PART 21 of My PC Adventure: The end of the golden weather – but I don’t mean what you think.
Archive for the ‘Capital & Coast District Health Board’ Category
MY PROSTATE STORY: Two out of three ain’t bad
Posted in AFTER EFFECTS, Capital & Coast District Health Board, Incontinence, Post-operative care, PROSTATE CANCER, PSA tests, Radical prostatectomy, Urination, tagged bladder, Gleasons test, Incontinence, lab analysis, prostablog, prostate, PROSTATE CANCER, prostatectomy, PSA, PSA test, Radical prostatectomy, Rodney Studd, test results, Urination, urology, Wellington Hospital on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
PART 15 of My PC Adventure: “It’s good news…” the surgeon begins. After that, his words are a blur. When you’re a cancer patient and you’re taking a phone call from the doctor about your test results, you’re not really going to hear much beyond that wonderful opening line.
Peeing like an 18-year-old…yes!
Posted in AFTER EFFECTS, Capital & Coast District Health Board, Catheters, Incontinence, Post-operative care, PROSTATE CANCER, Radical prostatectomy, Urination, tagged absorbent pads, bladder, catheter, cods-wallops, Dan Carter, Incontinence, peeing, pelvic exercises, pelvic floor, pelvic muscle, piddle stream, prostablog, prostate, PROSTATE CANCER, prostatectomy, quality of life, Radical prostatectomy, Urination, urine stream, urology, Wellington Hospital on April 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
PART 13 of My PC Adventure: The 18-year-old male has another, much under-appreciated by them, attribute: he can pee highest up the wall (even over it).
All quiet on the Western ward…then home to my bed
Posted in Capital & Coast District Health Board, Catheters, Post-operative care, PROSTATE CANCER, Public health system, Radical prostatectomy, tagged Billy Connolly, Capital and Coast District Health Board, catheter, prostablog, prostate, PROSTATE CANCER, prostatectomy, Radical prostatectomy, Rodney Studd, Shortland Street, urology, urology clinic, Wellington Hospital on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
PART 11 of My PC Adventure: Ain’t nothing like your own bed, but getting there is a long haul.
Hint to hospital for success: train the patients
Posted in Capital & Coast District Health Board, Catheters, Post-operative care, PROSTATE CANCER, Public health system, Radical prostatectomy, tagged beeping, bladder, blood sugar, buzzer, Capital and Coast District Health Board, catheter, cross cultural communication, cultural safety, enema, matron, nursing training, Pacific Islander, prostate, PROSTATE CANCER, prostatectomy, Radical prostatectomy, saline drip on April 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
PART 10 of My PC Adventure: Spending the night in a place where sleep is the last thing possible.
No party, of course – just a circus
Posted in Capital & Coast District Health Board, Catheters, Post-operative care, PROSTATE CANCER, Radical prostatectomy, tagged Capital and Coast District Health Board, catheter, clots, George Costanza, hospital food, my pc adventure, nurses, oxygen, patients, prostablog, prostate, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate treatment debate, prostatectomy, Radical prostatectomy, saline drip, Seinfeld, Wellington Hospital on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
PART 9 of My PC Adventure: Of course, there was no party on the ward as I recovered from my surgery – but there was certainly a circus.
There’s a party going on somewhere…but I can’t move
Posted in Capital & Coast District Health Board, Post-operative care, PROSTATE CANCER, Public health system, Radical prostatectomy, tagged adjustable hospital bed, beeper, buzzer, cellphone ban, cellphones, drain, nurse, post surgery, prostate, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate treatment, prostatectomy, Radical prostatectomy, saline drip, surgery, vomiting on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It sounds like there’s a party going on in the ward, but it’s to the tune of beepers and buzzers. I daren’t move…
Bloody hell – it’s all on
Posted in Capital & Coast District Health Board, PROSTATE CANCER, Radical prostatectomy, tagged blood tests, Capital and Coast District Health Board, hospital gowns, prostate, PROSTATE CANCER, prostatectomy, Radical prostatectomy, Rodney Studd on April 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Part 7 of My PC Adventure: The operation is on…and just as quickly, it’s over.
Thank heavens for a mailbox thief with a conscience
Posted in Capital & Coast District Health Board, Catheters, PROSTATE CANCER, Public health system, Radical prostatectomy, tagged Capital and Coast District Health Board, elective surgery, hospital waiting lists, National Diploma in Journalism (Multimedia), NZ Post, PROSTATE CANCER, Radical prostatectomy, Whitireia Community Polytechnic on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Part 5 of My PC Adventure: Going ‘public’ – and the dilemmas you might face. It’s not as simple as getting back some taxes paid.
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