Oregon nurse charged with assault in swapping fentanyl for tap water

[@lucyannmcwilliams3889]

My Sister was in so much pain... A friend WHO knew this Nurse. . . She asked THE Dr. To check if she was getting meds. . . . Very SERIOUS!!! This NURSE LOST HER JOB. . . THE POLICE CAME. . . THE NURSE WAS TAKING MY SISTERS POST OP MEDS. .

[@abrakadabrah3031]

Criminals

[@mightymouse1005]

So sorry that happened, unfortunately it's common....

[@alisonwilson632]

​@@Sweetlyfeyep that's how we are trained in Australia

[@HerMajesty1]

Doctors and nurses should be required to take random drug testing.

[@hfrt29]

Sick😢

[@susanroot1117]

My husband was critically ill and had a central line. A nurse was going to flush his ports and had not cleaned his port with anything(alcohol or betadine). I spoke up before she could attach the flush syringe. She became extremely irritated and actually talked down to me like I was stupid. She was not aware that I was an ER/Trauma 1 RN. I made her leave the room, notified the nurse manager and administration. I forbade that nurse from ever entering the room again. Don’t know of any repercussions for the nurse and don’t really care. I just needed to make sure my husband had proper care. Everyone else was just AMAZING and saved my husbands life. *NEVER left the hospital the entire time he was inpatient. My adult children brought me clean clothes, etc. Staff was amazing but he was unable to advocate for himself. Every patient, even if they aren’t confused needs an advocate. Being a patient means you are ill and/or in pain so asking questions and remembering what the Doctors are telling is just overwhelming.

[@AzureSiniy]

Some people just don't realize that the infection risk when even performing a simple injection or blood draw from a vein skips a lot of the immune system's defenses. I'm just a pharmacy technician but they made sure to DRILL IT INTO ME that you need to work under a special ventilation hood when preparing ANY intravenous fluid, most commonly reconstituting antibiotics.

[@sherryhillman9197]

I didn’t know this. My daughter has special needs and l can recall times of them fusing but don’t think they wiped the port. If she is ever in the hospital again l will pay more attention. Thanks for this info.

[@truetech4158]

I'm doing a survey for scientific evaluation and awareness, was the irritated nurse that talked down to you, was she wearing a cross?

[@rubenlarotin3141]

​@@truetech4158religion 😂

[@Cleanwithmenow1]

I rather not deal with family members

[@senorwonderful]

Retired RN here. Where did this person go to nursing school? Not only was she evil and selfish, but stupid. Before I entered the nursing program at my university, we were required to take physiology. In this class we placed blood into distilled water, an isotonic solution (water with the same salt concentration as blood), and a hypertonic solution (one with a salt concentration greater than blood). The solution of pure water caused the blood cells to burst (hemolysis). It is extremely easy to get saline that is isotonic (normal saline) in a hospital. Why would she not replace the Fentanyl with saline? I really feel sorry for anybody who was ever her patient. No wonder the infection rate also increased. We need to weed out uncaring, unprofessional, drug addicted, incompetent nurses from the profession.

[@redjoker365]

Because the inventory tracking system would detect that more saline was being used than what was being ordered

[@grandma460]

Doubt she cared about that….

[@privatecitizen1246]

20 thousand "nurses" -2-3 years ago in Florida BOUGHT their degrees, AND their licenses. AND NO ONE KNOWS WHO THEY ARE. 80% of them are STILL in the workforce. Something to think about.

[@ninner196]

@@senorwonderful so very true. I couldn’t even maintain a count of how many nurses can not decipher vg( ventral gluteal) from dg( dorsal gluteal) let alone upper biceps injections. I have seen them cry in shame and shake in the med room and I would quietly go into the bathroom with them and literally show how to hold their hands when visualizing this and likewise biceps injections, commonly given too low. When I went to nursing school even if clinically rotating one had complete 100% demonstration of abilities and had a GPA of a 4.0 during a simulation exam one could not miss one single thing, it was pass or fail and it was finally considered out of line in my state. It was a University competition not a real scenario set up because all the sims were done with outdated stuff that wasn’t even real. Some instructors out of their own greed as non working nurses with master degrees hadn’t had enough time of actually working the floor to equal the skill set level of the students. I would have some come back to work the floor and they considered themselves to be too almighty to clean up whatever and would think that housekeeping should always handle bodily fluids on the floor instead of just taking care of it. I would say if they felt too upity they might be reassigned to sterilization and maintaining the code of hazardous waste and cleaning. I had instructors that if they encountered any students previously that would ask to see their hands. I would send home nurses with nail polish and long nails. That has been that way for all the older nursing universities but something has definitely changed there too.

[@faythknowmore]

​@redjoker365 not likely. She was probably just lazy and/or stupid.

[@cheriwasme27]

Addict here...clean since April 7th, 2017. The mind will come up with all kinds of "good" ways to get the next fix. Some of the stuff I did back then was absolutely insane. Thankful for recovery.

[@eilenekellogg-ki2br]

May God strengthen you to keep clean. Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉.

[@SSs-r6s6p]

We do recover❤

[@reginayahara5002]

My husband broke his back. He was in the ICU. I noticed a nurse trying to put 1/2 of his Morphine drip vial in her pocket . Told her to take it out of her pocket & drop it in the locked box. Couldn't get his pain level down that night. She said keep hitting the button for more meds. She changed the dosage for her shift. I told floor nurse, box was opened.Didn't see her again. How many patients did she torture?

[@jaymefawcett5773]

RN here and we had to pull all of the IV/IM narcotics from the vial & show another RN or LPN the actual wasting of the leftover med into a sink. Then we could dispose the empty vial. The other nurse had to sign that they witnessed this. So we often pulled the correct amount out of the vial to administer to the patient and then took the leftover med still in the vial (which was sometimes placed in a pocket) out of the room to find another nurse to use as a witness to us wasting the leftover med. Hope this helps explain.

[@reginayahara5002]

@@jaymefawcett5773Nurses rule while people drool. MOST nurses were AWESOME. TY for your response but my husband's bottle was always empty & saw the nurses dispose of it. The nurse should have talked to her supervisor if that is the case. But, the nurse only gave me a dirty look & I didn't see her again. She could have said something. This was back in 1998. PEACE 🙏🕊️💙

[@LuckyKat89TV]

They have to waste the rest of it witnesses so it makes sense she keeps it. I think you made an assumption

[@louannramirez4278]

@@jaymefawcett5773 correct. We had to have everything witnessed. But even if not, how could a nurse with any heart ever torture a patient. Retired RN here and thank goodness I’ve only witnessed one nurse get busted for narcs over 50 years as a nurse. The one that got caught that is. But it would have been so difficult and close teamwork where we worked. Sad Sadder for the pt.

[@louannramirez4278]

@@reginayahara5002 OMG How dare she. Retired RN here and that’s beyond disgusting to allow a pt suffer like that. People can literally die in too pain it’s the fifth VS and a hospital can lose Medicare Funding over that. It’s our job and calling to get pts as comfortable as you can. Truly sickening

[@uselesscause3178]

This is why I spend nights at the hospital with my parents, kids, friends. I stopped a nurse who was attempting to give my father blood thinners. She was dosing him with thinners at what would have been 4 hours, not 8. Not only was this 4 hours too early, he was going into surgery in 2 hours, and was not supposed to have the blood thinners after the last dosage. Then food service gave him breakfast which I had to remove. Gall Bladder removal, so fully under. No one delivered food to him for 4 days prior. I had to get him food every day prior. If a person has people that are there, nice and keeping up with everything, the care gets better. It is unfair, but true.

[@therealdeal3672]

Yep. When my mom was in the hospital we siblings took turns making sure that she had one of us there or one of her caregivers present in any hospital or skilled nursing situation that she was in. You can't leave people alone in these places. They're too vulnerable.

[@ruckes13]

Yes, I did the same with my mom. And I went to both of my kids' surgerie, because neither one of them have had any issues until now. I wanted to know what meds they were getting. And made sure they did not over medicate them.

[@Kathyat70]

Hospitals are not a good place to heal.

[@therealdeal3672]

​@@Kathyat70I think that's definitely true from everyone I know who's been in the hospital for anything other than maternal delivery. They wake people up in the middle of the night to take their vitals when they really just needed the rest. I'm very particular about my sleeping environment and I think I wouldn't sleep well in the hospital at all without heavy medication. And then these poor people not even getting their pain medication because of psychotic nurse drug addict. It's the sad truth that you can't trust anybody. And hospitals are made for the workers not really for the patients.

[@TheSubygirl]

I had to run roughshod for my hubs too. Juvenile onset type 1 diabetic whom tends to have low blood sugar. The hospital consistently would dose him with insulin, without blood glucose reading, then skip his freaking meals. These same people refused to follow the orders from the transferring hospital a couple of NP's wanted to be considered rockstars continually trying to insert a catheter over a dozen times, assuming a swollen prostate. They were dead wrong he had massive scar tissue they trying to push through, ultimately destroying his urethra. The urologist was finally called and she had to insert the catheter through his abdomen. 4 years later he pees through a tube from his abdomen.

[@ZoeJasper9]

If people died why is she only charged with assault and not murder?

[@redjoker365]

Hospitals are generous donors to prosecutors' and judges' re-election funds

[@privatecitizen1246]

Because they can't actually prove it. So if they charge and can't prove, more than likely said defendant gets a NOT GUILTY. For Murder you have to Prove intent and Motive.

[@redjoker365]

@@privatecitizen1246 Criminally negligent homicide. As a nurse, she would know the basics of what would happen when putting water that's not an isotonic solution into the blood stream, as well as the risk of infection from unsterilized fluids being added

[@christopherleubner6633]

Should be charged with manslaughter or felony murder after the fact. She didn't intend to kill, but committed a felony that resulted in death.

[@granmabern5283]

Because the people were already almost dying, in intensive care

[@MrBitflipper]

How many patients complained about insufficient pain relief over the course of that year? You know there were probably many such complaints, and they were all ignored. This concerns me far more than theft by hospital staff. If you ask for more pain meds they look at you like you're an addict, or they are worried about getting into trouble for administering/prescribing too many opioids. What they are *not* concerned about is your needless suffering.

[@cygneviolette916]

Sqeaky wheel? Lol NOOOOPE That will only get you labelled an addict. There is no way to advocate for yourself whwn you are in pain as reporting pain gets you labelled as a drug seeker.

