Time of the Month and something funny-Ladies

[Guest guest]

Well ladies,, you may appreciate this.

After my labwork came back bad from the Dr's(at the time of my CML

diagnosis), I was told to go in and have a bone marrow biopsy first,

then see/meet the Oncologist. The morning of the biospy, I started my

period! Oh joy! and I was sick, sick, sick, with a fever.

I had the biopsy, waited a couple of hours, and then met the Onc.

After reviewing my labs, and such, he decided to hospitalise me and I

stayed for 3 days.. having a transfusion of packed red cells, and

stabilizing me.

My back was killing me, and it was a combo of having the biospy and the

period. The hospital was giving me IV fluids and was making me pee in

the toilet " hat " .. so they can measure what's going in and going out.

A new nurse came in on her shift, and went to record the contents of

the hat. She freaked out! She starts screaming.. " Oh My " G " !! She's

bleedinggggggg!!!!! " .. she ran out of the room and brought back another

nurse.. I was laughing.. and they were perplexed...

I said,, " Helloooooo... I am on my period and I would empty my own hat

but you won't let me.. soooooooo,,, although gross, it is what it is..

I even have my pads sitting next to the potty, but I guess she didn't

see them and she ran out of the room so fast I couldn't say anything!

You should have seen the look on their faces...! :-) lol

A moment I will never forget! Lynn (Snickersunny)

[Guest guest]

> Thank you for sharing that. Hahahaha. It must have freaked them

out, Lynn!

> You have a good sense of humor, but I'm sure at the time you

weren't having fun

> at all, were you? I hate how they check the 'pee hat' too. I feel

indignant

> when I have to show bodily excretions to nurses, haha. Thanks for

the story -

> Lynne A.

Oh lord yes. I had been going to take a glycos test to see if I was

Diabetic, trying to find out why I was sick, anyway 12 hours no

food. I had a bite of pizza in my 12 hours and they had me fast

that much longer.

It all came down to between fasting, only being on a dextros drip

for three days with no pyhical activity, and cemo drugs that my

first bowl movement into that lovery " pee hat " was RIPE!

I was so emparrassed... the smell had my family makeing excuses to

leave my room and of course the staff took their sweet time comeing

to empty it. It was a terrable week but at the same time so much

happened that just makes me laugh so hard. I'll share my blowning-

up lukopyhrsis(spelling) machine story someday.

*HUGS*

Emy G