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Rascal Nick Of's avatar

Sounds like torture and a sociopathic nurse to me. Had a buddy that had surgery for colon cancer and got a bowel obstruction. The nurse told him to quit whining and would do nothing for him for hours. He almost died.

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Pete P's avatar

Yeah, I think she didn't understand what was happening for quite some time.

She was on the end of her shift and working on her paperwork. I was one of the last patients to enter the recovery room that day.

She expected me to be pain free for the first hour.

She tried at the end to cover for herself. "I am not trying to be cruel or mean." To do her job, I suspect she needs to be a bit sociopathic and indifferent to suffering.

Still, she could have at least brought me warm blankets quicker. To just be typing away while someone next to you is in extreme pain seems impossible to me, but likely normal for some.

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