[@PetPrepRadioShow]

@@cygneviolette916 agree

[@PetPrepRadioShow]

agree

[@user-jb4xv4im9o]

@MrBitflipper I did tell the nurse it hadn't helped at all, and she got the ok to give me more, which scared me because of the government war on opioids. It had me teriffied to take it at all. Even with more, it didn't help like the smaller amount had before. I didn't get that weird feeling like I did before when it was put in my IV either. But she sure was in a good mood after that. I remember wishing I felt that good. I thought it had quit working for me and feared becoming an addict and being labeled, so I didn't say anything. Now I wonder what she was giving me. So in a way the government made me afraid to say anything, which helped her get away with it. When the night nurse came in and gave it to me, it finally helped. I did tell them when I did the exit interview that one nurse seemed to be unwilling to give me my full dose as it hadn't helped at all when she was working. I'd thought she was just one of those people who was against using it at all and thought I was faking to get it and she was determined to prove it, so she was only giving me a tiny bit. I wish I'd have been able to keep track of all the different nurses' names so I could have told them who it was when they asked. But I was too sick to even think of it. I just described her. I did have one awesome nurse who came in my room and sat on the floor next to my bed because I had no visitor chair. She held my hand and talked to me as I was feeling like I was going to die as they couldn't seem to be able to help me. She did this after her shift was over and stayed a long time to visit with me and encourage me. The rest just did the minimum they had to then were out of the room. There are a few really awesome nurses out there who are nurses because they care about the people. She was the reason I didn't just give up and die. I wish I could thank her. I did tell them about her. I'm scared to go to drs as it is, but having to trust a hospital to care for me properly really scares me now. Especially since I'm a senior living alone and have no family to look out for me. I figure I'll end up dying from poor care before my time.

[@user-jb4xv4im9o]

@cygneviolette916 Definately that's why I just kept my mouth shut. Funny though, the way I see it, the governments war on drugs and the labling those of us who might need it sometime as addicts, enables the medical staff get away with being addicts themselves since we are afraid to speak up. The government is therefore helping them get away with it. Maybe medical staff that work with people on those meds should be randomly tested like they do people on them. I've heard of way too many people getting hooked that work in the medical field. They should be watched too.

[@mariekatherine5238]

Never leave your family or friends alone in the hospital.

[@KiKi-tf8rv]

This is the real reason so many died in 2020/2021. Patients were forced to be without any advocate in a vulnerable condition.

[@alexarzamendi9475]

​@KiKi-tf8rv in all honestly, most families don't care enough to stay at bedside. Specially if it's an elder person.

[@samarittan9308]

My mother was in the ICU for 6 weeks. I was only allowed to visit during certain hours. They did not let me stay overnight. There is no way someone can never leave their sick loved ones alone. Also consider that they have family, kids and a job to go to.

[@lyndachele]

@@mariekatherine5238 some of use ARE alone and have to advocate for ourselves.

[@nicolad8822]

But but I thought private healthcare was sooo much better than socialised medicine?

[@lisaschuster686]

Never leave a loved one alone in the hospital. I’ve run into sadistic nurses and doctors.

[@susanwinter4380]

Yesss! It’s awful! It’s this bizarre display of power that some seem to almost enjoy being in charge of what you get regardless of the medicine ordered and the schedule it is ordered

[@HuxtableTV]

It is a relief when the nurse is a human being: kind & professional. Some are shocking. I did not expect this type of behavior, it was an eye opener in the negative sense.

[@Johnarchiebald]

And what the hell are you supposed to do ? They can Kill if they want and you cannot stop them

[@randyross5630]

I am an Intersex person by the Original Definition, and or I was Born with Ambiguous Genitals the Doctors Operated on at Birth! Pseudo Male Hermaphrodite is what people just like me use to be called Medically Speaking, and you People have No Clue How Bad the Doctors and Nurses really are... You Have No Clue! Those People are Evil... And like I was saying to a Governor who was my FB Friend and would Communicate with (although it was in a Public message to his Profile and he might not of caught it) if the Doctors can Medically Outlaw Hermaphrodites, and wipe us from the Cultural Conscious where we no longer exist and get away with this Medical Genocide of us, they can get away with Anything! And How One Day everyone will Pay the Price for it... Not too many Weeks Later we had a Noval Virus Starting to Shut Down the World as the Medical Sector Took Over the Nation, and was getting Paid $50,000 for everyone that Put in a Coma and Put on High Pressure, Deadly, Ventilator! You want to Defeat these People? Start by Admitting people like me Exist, and what the Doctors due to us...

[@kellileaneriley4263]

My aunt just died in a group home under the supervision of doctors and nurses. Gave her meds to her at 4 and dead at 5. Brandy Clarks mom got admitted to Jonesboro Arkansas from Kennett Missouri and her insurance ran out and she called her daughter and she was dead the next morning after a random doctor swapped her meds out

[@jimholmes5395]

I used to be a litigation paralegal for the nursing board of the State of Wisconsin. The drug abuse occurring within the medical, dental, nursing, and pharmaceutical professions has been rampant for decades. No matter what the state, there are far more suspensions than revocations for this. This is because with most states, anyone revoked can reapply for reinstatement after 24 hours. There are a great number of superb, caring and ethical professionals out there. But there are an ever-growing number of addicts within these professions that are a real danger. People should be crawling all over their elected officials for stricter laws dealing with this problem.

[@frankjamesbonarrigo7162]

The risk of throwing it all away is crazy, all that schooling

[@lindawest4580]

It's harder than you think to get people to listen. Government leaders also protect the hospitals, doctors, nurses and CNAs😢 Elderly patients aren't considered worth the effort. Especially if they don't have family to advocate for them.

[@christiroseify]

Oh please let me pick your brain with one question: Legally, how big a deal is a doctor removing documents from a patients medical record?

[@marcialockhart890]

​@@christiroseify or a hospital losing the entire file?

[@christiroseify]

@@marcialockhart890 Yeah,

[@kp50065]

As a nurse I can’t fathom taking any medication prescribed for a patient. That is something that should not be ok for any in our field.

[@Zinniagarden24]

I can’t figure out how to get the fentanyl out and the water in place??? I’m too busy as a nurse just keeping up

[@douglaswilkinson5700]

As a caregiver you should see what happens in nursing homes where Tylenol or ASA is substituted for prescribed pain meds.

[@jimholmes5395]

@@Zinniagarden24 Ahhhh....there are ways and I'm happy you can't figure it out. That would be one less person to be tempted.

[@kp50065]

@@douglaswilkinson5700 I was a DON in a facility for a year and a half at the beginning of the pandemic. I was so stunned to see how many meds were given inappropriately so I locked all narcotics so they require two keys, not full proof but it helped and I did random drop ins at 2,3 AM, that shouldn’t be needed. Our profession is meant to serve, it should from my POV be a calling not a job. If ur going into the field for any other reason I believe ur doing such an injustice to ur patients. I pulled my brother out of a facility to bring to my home to pass because I know he wasn’t given his morphine for his brain cancer. There needs to be some fundamental change I believe in the medical community.

[@ninner196]

@@jimholmes5395 yes it is so true in many ways. I have worked with many wonderful nurses and doctors who are fighting their own addictions and as someone who lives in severe constant pain I could understand why they might use perhaps what is supposed to be wasted because maybe they too have never been treated respectfully in the system. Only God knows. That is why sometimes depending on the circumstances the human resource department handles these matters and tries to sit down with the nursing administrator and director of the dept. They can receive treatment if they ask for it openly and admit exactly what was done. They are tested on the spot including for metabolites of different more addicting drugs. Even though I worked I had to take certain medications and would submit to my levels willingly because the worst sense of guilt is felt for even having to be at a workable level to be clear headed. There are plenty of studies to show that if pain control is properly handled that it keeps one from being distracted and yet not diminished in mental faculties but when your coworkers find out that you have to take medications, even diabetics, you name it, we are ostracized and disgraced in our fields. And that is also why no nurse or doctor even ever wants to go to where they work for medical care because coworkers and nosy ones violate HIPPA on their own coworkers on whatever their own infirmity is. I have caught people in the act checking my personal information and it appears that nobody these days has any shame on their part. It is sad and I have cried for others, my coworkers and my own self and can relate wholeheartedly with patients and any who are battling with their maladies.

[@JeraldCassidy]

I’ve been a nurse for over forty years. This is the worst case ever. Before infections developed why didn’t nurses and docs identify increased pain levels?

[@catfaerie]

Because of the current climate surrounding pain medications. I've read stories from chronic pain patients in the emergency room. One of them witnessed the nurse switching her pain medication, and when she spoke up about it, she was accused of lying to get more pain medication. Chronic pain patients who get documentation suggesting they're drug-seeking often loose access to pain treatment, because no provider wants to take that risk.

[@catcolb11]

​@@catfaerieit sucks living in chronic pain and being treated like crap. Just asking to not have to suffer... but being treated like a criminal.

[@rsh793]

It was my understanding that it was in ICU so it would be patients who maybe couldn't all communicate - I daresay that they choose the patient carefully to take it from those who wouldn't be able to do so.

[@Taurabirdy]

The other part is the nurse should have known that tap water is not safe.

[@rawrbitchy]

How would the doctors notice increased pain levels in patients that were in comas? It's not like they are able to speak to report their pain levels.

[@classicalgas8297]

This happened to my son the night of his brain tumor surgery in the ICU. She wasn't giving him his fentanyl. He was in absolute pain the entire night! He was in to much pain to talk to her or help himself at all. We reported her, filled out a police report. But when we checked on the case, they wouldn't tell us what happened to her. It was horrible!

[@maryanncanter3655]

I was in agony for three days following a lung transplant. I never received adequate pain relief even though I asked for it. They kept saying that I got it but it wasn’t working!

[@4144758]

Follow up they will try to bury it and report her to medical board cuz that's permanent record

[@gilla2092]

Had this happen to me when we accidentally found a unlicensed dentist. They messed my mouth up so bad, no medicine they just.. went in. It was my first dentist appointment too since gaining any real kiddie consciousness, and they ripped out three baby teeth that were just bleeding and hanging in the roots for over a week. It traumatized me so bad, I can't have work on my mouth now as an 25 yr old woman without shaking like a leaf like he's about to knock my lights out. When we went back to the dentistry after telling my mother what happened in the room and why I had been so quiet, everything was gone. Name plates, decor, everything was gone. We didn't know who to go after because they dipped town

[@babygirldixon6799]

​@@gilla2092baby teeth DON'T have roots😊

[@gilla2092]

@@babygirldixon6799 why the hell do you think I had em pulled for???

[@humanchildofgod3126]

This Nurse needs to LOSE EVERYTHING, including FREEDOM!!

[@absyntheew7075]

As a Patient and a Disabled R.N. who was able to work for 28 years. The red tape is awful! Some MD's don't listen to Patients even if they KNOW you from your Practice as a med/surg R.N.

[@jimholmes5395]

I've dealt with cases involving that. Some MDs are narcissists and there is nothing illegal about them being that.

[@kiyacosan5591]

@@absyntheew7075 exactly 😥

[@user-jb4xv4im9o]

I was hospitalized for sepsis and in severe pain so was given morphine through my IV. I was there for days. The days when I had this one nurse, my pain med didn't seem to work at all. I was too sick to put it together and say anything but I remember thinking it scared me as I was afraid of the med. After watching this video I realized it helped my pain when I had other nurses caring for me. I remember telling my daughter that I thought this nurse was getting high before coming to work. Her eyes looked odd and she acted really goofy. Now I have to wonder if she was stealing my med. It sure didn't work when she administered it. It's scary to have to put our lives in someones hands that we don't know and take a chance they might do harm to us instead of caring for us as they are supposed to.

