OT about my biopsy

It is ridiculous.  Sounds like she has some control issues. 
I don't work as a nurse anymore.  Too many changes prevent me from giving the quality of care that I feel needs to be given.  Also, having to work with people like that nurse is just too much. 
It's great that your surgeon's staff is so efficient and caring. 
 

I thought I got all the bad nurses.

So what did the lab say about the lemon?

I won't find out for almost two weeks!  That seems like a long time, doesn't it?  They said it takes seven to ten days to get the pathology report back.

Oh, she definitely has major control issues.

So the nurse who was not allowing your friend in the room, and the IV nurse were the same one? or?

No, two different ones. 

The IV nurse was very nice. She just wasn't good at starting IV's.  She seemed really nervous about it, too, which is what made me wonder if she hadn't done very many before.  Maybe she was new.

The nurse that didn't want my friend in the room was probably good at starting IV's.  I don't know.  She didn't really seem to do much nursing, though.  She lay out all the supplies for the surgeon.  She helped me untie and retie my hospital gown.  She got an emesis basin for my friend to hold for me when I threw up.  She took my blood pressure when the doctor told her to, after I was complaining of severe dizziness and throwing up and saying I thought my blood pressure was low.  That was the extent of what she did while she was caring for me.

Hi

I enjoy your writings.

The service dog...why do you have a service dog? I mean maybe I could use one.

Thanks!  I enjoy writing.

I have a service dog because I have a disability.  I have PTSD (which is not always disabling to the extent that one needs a service dog, but it is for me).  I also have a lot of back problems.  Isaac is trained to do tasks that mitigate my disability.  For instance, if I drop something, he picks it up for me because I am not always able to bend over to pick up something like my car keys.  He takes clothes out of the dryer and gives them to me, because I can't bend over that much to get the clothes out myself.  When I have an anxiety attack, he brings me medication.  I have a hard time thinking clearly enough to get the meds myself during an anxiety attack, but when he brings it to me, I will take it.  If I wake up in the night from a nightmare, he will turn on a light for me.  I often have trouble walking into a dark room at night, too, which is a problem if I have to pee in the middle of the night.  He will go ahead of me into the bathroom and turn on the light for me.  Those are some of the more common tasks he does.

Thanks for the reply.

Great story. Super dog.

I'm just starting my r n y process/journey. 

Later

Wow Kelly, that nurse alone would have been enough to set off anxiety even if you didn't already have it.   I'm really glad you got a chance to ask the anaesthesiologist about having your friend with you...that's a very personal area and it would be very reassuring to have her beside you.  My prayers are with you for a good outcome.

Lizzy S in OR