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surviving covid hegemony 🪰
How are you doing? Are you resting? Pain? Brain power? And your birds, how are they doing?
January 17, 2025 at 6:11 AM
The ID appointment was rescheduled. I went on Monday. The Dr refused to wear a respirator. When asked if he was refusing to accommodate my immune status, he told me I was safe, standing there with a beard and a blue baggy. I left, which is what I had planned to do if he refused. Still shocked 😳.
January 17, 2025 at 6:08 AM
hey Julie, I've been thinking of you, everytime I see a plant, or a bird or a flower. My new very kitsch plant cushions remind me of you.
January 17, 2025 at 6:04 AM
i feel like a splinter the system does not want, a foreign body, that's slowly being pushed out, so it can be discarded
November 30, 2024 at 7:28 AM
i have sent a message ahead, stating that i will only see a dr who wears a respirator, so who knows?

but i'm sure i'll need consolation after that event ❤️‍🩹

thank you Julie
November 30, 2024 at 7:26 AM
i'm going to 'consult' Infectious Diseases at the Hospital on Monday

last the dr refused to wear a respirator when i politely requested he do so

he had a beard and wore a baggy blue 🤦‍♀️
November 30, 2024 at 7:22 AM
i'm so relieved you've come safely out the other side, and while you may not be "better enough", somethi
ng is happening
November 30, 2024 at 7:20 AM
omg Julie, fantastic that you've done this
November 28, 2024 at 8:27 AM
just writing this little bit makes me want to cry, it is so profoundly traumatizing
November 28, 2024 at 8:26 AM
this denial has happened before: i was in hospital getting IV flucloxacillin when Haematology withdrew the drug without my consent and very much against my wishes, i returned to hospital days later with a CRP of 200 (sepsis territory)
November 28, 2024 at 8:22 AM
i spent the last 4 months of 2023 hobbling (hip pain) from hospital to GP trying to get treatment for bilateral cellulitis, the infection upregulated the pain from my hip joints - the hospital (haematology) refused to treat me and denied cellulitis
November 28, 2024 at 8:19 AM
thank god you wrote this and i read it, i was about to burst into tears because i could find my emergency supply of flucloxacillin and i can barely move (it's terrifying), but whew found it
November 28, 2024 at 8:16 AM
Noor, than god you're here
November 15, 2024 at 3:30 PM
they just trample all over me with impunity, and i've been living in a kind of hiatus, with a load of dying plants - I can't walk pretty much, days where i can't get to the bathroom, much less feed myself, and the pain is bad
November 15, 2024 at 3:29 PM
there's heaps more, but i can n longer complain, because my complaints are not acknowledged (unlawful), and i have to have an additional person in the room, ostensibly a "chaperone", but no-one will tell me why - informed consent, which is required by the NZ Medical Council
November 15, 2024 at 3:25 PM
here's an eg

i went to a pre admission planning session

the dr said

"sallly, i know you like people to wear masks, but i want to take mine off so you can see my face"

things went downhill from there as the dr attempted to cajole me into ceding consent, i didn't, but i felt sullied and violated
November 15, 2024 at 3:21 PM
it's all going very badly, but thank you

i need a hip replacement, but ... risk f infection

despite countless letters, nott a finger has been lifted
November 15, 2024 at 3:18 PM
What are you cooking in the picture?

ماذا تطبخين في الصورة؟
June 1, 2024 at 2:41 AM
You are blessed to have such a wonderful son!
May 29, 2024 at 9:30 PM
oh Julie, I'm sleeping too ...

I have advanced Femoral Head Avascular Necrosis in both femoral heads, with at the last MRI, 3 subchondral fractures and 1 insufficiency fracture

I am at odds with the Hospital for their ongoing substandard care and refusal to respond to my complaints.
May 29, 2024 at 12:47 AM
hi 🪷, what'cha you up to (that's a lotus flower)
April 11, 2024 at 9:43 AM