[@Kiskadee8388]

And insurance is paying for YOUR Rxs while someone else takes or uses them.

[@LaurenSoniaPrager]

😢 I’m sorry you had to receive malpractice time for a lawsuit!

[@Villager565]

Frightening

[@user-jb4xv4im9o]

@LaurenSoniaPrager Easier said than done. No attorney wants to handle medical malpractice here. I think I called a every single attorney in my area. It's too expensive for them to mess with it. The only way I can do it is if I can come up with ten thousand dollars to pay a specialist to testify for me if I were to lose. If I win it would be covered in their percent. At my age and living on my tiny social security income, that's impossible. I did finally find an attorney that told me how to file an intent to sue with the medical board and I've already had the hearing with them. Of course they said they didn't find that he'd done anything wrong but said that I met all the requirements to be able to sue him. Now, I'm trying to decide if I want to trust our legal system enough to take the chance. I could lose my home. I have 0 faith in our judicial system so don't know if I want to take the risk. I think I should because people need to know how I was treated. I don't want anyone else to go through what I did. But I fear ending up on the street.

[@monkeynumbernine]

Sepsis is so terrifying anyway... I nearly died from it at home because I didn't know how sick I actually was - my friend's husband had to carry me downstairs to their truck and drive me to the ER. I can't imagine having some nurse impeding my progress once I'm actually in the hospital 😬😡

[@JulianaYankee]

Hi Dr. A chirping bird doesn't always get heart and when you want to get heard and chirping louder the R.N. GET UPSET AND TREAT PATIENTS BAD and rudely. Thank is why we need more Dr. Like YOU A CARING HUMAN FROM THE HEART THAT LOVES AND CARES FOR ALL PEOPLE

[@SatumainenOlento]

Yes! Exactly!

[@MsEsquire83]

I’ve been in pain management for years due to a multitude of chronic medical conditions. There’s been a few times where I’ve been administered “pain meds” while an inpatient that absolutely were not the proper dosage or drug, but the issue for patients is that we’re immediately deemed as drug seeking, discredited, and/or worse if we bring it up.

[@monkeynumbernine]

I belong to pain clinic and they don't treat me that way at all. They care about my pain, all of it, and do their best to address it. When I've been hospitalized, I receive the necessary pain relief with no side - eyes. The years of living with a pain disease are terrible, but I'm grateful for the providers I have.

[@robinsakofske9975]

​@@monkeynumbernineYou are lucky to have the doctors you have.

[@leighaiancaden]

I’ve noticed and I’m not the only one that feels this way, but anytime I’ve had to talk to an anesthesiologist they’re the most kind, caring and gentle type of doctors I’ve ever met with best bed side manner.

[@veraspresser5503]

💯 ✔️

[@J_L45]

My daughter has bought bodycams, that we now wear when we have ANY medical appointments. I’ll be finding a way to use a button cam hidden in my hair during future surgery. I’m on THAT level now.

[@Shortkonner]

I've started recording all appointments. This is terrifying me. I am an addict. If i didn't get enough in my dose, i would know.

[@BushyHairedStranger]

Sad. I fully understand why and I support your choice. HIPPA regulation would require ALL additional patiemts & health care workers be edited out & voices redacted or you would be at risk of covil lawsuits. Since you’ve outed your plan, your account(s) being linked to traceable devices, each have GIS-GPS Geo located markers that were recorded when you hit send on these comments. So just be careful when, where & around who you record. Good Luck

[@poutinedream5066]

Be careful! Make sure there's no way on hell you'll end up in an MRI or anything like that.

[@poutinedream5066]

I'm constantly amazed by our kids generations use of technology. I'm only 48 but my daughter treats me like I have dementia 😅. She has a tracking device somewhere on my car so she never has to worry about me just disappearing.

[@BushyHairedStranger]

@@poutinedream5066 Awesome & Hilarious. My kids look at me like im Ancient & always on Acid…im 50. Both responses have some truth..ha!

[@kiyacosan5591]

Easier said than done, but I'm glad this woman was caught. When I had an inappropriate incident in the ER, I simply had the person with me Keep me safe. Later, when I got a survey asking about my experience, I filled it out and explained the situation. I then got a call and was berated for not having turned the person in earlier and to think of how many people I might have allowed this person to hurt! Can you imagine? I didn't feel safe saying it and then I got berated when I did say it. I was also told to call ombudsman if I have issues and to use the phone in the room. Number one, they have regular business hours, so there's no one to help after hours and number two, I notice the phones often get put far far away from the bed, so a patient likely wouldn't be able to get to it. Come to think of it, that hospital now treats me badly anytime I need care ...maybe that is why.

[@TimesUp8888]

lol, you went BACK??? what the...

[@LovesLakes]

@@TimesUp8888Sometimes there is no other choice, depending on where you live, e.g, I have a choice of two hospitals, each approximately 25 miles away in different towns. After that, add another hour for the next closest. Many small towns and rural areas don’t have that.

[@alexarzamendi9475]

Lol, you're one of those frequent flyers huh? They probably know you by name already. 😂

[@sherryhillman9197]

When you filled out a survey for hospitals or a clinic leave your name off. The best thing to do is write directly to the CEO over the hospital.

[@sana-cm7oc]

Time for a different hospital.

[@JEBBY123IFY]

Don't forget though there are millions of us legitimate chronic pain people who were cut off and that was just insanity! Many have committed suicide and noone has done much to help us many went to the streets or methadone clinics just for pain control!! So there is another side tue CDC DEA FDA... Very sad to have such a mess! Disabled RN here lots of titanium from 20 years of it!

[@ninner196]

Same here, my body is decompensating now and what I take isn’t even keeping my BP in range. I black out because it goes over 300 just with pain and any emotion. All the pts we fought to keep comfortable no matter the dose in hospice now is not available for the most terminal, it sickens me.

[@amynicole7150]

Thank you!!! I was so curious if anyone in the comments would talk about the innocent ones who have never abused their pain meds only to have them ripped away with no explanation. My mother is suicidal due to losing her oxycodone for horrible chronic pain. She cries at night and shakes uncontrollably due to the pain. I think the DEA is not being fair and everyone should be "judged" on an individual basis. Also, my son had dental surgery and I was shocked when he was prescribed 600mg of ibuprofen instead of Vicoden. He's never abused drugs in his life. It's just so messed up.

[@amynicole7150]

​@ninner196 My heart goes out to you! I am so sorry you are suffering as well. This is so cruel and inhumane.

[@ninner196]

@@amynicole7150 thank you. I have fully put my life and faith in the one who very soon will end all of the misery on earth forever. His word has never failed and has fully explained why there is so much suffering. My primary job that I considered primary was a volunteer like millions of us who feel indebted from our hearts to personally reach people in every corner of the earth to show actually from the Bible why we can have true joy and the privilege we have to live at the time when it was prophetically told that His rulership would literally take control and “put an end to those ruining the earth” We don’t obligate anyone but merely share it and all access to the world’s largest website on accurate Biblical information and it’s practical use to help with our own problems and deep questions has always been free and comforted millions and is in over 1080 languages. They personally make visits to people’s homes and have displays to take whatever one wants or needs. If you have filled in the dots then it is just the initials plus .org Enjoy the information even in the area of science or music and accurately portrayed movies that gives hope to all people of all walks of life and skepticism is welcomed. Take care . You are very kind as well as so many on this site. Having dignifying conversations promotes love and we all need to feel that we are.

[@AuLily1]

Very familiar with this. I'm in chronic pain due to a horrific head-on collision with a distracted driver that I somehow survived. My injuries were vast but miraculously escaped a brain or spinal cord injury. My worst injury was I shattered both femurs, nearly amputating my lower right leg at the knee. My legs were reconstructed with lots of titanium. I live with pain and rely on pain management to have a life.

[@Blessed_by_Yeshua]

After 27 surgeries, multiple hospitalizations for my children, my father, and my mother, I know that no one should be alone in the hospital. If you can’t speak up (or your loved one can’t speak up) someone has to be your eyes, your ears, and your voice. I would NEVER leave a loved one alone in the hospital even for a few hours. I have someone swap with me so I can eat, shower, get out for my own sanity, etc. If that’s not possible, I leave on a shift when there’s a nurse who’s kind and attentive, or at a time when it’s not peak hours, like shift change.

[@theJadedLady420]

I intuitively knew this multiple decades ago when I was my grandparents caretaker. If that meant that I had to stay the night so I could keep eyes on either of them, then that's what I did and just sat up in whatever chair that the hospital provided for a patient's visitors. On many occasions, I used my handbag and/or any outerwear I had and layed down on the floor next to my grandma or grandpa's hospital bed. Looking back, it's mind boggling that I didn't contract something and become really sick. But, I could never trust anyone else with their care unless I was present and approved. I was notorious at Kaiser.

[@brookeclark2219]

Thank you for sharing this. As an RN I have nurses with addiction. I had questioned some of her actions with other nurses and did mention it to a supervisor and nothing was done until she blew it and forgot to take the meds she stole and the night nurse found them. It is important to bring any suspicions up to supervisors and if they don’t do something take it higher. As nurses, our intuition is usury right on!

[@NightMystique13]

After my hysterectomy my self dosing meds were gone. I was in unbelievable pain until the doc showed up two hours later. I also caught MRSA from a nurse not washing hands. Then, after two weeks of trying to heal, I suddenly lost bladder control. Had to go have bladder surgery again due to a ureter placed randomly on my bladder, but not where it was taken from. I tried to speak to a lawyer, but they protect the medical establishment. So I now have medical ptsd from this, on top of my c-ptsd.

[@Little_Muskrat13]

So sorry to hear this. That nurse should go to prison.

[@lisadawson6712]

I’m so sorry this has happened to you, I too have cptsd from an a*****e relationship causing a lumbar spinal injury and cervical spinal cord injury, I actually suffered what they call a spinal stroke, I was kicked out of a hospital after being accused of lying, my Gp spoke with said hospital who refused to see me, I went to a private hospital as an NHS patient who discovered what was wrong, I already had nerve damage having lived with this for 2 months, but I’m lucky C5/C6 works the diaphragm, if left any longer my best outcome would have been paralysis from the neck down, worst I would have died as my diaphragm would have just stopped working, I’m still four years on utterly traumatised and angry my arms don’t work properly…my point, I understand how hard it is living with CPTSD then being further traumatised by health professionals who are supposed to help you 💕

[@Dywof53]

I am a retired RN. Went through a bad surgery where I was dropped breaking a rib under my scapula and puncturing my lung. The doctor and nurses didn't remember anything that happened during my surgery. Doctor got in my face and said you might as well drop this, because you will never find out what happened. That finished my nursing career and now when I think of having surgery I panic. I didn't know how dangerous hospitals were until it happened to me and my family.

