling?". They make us feel warm and cared for. Like mum and/or dad when we were 5. Except we don't threaten to sue mum if she can't make a painful rash go away in a snap.

And who asks docs those questions? Who cares for them? Have you ever? Tried asking 'how is your day so far?' I mean.

It's easy to complain 'lines are long', 'staff is short', 'mistakes are made'. It's hard to see that we are arguably the biggest part of the problem, and it's we who have to start making the change.

Want a better healthcare? Make it a more rewarding and less shitty experience for the staff.

And I'm not exaggerating with the lawsuits. In a pub hcare centre in my home town it's a BAU to have ~5 ongoing potentially career-demolishing lawsuits at any given time.

How many of you would like to dev knowing a single bug or vulnerability is a one way ticket to the hell of lawsuits? And if you lose at least one - you'r life is fucked [and your family's too, bcz you're neck deep in debts]?

Give it a try. Next week code assuming any bug is your doomsday. Oh, and you have to deliver faster. And no spills are allowed.

Have a fun week!

@ScribeOfGoD dead dogs are cute too!

@netikras Agree.