@HistoPol Thanks. Yes, I'm meeting with the doctor right after the scan and will bring this up. You're right that many people won't be as confident asking questions and calling attention to discrepancies.
I ask for everything in writing and last time one of the nurses wrote a great text for me detailing everything that would happen to me. Otherwise I would not have known myself… 😬
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CT-scan today. The nurse who placed my PICC line also took my blood pressure. When detaching the cuff, the pen she had in her hand pressed against my side and drew a long ink line across my new green shirt. Themselves not noticing I pointed out "you just drew a line on my shirt with your pen". They said "I'm really sorry", packed up the stuff and left.
It felt like a weird interaction. And yes, it also wasn't painless.
Now trying to change perspective and have to assume they were very stressed. Lots of things in the interaction felt rough and rushed which would seem to support this.
Anyway. I doubt it will wash out, which made me a little sad. But also, it's just stuff.
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And now I just had to remind the head nurse that I was supposed to get medicine 30 mins ago to address my previous negative reactions to the contrast fluid.*
They had no note of this, searched, found it and thanked me for reminding them. Feels like many are back from their vacation today.
*Supposed to be administered 2 hours before the scan.
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Three days later. I went to leave a blood sample on Tuesday morning (the day after my CT-scan) per instruction by the doctor. He called today wondering why I hadn't. I said I did.
He then found that the requested test got mixed up with another doctor's requests (one I haven't met). The blood I left on Tuesday was tested for something completely different. So I have to go in again tomorrow and leave yet another blood sample. And my arm is bruised where the needle went in.
Closing in on too many weird mixups for comfort now.
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@davor Thank you Davor! 🫶
I just re-read this post I wrote about the AI hype in March of last year and it's essentially the same things I would write today.
AI is moving so fast it's timeless 😁
You can also listen to this blog post if you want, as it's one of the ones I voiced as a podcast episode. With sound effects! 🔥
https://axbom.com/ai-responsibility/
I just got one of the most beautiful well-wishes, with an account of how they had gotten to know me through first my panda model and then my writing, a great story about their grandma's heart surgery (including the maxim "Getting old is nothing for cowards") and some truly valuable insights about exertion and recovery.
So yes, I am now crying. In a good way.
And for everyone's wellbeing: I can really recommend starting a blog, even if it's just for yourself or a few close friends. ❤️
@elhult Tack Ludvig! 🫶
@Coveh Thank you Anthony. 🫶
@salixsericea Thank you. 🫶
@chiasm Thank you. 🫶
@iamdavidobrien Thank you David. 🫶
@yatil Thank you Eric. 🫶
@FeralRobots Thank you 🫶
@dsalo Thank you Dorothea. 🫶
@HistoPol Thank you 🫶
@tsvenson Great way of seeing it. 🫶
@JackEric thank you jack 🫶
@CatherineFlick Thank you Catherine. 🫶