[@mayoralcandidateangelaande6713]

I actually ask the nurses in the hospital, what’s the mg of pain meds they are giving me in my IV, after a extremely scary experience, of being given 8 mg of Morphine in my IV. It caused me to have some very very serious breathing issues, This was done by an ER RN. After this extremely scary situation, I been asking this question every single time I’m given pain meds, in the hospital, thru my IV. Crazy looks aside, I could care less! One life, one body.✌🏾

[@daveshoemaker7137]

@@lisadawson6712 Me too!

[@richardmaier28]

Things happen, about 20 years ago my wife was in the emergency room of a major us city teaching hospital, fantastic place but I went to get another blanket for her which were folded up next to her be, I grabbed one and noticed a few lumps under the next blanket,6ampules of Versed and a couple multi dose vials of Dilaudid, I called a doctor over, lifted up the blanket and said isn't this unusual?He just pocketed them, didn't even say thanks and I'm wondering to this day why I didn't call security.

[@ninner196]

That should have been handled with the DON and charge nurse with the doctor but not alone.

[@lenitaa7938]

@@ninner196DON?? Please, try not to use the acronyms! I have no clue what this one means! Otherwise, ur comment is very helpful! Most of us do not know the procedures when reporting something wrong!

[@amynicole7150]

​@@ninner196 Director Of Nursing 😊

[@ninner196]

@@amynicole7150 yes, I carried many “titles” in my life including ADN but refused to be behind the desk. Now I don’t and have my own physical severe frailties but we are all human and hopefully try to learn to dignify each other in our lives. Such a small act shouldn’t be too much to ask. :)

[@ninner196]

@@lenitaa7938 sorry DON ( director of nursing) each department should have one, charge nurse may or may not be the Director depending on the day. ADN ( administrative director of nursing)is the hospital nursing administrator. My apologies. Charge nurse, depending on their certifications is the one that handles assigning patients (pts), radio traffic which actually to be effective requires what is referred to as a TNCC course ( trauma nurse communication coordinator) besides a TNS trauma nurse specialist course so a nurse can be just one that carries their basics to do their desired speciality or carry them all and precept or train others on advanced techniques and assistance with physicians and surgeons and can even be your surgical anesthetist handling the job of an anesthesiologist at that time. Depends on their license and certifications and the ability to demonstrate and juggle legalities likewise. Yea, oof!

[@lulumoon6942]

*Props to Dr. Kaveh for continuing to grind out quality medical knowledge for patients and his profession!* 👍💪🙏🕊️

[@caradosoangelo3323]

Psychedelics saved me from years of uncontrollable depression, anxiety, alcoholism, smoking, and illicit pills addiction. Imagine carving heavy chains for a decade and then all of a sudden that burden is gone. Believe it or not, in a couple of years they'll be all over for treatment of mental health related issues.

[@SandorBalazs-bq3ro]

Shrooms saved me from meth addiction too. Psychedelics could really help addicts a lot!

[@นิตยาคําพิมาย]

To be honest, mushrooms are one of the most amazing things on the planet and it is natural, they serve in many ways not only for mental related issues.

[@AlianDubois]

Can you help me with a reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. It is very hard to get a reliable source here in NL. Really need!

[@SandorBalazs-bq3ro]

Yes, Sporeville. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD, and addiction... Mushrooms definitely made a huge difference to why I'm clean today.

[@robertpamela4316]

I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He's 59 & has many mental health issues plus probably CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD knows if it is common for an obsession with violence.

[@cynthiaalbertsen4824]

I came to while I was supposed to be asleep. When I said something to the Doctor he got really mad and angry at me and said “maybe it’s “ the medications you take “, I’m a nurse and I’m not stupid. I will never go back to this Dr.

[@gwennk4962]

Thank you for encouraging us to be more proactive.

[@freecat1278]

A nurse swapped my morphine for water. The doctors ignored me when I told them & I had to file a complaint a few days later with the main office.

[@JLS521]

I have been accused of this by crazy drug seeking patients. Of course, I have never taken a narcotic in my life. Unfortunately though, horror stories like this can and do happen, even in good facilities. The actually have narcotic monitoring systems at many hospitals that will detect if a nurse is pulling more than the average amount of narcotics. I have seen this lead to investigations that have lead to catching and terminating drug abusing employees.

[@Ricky_B4]

​@@JLS521 The system monitors for nurses pulling more narcotics than normal but what monitors nurses taking drugs from patients?

[@Marie-ts8rp]

Se need a new class of pain meds!! No addiction or lives lost!!!

[@freecat1278]

@@Marie-ts8rp She might not be an addict, she might be someone who knows they can get a high price for medication on the black market.

[@privatecitizen1246]

@@freecat1278 Or just vindictive. Patients are abusive enough that most nurses now couldn't care less if they continue to have pain. More than 1 nurse is PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED EVERY HOUR IN EVERY CITY IN THE COUNTRY. EVERY HOUR. So patients... fuck with your nurse AT YOUR PERIL... CUZ MOST OF US ARE JUST FUCKING DONE.

[@rhondaweaver4486]

Missed the live but so glad to watch your videos! I'm an RN of 26 years and Drs can be real jerks, even when I'm the one having surgery. Not that I expect special treatment but so tired of being talked down to by Drs. I wish more were like you. Thank you for all you do.

[@Johnarchiebald]

In all seriousness what can patients actually do ? I’ve seen so many physicians and nurses treat patients with such hate and attitude that it seems they will jump at any opportunity to retaliate against them For doing basic things like asking the 5 rights

[@rhondaweaver4486]

@@Johnarchiebald Yes, and I can honestly say that in my career, I have always treated people with the thought of "what if this was my family member?" But as a patient, I have to turn nasty to even get my water pitcher filled. 26 years ago, it wasn't that way.

[@dragonlea13979]

I have had such horrific experiences in the ER and in the hospital that I have the worst, worst medical PTSD

[@redjoker365]

Big same, I wound up effectively organizing the patients on my psych ward, it got so bad. Taught them how to weaponize filing human rights complaints and some improvements happened. I was able to befriend the two most "dangerous" patients there who loved me because I treated them with human dignity for the first time in their miserable lives, so the staff got a little worried about pushing my buttons too hard. A travel nurse made me cry and she was gone the next day

[@lenitaa7938]

@@redjoker365I am so glad u did this! There is way too much mistreatment, disrespect and abuse going on in psych wards! Too many in these professions ought never be allowed to practice! They just do Not care about the wellbeing of their patients! Some nurse aids cared, but not one psych nurse did, in my experience! I tried two times to call the lawyer org that supposedly advocates for patients! They either never got back to me ( in response to phone messages) or the staff never passed on their messages or calls back to me!

[@SissyMchill1]

I have extreme medical PTSD. I had a 14 day stay at a Banner hospital, 3 emergency surgeries in that time, was septic. In that time I had 2 good nurses. And the others were horrible absolutely neglectful. One of the nurses would ALWAYS get some emergency when she would come to give me a pain shot (which I had to beg for. Seems to be typical with RN’s in all hospitals in the ER and in the icu/patient care) anyways she’d disappear and then come back with a completely different syringe without a red tape around the syringe. I would get ZERO relief from every injection she put in my IV! Advocating for myself, complaining to anyone over her dud absolutely no good. I’m assuming due to me being a pain management patient no one above her believed. Even with me saying I got relief from other RN’s. I really hate to say it there’s gonna be a lot of haters but the mass majority of nurses in the hospitals do not give two shits about peoples pain and treat EVERYONE as drug seakers. Surgical nurses or specialty nurses do seem to genuinely care about peoples pain levels. I actually had a nurse that told me they had no guys bandages to put around the tubes that were sticking out my face and out my head to let the infection come out told me to use paper towels. Me being afraid because they’re not sterile I just let it drip on my chest. I have zero respect for nurses or at least the mass majority of nurses and patient care and in ERs. Then there’s RN’s in surgery centers that don’t know a person with a partial hysterectomy can NOT get a tubal pregnancy and insist on a pregnancy test. But scary a nurse, a registered nurse doesn’t know a person with no uterus, their vagina is a dead end street, there’s no way for sperm to get to the ovaries. In my humble opinion all hospitals care about is money they do not care about patients and especially pain management patients. I was absolutely treated like shit. And in all that time I was still kind of those people they was not nasty as I was literally fighting to not die in severe pain and fear.

[@SissyMchill1]

I have extreme medical PTSD. I had a 14 day stay at a Banner hospital, 3 emergency surgeries in that time, was septic. In that time I had 2 good nurses. And the others were horrible absolutely neglectful. One of the nurses would ALWAYS get some emergency when she would come to give me a pain shot (which I had to beg for. Seems to be typical with RN’s in all hospitals in the ER and in the icu/patient care) anyways she’d disappear and then come back with a completely different syringe without a red tape around the syringe. I would get ZERO relief from every injection she put in my IV! Advocating for myself, complaining to anyone over her dud absolutely no good. I’m assuming due to me being a pain management patient no one above her believed. Even with me saying I got relief from other RN’s. I really hate to say it there’s gonna be a lot of haters but the mass majority of nurses in the hospitals do not give two shits about peoples pain and treat EVERYONE as drug seakers. Surgical nurses or specialty nurses do seem to genuinely care about peoples pain levels. I actually had a nurse that told me they had no guys bandages to put around the tubes that were sticking out my face and out my head to let the infection come out told me to use paper towels. Me being afraid because they’re not sterile I just let it drip on my chest. I have zero respect for nurses or at least the mass majority of nurses and patient care and in ERs. Then there’s RN’s in surgery centers that don’t know a person with a partial hysterectomy can NOT get a tubal pregnancy and insist on a pregnancy test. But scary a nurse, a registered nurse doesn’t know a person with no uterus, their vagina is a dead end street, there’s no way for sperm to get to the ovaries. In my humble opinion all hospitals care about is money they do not care about patients and especially pain management patients. I was absolutely treated like shit. And in all that time I was still kind of those people they was not nasty as I was literally fighting to not die in severe pain and fear.

[@KristineMarieTxSPI]

I have as well. It's beyond horrific. 😥

[@pickle1200]

As someone that was hospitalized for almost a year total with a leg infection and knowing how painful it is this is infuriating.

[@sueswain6596]

OR resident here. Appreciate you Dr. Kaveh. C opened my eyes to some nefarious things. I’ve lost trust in the medical system here.

[@Kiskadee8388]

I lost faith in human medical and veterinary medical. Similar concerns.

