It still happens!
Aug. 28th, 2018 12:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ceagleEven with wristbands, verbal reminders, and other cues, there are still some folks in the medical industry who absent-mindedly might remove the wrong foot!
At a checkup today, after verifying who I was repeatedly, the check-in person started the interview, .. and kept asking "am I still taking ___ was I still taking ___ etc etc..." and after about 4 incorrect meds, I had to look over at the screen.. and the tech had a different patient's file open! The name was right there at the top of the screen!
I guess I could have made an issue out of it.. but I hope the med tech just learned a lesson and will always be more careful from now on... *sheeesh*
In lighter news.. how about them numbers! :D .. they shouldn't rule your life, but some are just fascinating...
On August 18, '18, at 8:18, my car hit 100,000 miles on the odo! And I didn't even plan it :D ! This is also the anniversary month of when I bought it!
At a checkup today, after verifying who I was repeatedly, the check-in person started the interview, .. and kept asking "am I still taking ___ was I still taking ___ etc etc..." and after about 4 incorrect meds, I had to look over at the screen.. and the tech had a different patient's file open! The name was right there at the top of the screen!
I guess I could have made an issue out of it.. but I hope the med tech just learned a lesson and will always be more careful from now on... *sheeesh*
In lighter news.. how about them numbers! :D .. they shouldn't rule your life, but some are just fascinating...
On August 18, '18, at 8:18, my car hit 100,000 miles on the odo! And I didn't even plan it :D ! This is also the anniversary month of when I bought it!
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Date: 2018-09-03 03:50 am (UTC)Best wishes, old friend, and may fortune smile upon you in every way.
By the way, that 2005 Prius I think you've seen: I have to put a battery in it every few years (small, almost motorcycle-sized), but that is the only maintenance it needs. 188,000 miles, and that's with me almost not driving it for the past four years. (I now use a specially-equipped van that locks my wheelchair into the driver's station.)
===|==============/ Keith DeHavelle