[@ninner196]

@@sueswain6596 I share your concern likewise. I have family in your situation…sometimes I feel guilty perhaps because I kicked it off being in the medical field in their current generation. I fear for them as they soon will have their MDs but have no idea where to specialize. I fear for their safety because they are truly beautiful inside and out and hope that they, when realizing how hard doctors and nurses battle with ins companies and all the red tape that they become an example. I never acted like it was a glorious job but even dealing with their own health or accidents as children that they didn’t see me as a nurse etc etc but just one of their closest relatives. There is always a need for compassionate primary care providers. They take quite a load and can decide how heavy that load should be for them. So much to think about really. Take care and plenty of rest .

[@granmabern5283]

Society in general is going downhill. God is officially unwelcome in most schools. People are brainwashed by tv and music to become pleasure seekers. We need good people to stand their ground. Have faith in God, not in people. He will help turn this around.❤

[@TimesUp8888]

The only goal of the current AMA (and psychiatry profession too) in the US is to make everyone who walks in their doors a Permanent Patient with a revolving door of growing symptoms, conditions, illnesses, and diseases... to milk as much $$ as possible from them until they inevitably die in a hospital someday. Couldn't be me. I have the highest respect for the Emergency workers who actually save lives in trauma situations. The rest - ... Nope. not after 2020. Not before either but definitely not now. They exposed themselves as either morons or evil, sadistic liars if they didn't leave out of disgust. i honestly can't tolerate a conversation with anyone who wants to try to say that chemo or radiation is anything other than deathly poison and honestly... I really wish people would look up what chemo actually is (mustard gas) or the fact that radiation is (DUH!) a top carcinogen. I just can't. I'll stay home, it's too dystopian out there now. ❤

[@TimesUp8888]

​@@granmabern5283 Whether god turns this around or not, He is the only 1 I trust or talk to for years now. He has been taking care of me in this evil world, even when it felt like quite the opposite. ❤

[@lyndachele]

Addiction overrides the moral compass.

[@spvillano]

Not quite. I'm hopelessly addicted to nicotine and caffeine. Oddly, never considered killing someone for either. Only joked about it. And having worked in counterterroism, I've got a rather wide moral index window. And I've dealt with "real" addicts, since some dismiss addictions in nebulous ways, magic and Harry Potter's parital aid magic whatnot. One aid I use is, the least intervention for the greatest advantage in treating a problem and I've treated many medical issues, including introductory addiction issues. What counts is knowledge, understanding, screw it, the legal community has the right of it, mens rhea. Guilty mind. Know better, screw them, I'm more important than the entirety of society! Well, we outnumber you, good luck. Shovel outvotes willful stupidity. Want to hear a mitigating factor from a repeated juror? If the numbnuts had dumped an even miscalculated dose of salt into the unsterile water. Non-saline, aka non-salt water about equal to seawater salt levels water is lethal to cells. Period, end of story, inject it, watch them explode. Literally. It's biochemistry 101 level shit. It's right up there with an idiot injecting me IV with a bolus of KCl, which was decidedly unfun on a slightly, barely different biochemical basis and well, unlicensing unfun for that idiot. Tons of documentation, enough said, didn't litigate over that specific case for good moral reasons. Yeah, I still have morals. As expressed earlier today, I'd not even allow OBL to go hungry. Once out of sight of the homestead, he's fair game and preferred game. It's a cultural and moral thing on hospitality rules for those not human. Hospitality was survival all around. The inhospital guest, rejected, but hospitality rules, until out of sight and then cultural rules apply. Actual effective and science reflected training from the military. I'll toss in a bonus for putting up with me. "Find common ground" being a mantra for dealing with locals in an austere environment. Brought a binder. Everyone expected a picture book of feared nasties on arrival of me and my binder. It was and is a recipe book, recording everyone's recipes. Common ground?! We all eat, we all enjoy good food and we all enjoy a change of pace. So, I've a clue on how a normal and various abnormal human minds miswork. Now, excuse me, another societal issue has literally compromised entirely my sources of consumables for the next month. Very literally, although the bread loss is minimal, since I bake it on a regular basis and recently learned a few interesting tricks. I also keep around a 90 day supply of dry and canned goods, largely because I don't want to walk two miles to pick replacements up - especially when it's exceptionally hot or cold. And for confused moral compass folks, also killed animals for food as part of life and training. And I waste a lot less of that animal than you do.

[@gaIIows]

Not always dude.... Plenty of addicts go their entire lives without stealing or coming after other people.

[@persephonerising1890]

Would love to hear your take on the current case in Florida where a general surgeon killed a patient by removing his liver instead of his spleen!

[@AlexandertheGreat99]

😱 A doctor that doesn't know right from left?????? 😬😬😬

[@ninner196]

Wat! Was he on something?

[@christinfranklin1333]

Wtf

[@tammyrawdon3587]

And that wasn't even his first offense of that type!

[@chrism880]

He does have a video of that situation

[@tammiehampton4204]

That is exactly why I went into the medical field...to be an advocate for those that otherwise don't have a voice! Thank you so much for encouraging us ALL to be a squeaky wheel.

[@tina-mariecrocker5687]

❤❤❤

[@reneehouser2925]

I had an RN with an opiate addiction- all 3 of her adult children were also- 2 of them are dead from OD/sepsis before age 25! She stole my pain meds when I was in for 3 days with pancreatitis and liver stones! She got fired and moved to Missouri- her name is Julie Johnson, maiden name Julie Phillips. She's from Minnesota. She was also an EMT here for a long time which I always believed was a huge conflict of interest and I'm glad she's been shunned from our small town!!!

[@marychet2750]

My son visited my brother tonight and said my brother was almost crying he was in so much pain. He's been in bed all day. He is on total disability from a previous broken back, a torn artery, internal injuries from falling from a tree, he was a tree cutter. He almost died. He's already gone through more than a few drs, they won't refer him to a pain management dr. He's so depressed because of the pain. He is told to take extra strength Tylenol or ibuprofen. His pain is beyond that. He can't sit for long or sleep more than a few hours at a time. I don't understand why Drs won't help with the pain. They tell him he would become addicted if he took pain meds. It makes me so mad that Drs are this uncaring.

[@lenitaa7938]

That’s Awful!! On this well-meaning Govt’s War on Opioids has done real harm to the people living with a severe chronic pain! I heard there are patient groups that have organized and advocating, protesting the Govt’s new opioid policies! Try to see if u can find them in ur area , ur country! They may have some good advice for u, possibly! The doctors are self-protecting, bc they are afraid of the penalties of when they are seen as over-prescribing! The big issue is that the medical profession has mostly abandoned the chronic pain patients, willfully allowing them to suffer! They are willfully causing harm to their patients! It’s extreme! Almost every patient that comes in with complaints of severe pain is seen as a ‘drug-seeker’, irregardless that this patient is law-abiding, has no history of previous opioid abuse and is careful! Please watch out for ur Brother! There have been cases of suicide by patients whose pain is inadequately controlled! If u keep getting turned away by numerous doctors , u may be forced to go the illegal route, getting opioids on the street! Also, in many non-Western countries , one can get Tramadol, for an example, in any pharmacy without a prescription! Africa, India, Asia, etc! Do u have any Friends in these countries? Maybe they can send the meds to u!? Find out the laws of shipping meds over the border! Your Brother’s case is urgent! Please, do get him help ASAP!

[@lenitaa7938]

The chronic and excessive use of Tylenol and Ibuprofen can be very dangerous! Tylenol can destroy his liver! And Ibuprofen can cause digestive organ issues, bleeding ulcers , and severe acute heartburn pain! Esp in high doses! Tylenol is known to destroy the liver and people have died! Doctors know this well, yet, they often fail to educate and warn their patients!! Please, do read up on these meds! Also, depending on the type of pain ur Brother has, these two meds can be absolutely useless! I remember taking it, while in severe chronic pain, just because I hoped it would help this time! It was more about doing something vs not doing anything! The Ibuprofen gave me severe heartburn pain, which I didn’t realize was from the meds! I thought, at first, that I was developing another severe symptom! Anyway, these over the counter meds did absolutely zero for my pain! My blood pressure always went extremely dangerously high whenever the severe pain hit me! I was in absolute agony! I had to go to emergency several times! Please, check ur Brother’s blood pressure during his pain attacks!! Keep a diary! When advocating for ur brother, stress the high blood pressure figures! It may help to convince his doctors that he needs better pain control! The high blood pressure can and likely to cause a stroke, a heart attack, serious kidney issues, etc etc! It can kill a person! Do ur research! Do Buy the electronic blood pressure cuff, if u don’t have one, in the pharmacy! Try to keep away from the Oxycodone and Percocet, if possible! Too addictive! These can mess a person up! Too addictive, fast tolerance, way too many issues! Tramadol is a synthetic opioid that has very few side-effects and was very effective for me! There are a short-acting and long-acting pills! It is easy to get off it within a month! Slow tapering! Try to help your Brother to find ways to cope and distract him! Trial and error! Computer games, movies, pets, go outside ( if possible)! Make sure to be his support! Let him know he is not alone and ur family is actively advocating for him! ❤

[@Msterri4u]

Don’t wait and get your loved one the help he needs even if it means stepping on toes or doing whatever is needed to put this madness to an end.

[@granmabern5283]

There are some natural ways to diminish pain. They all give temporary relief, but you can switch back and forth between them. The first is cold packs. Doesn’t work for some kinds of pain, but is very good for others. The second is heat. Like a hot water bottle or heating pad. Both should only be used for twenty minutes at a time, so as not to injure tissues. But the relief lasts up to two hours. Turmeric with pepper. Sold as capsules or in powder form. Great anti inflammatory. Good for digestion, too! Wild lettuce. As a tea. Great for nerve pain. Also relaxes. You can also just chew a leaf or two. There are many plants that relieve pain when applied as a poultice, some grow in your yard, like plantain. Just crush leaves and apply. Cover with Saran Wrap. Comfrey works, too.

[@granmabern5283]

Also, I’m from Canada and we get prescribed plenty of pain meds if we need them. They don’t always “ work”… it’s not magic. If it gives relief long enough for some sleep, that’s great. One great thing my doc prescribed was a cream with gabapentin, lydocane and ketamine, that I rub right on my spine. Took a week before it worked but it did work well once it built up around the injury.

[@moxie77]

The bureaucracy is something out of a Kafka tale.

[@jimholmes5395]

Understatement of the year. How about Kafka on steroids?

[@grumpyschnauzer]

We put body cams on police… why not docs and nurses and home caregivers? Riddle me this!

[@ninner196]

@@grumpyschnauzer well it does cross the line of HIPPA which is patient privacy. Lots of nakedness and although to someone who is used to seeing naked people is one thing but that is the issue. It sounds like a good idea but for the general public some would figure out a way to post your naked body online. Hope that helps

[@leelaural]

We have a declining number of competent people entering Healthcare as it is...pay all these people govt wages and benefits and pensions and then we'll talk....

[@MisguidedMeMissguided]

Did you know that a large portion of the medical field thinks they are infallible ( God has nothing on them)

[@kismypencek6185]

👏👏👏

[@spvillano]

@@ninner196 Nope, if it remains confidential until prosecution, it's not. It's a shield for patients, not abusers that defies kryotonite. Dealt with compliance, trust me.

[@g-bgcg]

I had a big surgery back in 1990 but the nurse wouldn’t give me any pain meds or my daily regular meds. I was in excruciating pain 24/7. When I asked the nurse about it, she lied and said the doctor didn’t approve any pain meds or my regular daily meds. She said she called and left him a message but he was for not calling her back. This lasted for days. One night when I couldn’t take it anymore, I called my husband from the hospital at midnight and begged him to come get me. But, he said no. He didn’t know what was going on so he didn’t believe me, plus he didn’t want to be bothered. The next morning my husband showed up to the hospital and called a meeting with my surgeon. My husband tore him up verbally and demanded that I was given all my meds. I was not sure what happened behind the scenes as I was so naive back then but I was finally given my pain meds and regular daily meds. Turns out my husband didn’t want to pick me up or be bothered because he was cheating on me. We are no longer married. Always have someone advocate for you if you are in the hospital. Someone that truly cares about you. Thank you Dr for this video.

[@crazycatladyjo2688]

I can't even tell you how many times I have asked doctors to order home medications and pain medications for patients to no avail. I have had many doctors ignore my messages exspee

[@foreverpainful]

He didnt believe you????

[@JenniferHolmes-d7l]

As an icu nurse, who documented/witnessed the “wastes” with this nurse?? Did they not stay to actually watch her waste and dispose of the vial?? Or did they just sign off and walk away? Allowing her to do the swap for tap water….Not good…. As a chronic pain patient, my heart physically hurts for these patients and their families. As a nurse, I’m infuriated, as nurses like this give the rest of us a bad reputation.

[@kiyacosan5591]

@@JenniferHolmes-d7l I seriously doubt it. That's why she's able to get away with it for so long. And also likely, if they were sampling her urine, which I doubt they would, she could have fudged the results on the computer.

[@audraconnors8568]

Your voice is just so soothing. What a skill

[@daveshoemaker7137]

When my father was on hospice they did an inventory of all medications! They always said we could give him stuff but he didn't want anything! They said some families had depleted inventory but the patient seemed in pain! That's the only thing my father worried about was being in pain! He had a full-time nurse to give him his meds his last hours!

[@AlexandertheGreat99]

Wow. Stealing drugs from a dying family member. Now I've heard it all. 😢

[@ImagineWYXZ]

When my dad was in hospice care at home, we were given morphine to administer to him as needed. I documented each dosage and when he passed, the hospice nurse recorded the unused morphine and took the morphine away. She said they get rid of it in cat litter but I always wondered if she did.

[@sdriza]

​@ImagineWYXZ same with my father. We suspected the night time staff was using the liquid morphine... I think such usage is common at those facilities.

[@michellewei7349]

Educational system: I spent years trying to "speak up" and be heard for my son. DEAF EARS! I now homeschool him. I had a veterinarian FIRE me ... because I asked questions, advocating for my sick dog!

[@AlexandertheGreat99]

They were probably narcissists. They never accept that they're wrong.

[@PuppyTheTiny]

Imagine stealing the pain meds from a screaming human being that cries in pain. These people are psychopaths. Complete Monsters and should rott in jail!! I had a few operations in my life and once I had not gotten pain meds. I nearly fainted from the pain crying and the other nurse came to my rescue. She was angry at the first nurse for not giving me anything. But these people are barely ever punished..

[@VampyressVA]

The scary thing is that if the nurse had replaced fent with saline instead, he would most likely never had been found out and there would be many ICU patients still in tremendous pain.

[@tracyshaffer4510]

It happened to me, the guy that took the meds did it at 4 hospitals before he was caught. He ended up going to jail for 6 years. Here in as he had done it to 84 patients that went thru surgery

[@kiyacosan5591]

Being the squeaky wheel is not the worst answer that someone's going to be wrong about something. You can get denied care. You can get ganged up on by the system. You can get kicked out of the hospital if it's a private hospital.

[@BushyHairedStranger]

The Squeeky wheel gets the grease! so always SPEAK UP,..demand your needs are met & met immediately & if not immediately always promptly follow through! and if you only get half answers go up the chain of command. Find the decision maker after you have a lawyer on line.

[@ninner196]

@@BushyHairedStrangerYes every time, medical negligence and malpractice/ misconduct now is the 3rd leading cause of death in the US

[@kiyacosan5591]

@@BushyHairedStranger i did- i demanded to be seen because of poor judgement on their part, and i was tresspassed!! Our state does not have enough staff. Providers are leaving in droves. I have spoken out 3 times, and now *I* am dubbed the problem. I refuse to go (however acute appendicitis changed that once). Also violence is bad- we couldn't get out of the ambulance due to a guy with a knife, threatening everyone. Our hospitals now look like airport security. It is not safe. Oregon is truly behind most states in many areas.

[@ninner196]

@@kiyacosan5591 I have been also by a screaming female doctor and I needed help not narcotics. Her behavior was so outrageous that she threatened me when I was calmly explaining that I can’t feel certain areas of my body due to spinal damage and wanted to be checked for a uti and I told her she could test me for narcotics but I am not paying for her attitude. I walked out and filed a report with the hospital and found out later that one who acuses can be the one who really abuses. Remember that one eh?

[@justpassinthru155]

Not all drug use is linked to addiction. Not all thievery is linked to personal drug use but $. I'm a retired nurse, RN, and nurses I knew with access to the pharmacy after hours couldn't handle the incredible temptation but they received successful treatment, very proud of them. At one time stats claimed that 60% of nurses had drug problems, unsure of current info. Which hospital in Oregon did this occur? I've been a pt at OHSU a time or two during the days this happened. This channel is VERY helpful, thanks!

[@Kiskadee8388]

Agree. Speaking out means becoming better informed decision-making patients, hopefully with reputable patient advocates looking out for them.

[@ninner196]

@@justpassinthru155 Very true. I remember quite a few years ago that there was a huge quantity of narcotics stolen in a warehouse and then low and behold look at all the actors that died . It was staged to sell on the street.

[@cerorchid]

I wrote a research paper on addiction within the nursing profession in my Master's program. My research indicated that the statistics are the same as the general population. ~10%. No more, no less. This is a widespread problem within our entire population.

[@ninner196]

@@justpassinthru155 So true, thank you! Yes, locked hospital pharmacies after hours in some that don’t have night shift meant in the past I had to unlock the door and leave a note and use the stock. Only would stock very little when in an emergent situation it didn’t matter what was needed, it needed to be opened. It was ridiculous. I couldn’t imagine taking something there though for self use but I guess that makes sense to me. There were always samples for patients and mini dose inhalers that were given out and that is where generally tiny packages of Tylenol and ibuprofen were in a bag. I just brought my own to work but some would take including doctors and I sometimes felt like a rock in a hard place because it bothered me. I even discussed it with the pharmacy department. And in another hospital where I worked there was “employee” pain relievers over the counter but Yeesh liquid Tylenol? Who would need that? I watched a doctor open it and not even measure it and pour it into something else, he downed it like his own soda pop and grabbed four ibuprofen. I took the bottle and trashed it. He was disgusting.

[@kimgee9]

This hospital is in Medford Oregon Rogue valley regional medical center I used to work there in the late nineties The stories I could tell!!

[@victoriasellers7653]

This is scary forreal

[@Ann-kv1fi]

You're helping so many people I am so grateful for your channel🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💯💯💯💥

[@cassandradrinkwater9656]

I am just happy that you and some other doctors go out of their way to help people be able to advocate for their medical treatment. I am at the point that I am considering moving to a different state. I had a primary office ban me because I kept asking why the drugs they gave me caused seizures and made me feel like I was dieing. I have always wondered why my previous doctors were always so shocked that I was still alive... I went atleast 2 years before my blood clots were even treated. It's terrifying to see medical professionals anymore. But I have to because I have been epileptic my entire life. Thank you for the thoughtfulness and advice that you go out of your way to do.

[@laurenelzbthiel]

Hi Dr. Kaveh. Thanks for explaining all of this and showing what the medications look like so patients can be more aware before a procedure. In March of 2022, I had a procedure done and the anesthesiologist who greeted me in the pre op explained what he would be administering. I told him I only wanted a mild sedation. I was given three pills before entering the operating room that looked like horse pills. The meds looked enormous and I was told it was Tylenol. Things didn’t seem right but I’m no expert on meds either so i took it trusting he knew what he was doing. I was already unconscious before I made it to the OR. Never knew what happened and what was given to me. I was alone without family so this probably didn’t help either.

[@nanadeborah8717]

The problem with IV meds,most are clear,just like water. Easily changed with tap water.

[@ninner196]

@@nanadeborah8717 many of us would waste into the contamination bag but in some tight quartered med rooms we used to say “Don’t lick the ceiling.” Some med rooms don’t have sinks which I hated because you are supposed to wash them before handling each patients meds. We used to be timed whether for scrubbing in or just regular washing.

[@victoriasellers7653]

Ppl are losing it

[@ninner196]

Yes.Very true

[@hadassahsoddsandends]

Many years ago, after a surgery, I was given [retracted] for the pain. The first two doses were fine. The third, though, made me feel real good, and by the fourth, I was waiting anxiously for the time to come to get it. When the nurse finally came with it, I told her not to give it to me. We argued for a few minutes, and she went to get the doctor. He asked if I was in pain, "Yes". But you don't want the medicine? "Not that one". Why not? I gave him my very best goo-goo eyes reserved for only my husband. "I liiiiiiiiike it"! He got the message and gave me something else that worked as well but didn't give me that euphoria that I wanted so badly that it frightened me. To this day I can remember how good it felt and know how close I came to becoming addicted.

[@my3da3monz]

For the last 25 years I've listed codeine as an allergy. When asked what reaction I have, I always say that I really really like it. No way I'm taking that again. I couldn't wait for the next dose and that scared the hell out of me

[@nancysmith6685]

This dudnt happen in ICU and my brother didn't have a central line. He was in a nursing home and on self pay. He was complaining about hurting and not being able to sleep and his son asked the nursing staff if my brother was getting his medicine at night and they assured him that he was. This continued ,so one night instead of leaving, his son hid behind the curtain that separated the patients. He heard the nurse come in to give evening meds. He came out from behind the curtain and told the nurse that he wanted to see what medicines she had in the cup and of course the one my brother needed wasn't in there. This happens a lot more than people realize.

[@Mastermodeler.]

I am under the VA's care and they want everyone off of opioids. I have been on methadone for almost 30 years to control restless legs and chronic pain. I have always respected it and tend to use less than prescribed. The VA reduced my methadone and started me on Ropinorol for restless legs that caused joint and muscle swelling to the point I could hardly walk! Instead of taking me off of it and increasing my methadone back up to where it was they just prescribed prednisone for the swelling. Of course when I have to stop taking it the swelling starts back up. Now I am in pain again for what I see is no reason other than the governments war on opioids. They need to leave the responsible users of these drugs alone!

[@granmabern5283]

They are also trying to wean people off of them because now they are all made in chyna or India and if there is a political argument it would be too easy for the other country to cause instant large scale withdrawal symptoms.

[@IamMsChar]

I was in pain management for 30 yrs. Daily use of oxy & fentynal. 5 yrs ago I switched to methadone due to opioids no longer working. I've never felt better. No one better come for my methadone.

[@Mastermodeler.]

@@IamMsChar Ya it works, but the abusers have really messed this up for the ones like us that respect it and use it as directed! I am glad you are on track again.

[@christiroseify]

Surgeon ordered morphine for pain after surgery and instead of the nurse putting in the IV pump, she slammed half of it all at once, pulled the half full syringe out, turned off my call button at the bed, tuck the syringe into her pocket and I saw her heading into the stairwell as I passed out. When she came in for the next dose, I asked her to put it in the pump ... she was not happy

[@JLS521]

We don't push morphine through a pump unless you are on a PCA (patient control pump). It is usually a slow push from a syringe. Often the vial has more in it than the ordered dose. We have to witness the waste with a 2nd RN. That's not to say that there aren't the occasional bad apple that abuses their access to narcotics. If you have suspicion you should always speak up.

[@poutinedream5066]

THAT sounds crazy!

[@deliajones9541]

@@JLS521 Why would it have more than the ordered dose?

[@ninner196]

Yes as a nurse(former)just because they are pushing a part of what is in the syringe is because the waste is checked with another nurse and discarded. They amount typically in the vial is 10 mg or a lower dose. Same is true for many meds pushed for sedation, one would keep track of the amount needed and the waste documented. Sometimes due to the traffic jam at the at the computer coded med dispensary Pixxus we would ask somebody to witness our waste before we gave the dose and waste in front of each other which is better but sometimes even nurses will forget to sign off on someone’s waste in the computer because we would be extremely busy. So part of the charge nurse’s job, which was one of mine, we had to question what happened and who was asked to put their ID# in. Human forgetting is one thing but it isn’t ideal to walk around with a syringe in your pocket because just with moving around it would leak in your pocket. I had that happen and asked another nurse to come and feel my pocket. They can swab it and check if need be but it is not the ideal way to handle it. Btw no nurse should slam narcotics, they can be diluted further to avoid that sickening feeling or slow pushed because even just putting it in the pump port leaves a stretch of not really diluted medicine since the amount in all the tubing is very little.😊

[@gabriellafox7948]

@@JLS521 I’m not a nurse, but I know waste has to be witness by a second individual & What you described about the administration is banging on. They don’t inject morphine into a saline bag, it goes into an IV line or IM…

[@christineheadley]

Oner thing I always do is request my Anesthesia and Surgical reports a couple days after the surgery. I have caught doctors that have lied to me prior to the surgery. Another thing you can do is put whatever drugs you do not want in/on you in the list of Allergies prior to surgery..

[@kiyacosan5591]

OK, also in Oregon, my doctor said "the system is broken" because she, at that time, had stroke patients in gurneys in the ER hallways for two weeks!

[@summerohara554]

😢

[@tmm6884]

I had a pain management NP chart that she ordered 10mg of Oxycodone after my radical double mastectomy as part of my cancer treatment. But, I never received that medication. I'm a Psychotherapist and in nursing school, so I knew what was happening. I reported to the state department of health the lack of acute post operative pain management and her incorrect charting after emailing her 4 different times regarding her mistakes to create a paper trail. I asked the ER for a tox screen. I fibbed and told them that I couldn't be sure that I hadn't taken too much Tylenol (which is what this NP told me to take verbally). Of course, the screening came back without the Oxycodone. She did lose her license. I'm very satisfied.🎉

[@DesireePickett-o2x]

@5:30 in, well doctor besides being 1 well educated & committed to your gift/craft, you are 2 a very brave man. I feel moved to remember you in my prayers. The state of depravity in man is unbelievable. Thank you for all that you do, you are also very likable. Thank you🎉❤

[@aliced7505]

For what the medical profession has subjected me to, I should probably not trust any of them. However, I don't believe in thinking of the next person (medical or not) based on anyone or everyone I've met in the past. Moreover, you, Dr. Kaveh, are proof that there are definitely exceptions to all the inept and incompetent medical providers with your compassion and integrity. Thank you for all that you share with us. You give us hope.

[@TimesUp8888]

I mean, there is a huge systemic problem to the degree that decent ppl in hospitals especially are the rare exception. I would tread carefully.... just sayin

[@aliced7505]

@@TimesUp8888 You would tread carefully?

[@Victor-hb4hj]

What about the MD’s that killed an actor with Ketamine therapy

[@robokat36]

had a DR in Dallas recently killing patients. One of the patients was another Dr. that he knew, killed him too. Injected something into their IVs. Why? Evil that's all

[@samaralaliaabzu2837]

He already did a separate video about that subject

[@mightymouse1005]

Michael Jackson doctor ODed him as well

[@t.k.155]

Even doctors who have taken the Hippocratic Oath are willingly and consciously hurting their patients. I'll never forget you Matthew Perry. 💕⚘

[@jocarson5310]

The actor was a willing participant; the hospital patient was not.

[@catherinemerrill5511]

This is one of my favorite channels. You are so intelligent, so fluent, so compassionate. You make me wish I had become a doctor. You probably won't read this comment out loud, but God bless you.

[@carltechmobile3983]

I recently had a BK amputation and post surgery was denied pain management. I had to beg for pain meds. One of the nurses told me that the Hospital was being monitored by the DEA. This was a horrible and gross experience for me. It changed me and now Im angry that I was put through this.

[@ginevragali2981]

“This particular nurse was identified and asked to leave the system”? That’s it? No charges brought?

[@medicatedklow]

I had two surgeries at Willamette Falls Hospital. I spent weeks absolutely horrified about receiving a letter saying I was one that was exposed to hep b&c and hiv. I never recieved a letter but I'm still very nervous about that situation. One thing I'm frustrated about was that the anesthesiologist broke part of a molar in my mouth. I let my surgeon know about it and had my dentist fix it. I have had three surgeries on my hip in the past three years. Since I'm a bigger dude they had me climb onto the traction table in the surgery room. Not sure some people could deal with seeing that surgery room with all those tools used for a thr. I must admit it does look like a torture chamber from a horror movie. I did okay because I believed in my surgeon and his team. 🙏

[@ScottsdaleSushi]

Oh, great - I am having hip replacement surgery next month. Just what I needed to hear....

[@kellyschroeder7437]

God Bless you Dr. Kaveh. 💙🙏🏻🙏🏻💙👊

[@poutinedream5066]

Ive been hospitalized several times for extremely painful things. I always end up in situations where the doctor orders x amount of pain meds every x hours, and the nurses take it upon themselves to alter the amount or withhold it altogether. I have learned to always ask the doctor what he has ordered, how much, how often, as well as, do I have to request it, or is it to be administered automatically.

[@kippykate9905]

Why are blood levels of pain meds not screened/tested routinely- to verify medications are received. Drug addiction is rampant in the medical profession.

[@ninner196]

@@kippykate9905 the fact is that those who are on oral, intratheccal sometimes and has a narcotic contract with their pain specialist does get tested for levels, not just what is there at the moment. So sometimes the legal jargon is different from medical but yes any respectable specialist does this.

[@privatecitizen1246]

Because healthcare already costs WAY too much. You want to get labs drawn EVERY FEW HOURS??? Yeah come back when you think THAT'S appropriate.

[@Lovebk98]

Toxicology is not cheap.Only few bad apples switch meds.If something wrong you can call the supervisor and New nurse.

[@foreverpainful]

@@Lovebk98 But they have the resources to drug test you in order to deny you pain meds. I was lied to told they found traces of opiates in my system so then they denied me any pain meds even though i was near death with screaming pain when i had never screamed in pain before

[@foreverpainful]

@@Lovebk98 they also have the resources to drug test me every time at the suboxone clinic and they tell me they find opiates, or that they dont find suboxone in my system, or they found benzos, etc. Dont tell me toxicology is not cheap when they drug test you every time you go to a hospital lmao

[@katiesioux7757]

I was doing home health care and found the family stealing the meds and abusing the patient, i reported it and quit. Quitting hurt me because i was her only advocate but i couldn't be a part of the abuse, once i knew i wouldn't have been able to keep my mouth shut

[@JEBBY123IFY]

I did have to fire several nurses for stealing narcotics though... So horrible!

[@BlankBrain]

Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center, in Medford, OR (In case you're from Oregon and wanted to know where this happened. I've seen hospitals go down hill since covid. Management taking more money, shedding doctors and services.)

[@ginasmitasin479]

Thank you from Salem.

[@BushyHairedStranger]

It was listed in todays New York times.

[@weekendatbernies2265]

Since Covid? How bout since early 2000s just before OCA

[@karenshadle365]

Thank you for the info, from a retired ICU nurse who worked in Salem for years.

[@_Kittensworth]

Thank you for reminding us about the squeaky wheel analogy. I'm bad at speaking up for myself, I always downplay how bad things are because I don't want to trouble anyone. But I'm going to put your advice into practice.

[@3SonsMoon]

What a despicable act of selfishness. Shameful!!

[@lindamcdermott2205]

A lack of morality among those who promise to help others. A sad state.

[@janestephens7062]

I use work at the veterinarian office one veterinarian got hook one medication they use . She got in big trouble and lost her license in up in jail for it. Lost her family .

[@iam1smiley1]

PCP?

[@margaretlewis8189]

I got off Norco this way. First I never took more than 3 a day. That’s one every eight hours. As I slowly healed before heart surgery (TAVR in Nov 23 and Kyphoplasty in Dec 23), I found I didn’t need my Norco every eight hours..I could go 12 maybe 16 hours. Back surgery…I ended up needing a big boatload of pain meds for several days (I had the cocktail of cocktails ), and once ahead of the pain…I was driving for the first time since my life upended in Sept by two weeks post op. My sister told me she thought I was free of any withdrawal since I had gone a full week with no pain meds! (She had worked in a hospital for several decades). Somehow I dodged the drug addiction! You go slow. That’s a HUGE key. And you gradually stretch out time between pills. Before you know it…goodbye Norco!

[@ninner196]

That is how it is done. Keep your mind busy with activities and with others and the time flies 😊

[@sheilajac]

not everyone gets addicted to pain meds, in the same way that not everyone who drinks alcohol becomes a raging alcoholic. i've had multiple surgeries, prescribed oxycontin for the first few then asked for something w/out tylenol in it when i realized how hard tylenol is on the liver, so i got dialudid the last few times. morphine is a no go for me entirely, i turn into a raging nut w/projectile vomiting. i took an oxy when i was clear of pain, but told to take it to have pins removed from my toes. made me feel sick to my stomach and way too zombie-ish. i like dilaudid when i get it for severe pain, because it has an "upper" effect for me, which is nice when you're stuck in hospital w/broken bones or whatever. demerol is better for severe pain and sleeping. but the extreme constipation they cause - i don't know how anyone can abuse it long-term and not have their eyes turn brown. lol. when i have to use pain meds, i just don't take another until i actually feel significant pain. i also use cannabis medicinally, daily, so it has also helped me need less pain meds/narcotics. generally i wind up with at least half my prescription left over after surgery, so i've amassed a small stockk-pile in case of emergencies because i have chronic mild-severe pain and so i have something for the odd occasion when i need it, w/out having to go see a doctor and try to convince them i'm not drug-seeking.

[@lenitaa7938]

@@sheilajacA Doctor told me Not to wait until the severe pain hits you, bc then the pain meds may not work as well!

[@sheilajac]

@@lenitaa7938 not severe pain, no. especially in hospital, you have to ask before you need them to get them by the time you need them. when i'm home, i just take meds if i begin feeling pain, and my pain is already partially managed by the cannabis, which helps. but i'd never get addicted regardless because i just can't/. i don't like how it feels. dilaudid, sure, it's a trip, but only when you're actually in pain. i can't imagine just taking it recreationally,. no thanks.

[@cerorchid]

You are not an addict. You are a normal person with a normal brain. Addicts can't do what you did, unfortunately.

[@greatlifemore879]

I had a knee replacement January 8, I did everything right. I did my therapy, everything. I felt I had finally reached healing. I got bacterimia and now because not enough was checked out. I was sent home on a pic. But attempting to make sure it hadn’t gotten to the tkr I now may be facing two major surgeries possibly more. And weeks on IV’s. I even have been bleeding internally and today an aspiration was performed which proved this. I have suffered greatly and was even in the hospital for two weeks twice starting in February with known infections in the tkr. I feel it’s ruining my life. Causes me not to be able to enjoy life. And it’s depressing. I’m afraid to say how I feel because I will be gaslighted. I have cried myself to sleep.

[@tonyag69]

I'm 54 and need both knees replaced and right now my pain meds work so I'm holding off. I'm scared to death to get them done.

[@granmabern5283]

This life is a valley of tears. Offer up your sufferings with Christ on His Cross. Ask Him for help and courage. ❤Heaven is forever.

[@Freezie00730]

I’m sorry. You have my thoughts and prayers. I’ve been through similar after back surgery

[@greatlifemore879]

@@Freezie00730 thank you for your prayers, I really appreciate and need them.

[@obwan7217]

A few years ago I dated a Nursing home "Drug dispensing Nurse" who one drunken day at a water park in Florida bragged about swapping patients narcotics giving them Ibuprofen instead..I'm pretty sure I had something to do with her getting investigated and ultimately incarcerated...

[@Stuff_I_Watch]

I am now disabled due to an anaesthesiologist decking to IGNORE MY ALLERGY to MORPHINE (I am on fentanyl) for my hysterectomy in 2022 - I had a grand mal seizure in post op & I have been suffering with chronic pain & cognitive decline ever since. I’m in the UK, so I was brushed under the rug by the NHS, I have tried to sure with one no win/no fee solicitor, but they stop when you get to 50/50 win/lose. I would really like some legal advice as I only have until March 14 2025 to bring legal action.

[@geekgurl2000]

I'm scarred for life after having a gig in a hospital housekeeping ICU in 1993.

[@poutinedream5066]

Can you explain that a little, what happened to you. Like what's a gig? And was housekeeping responsible for what happened? You were in the ICU? I'm really curious because I'm getting really paranoid reading these comments and I want to know what to look out for, in advocating for myself or especially my loved ones, in an ICU setting no less, they may not be able to communicate. I'm so sorry that happened to you, whatever it was. It sounds terrible.

[@theresecosgrove930]

@@poutinedream5066 A gig is a job. I think this person is saying that she OBSERVED sketchy practices. Not suggesting that housekeeping was RESPONSIBLE.

[@gabriellafox7948]

@@poutinedream5066 What’s a gig? 😂Google it kiddo

[@geekgurl2000]

@@theresecosgrove930 no, lazy housekeeping was directly responsible. They did the bare minimum, and spent half the day taking breaks on the dock. I replied in more detail to the person asking.

[@evahamrick4197]

I am also being pushed off my valium after 30 years to keep my Hydrocodine from the pain clinic.

[@carynmartin6053]

Benzo's are the worst drugs to try to wean off, besides suboxone and methadone!😮

[@debranolan9483]

You would think if it was ok after all those years that it is working for you. These regulations have caused imbalance. CDC has admitted their opioid guidelines have caused HARM. So why don't they do something to stop the damage? Anxiety and chronic pain are real health conditions. Government does not need to regulate health care. That is for licensed educated doctors to do. The ones that have the patient in front of them to see what that patient needs. I hope they allow you to keep your anxiety medication. As someone with AGPD it's horrible and it is torture to not have medication to control anxiety

[@foreverpainful]

Benzos are so scary...Id take hydrocodone over any amount of benzos, they just make me sleepy

[@anniepruett5925]

Yes. I am all too familiar with the hospital. I no longer go there. Scary. Too close to home.

[@belindaeileen]

So you think Providence is really any better?

[@anniepruett5925]

@@belindaeileen absolutely not. To me it comes down to the lesser of two evils.

[@belindaeileen]

@@anniepruett5925 Right? I live here and I just cant make myself go to the doctor right now even though I know I should

[@anniepruett5925]

@@belindaeileen be the best advocate for yourself. You know your body better than anyone. Also being a squeaky wheel helps. Pls do seek the help you may need. 🩷

[@pamelaryan8753]

You are such a breath of fresh air about how you treat your patients and let people know they aren’t alone when questioning doctors!

[@betterwiththeirish]

I have a port and I worry about such issues constantly!

[@lindawest4580]

Those providers are rare and far in between. Colorado had some of the worst. Had a doctor who needed a heart surgery and he actually went out of state because he didn't trust doctors trained at the University of Colorado Medical School. He was so right. Now I have PTSD from botched surgeries and mistreatment by a nurse and 2 CNAs plus ended up with MERSA and multiple mini strokes from being dropped by the CNAs who were never fired! Left me totally disabled in my early 60s. Don't really like hospitals anymore. Many are understaffed and CNAs aren't trained to actually work in the orthopedic floor. 😢

[@ScottsdaleSushi]

My twin granddaughters lives were saved at Colorado Children's Hospital. Sorry to hear your bad experience with the university hospital.

[@nightengale2123]

I am a retired R.N. and worked in an ER with an R.N. that was smart, married, and a mother of 4. This R.N. left her ER position and took a position doing home hospice care. Long story short this R.N. was caught diverting her hospice patient's Morphine with saline. Not only did she loose her R.N. license for life, she served time. This was the last nurse on the planet you have thought would have an addiction issue and do something like this. All you have to do is look at each state's board of health's physician and nurse reprimands and license loss and forfeitures for drug related issues to see how widespread this issue is amongst healthcare providers.

[@ellierice4521]

This is horrifying. An addicted colleague places patients and non-addicted staff at great peril. It is terrifying to work with someone that cannot be trusted.

[@OfCorse76]

You've got to be the smartest, most in touch doctor I've ever listened to. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and telling people how to advocate for themselves. I wish all doctors thought like you do. Patient care is paramount. The money doesn't matter in a civil world

[@sammyg6446]

I was an RN for 40 years and heard stories and saw crazy things addicted nurses did but in the case, I can't believe he injected tap water, instead of sterile normal saline which is used by nurses many time a day to flush IV lines. I know addicts have very little capacity to think about others but it sounds like he was purposely trying to harm patients.

[@basiliopallen]

Thank you Doc. It is interesting to know about the medications being given to patients by these Institutions and the effect to hospital patients. Also, the hospitals staffs qualification that are working day in and day out inside these hospitals. I been hearing a lot of impropriety going on in medical field of hospitals.

[@Taurabirdy]

I am seeing a lot of people in the comments here saying that regular Nurses and Doctors should go to prison because of simple infections or mistakes. (They are not talking about this case of criminal activity) Look, of course there are bad people in the world but compared to other professions, Doctors and Nurses would rather hurt themselves instead of hurting someone else. I have seen so many examples of someone not taking care of their body and then blaming those that try to help them when their body predictably breaks down. Doctors and Nurses are human beings with pains, illnesses and problems just like you have. Most try their best to help when you can't help yourself for whatever reason. Some are not as skilled as others. (And, Yes a few of them are stupid criminals like this Nurse obviously) But the vast majority are good people just trying to help. Remember this when you call for their head. Doctors and Nurses are not slaves that are forced to devote their lives to learning about the body and helping you when you get sick. (often at the expense of their own health & well-being) They choose to do that because they care about others or want to prevent more suffering. Would you do the same for them? (I think problems happen when someone keeps working with PTSD instead of being supported.) But we can't forget the root cause of all of this is the business of Healthcare short-staffing these units for increased profit. (BTW, Doctors and Nurses have not been in charge for 30 years... It's mostly financial and business people telling them to do more with less) If you are mad about any of what I've said then demand Healthcare reform from politicians and mandate Healthcare staffing ratios to make the business of Healthcare hire more people so Hospitals and Care Homes are not left with burnt out skeleton crews.

[@granmabern5283]

In Canada we can’t get politicians to agree to healthcare ratios either. All the tax money goes to pay bureaucracy. The parking lots of hospitals are almost empty on weekends….😮

[@davidingram1016]

Amen and Amen! My wife and I have had to be hospitalized a few times and found that most nurses and doctors ARE good people….. but my wife believes that a major factor is the hiring of foreign born ppl to work in the medical field who do not speak the English language well enough nor the practice of washing their hands each and every time between patients before the touch another one . Our dentist washes his hands in front of us every time. Maybe there should be a psychological tests done on new hires to weed out the sociopaths and a drug test to weed out the addicts and alcoholics! It would save the doctors and hospitals a lot of law suits …….

[@letsgetreal4752]

I can truly look at this and I don't know what to comment Dr. Kaveh. I can't even talk to the nurse. I don't want to comment anything bad about our medical system Dr. Kaveh

[@MedicalSecrets]

I appreciate the pain and betrayal in this. I also respect you're being professional

[@kathyjones4869]

I had a hernia repair and came out if surgery in extreme pain and was treated horribly by the doctor and nursing staff because I could not move the pain was so bad! The doctor hollered at me was angry which I thought was very unusual! Later when I talked to someone about my medical records the nurse told me it was charted I was given fentanyl in which I do not believe I was given any pain meds during or right after surgery! I became sick months later and had to have surgery and was told I was given fentanyl and I believe I did receive it because I wasn’t in any pain when I came out of surgery! This was at a different hospital with different docs and nurses!

[@ToddClemmer]

The woman who committed this crime is Dani Marie Schofield.