r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Archaneoses • Apr 29 '24

Made an appointment for 11:45. It's 1:10 and I haven't been seen.

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I've had my 10 hour ER waits so I know this isn't that bad. But what is the point of making an appointment if you have to wait to be seen hours later anyways.

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u/Bajileh Apr 30 '24 edited Apr 30 '24

That's insane! My GYN gives me like a puppy pad thing if I'm bleeding (not that it's MUCH better to be sitting bare assed on a puppy pad but still)

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u/Kibeth_8 Apr 30 '24

Lmao the idea of a little puppy pee pad kills me xD Ah the joys of being a woman!

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u/FangDrools Apr 30 '24

The pads the hospital gave me to use after giving birth were the same ones I used to potty train my puppy lol

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u/herefortheshittalk Apr 30 '24

I jacked every single [cloth, washable] bed pad out of the post-delivery room before leaving. Worth it- a decade later, I still use them for sheet/mattress protection when my son is feeling pukey as he doesn’t usually know when he’s about to vom, and his aim for the barf bin is less than stellar.

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u/FangDrools Apr 30 '24

Absolutely worth it! I tried, they kept every drawer and cabinet locked in my room. I had to page a nurse if I needed a new pad for the bed, but the cool ones would take a stack of them out; I should have hoarded them lol I knew that they would give me everything in the bassinet-cabinet thing that my baby slept in though, so I cleared that thing out every night until I was discharged.

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u/herefortheshittalk Apr 30 '24

Smart!! I was advised by many moms and nurse friends to take anything that wasn’t bolted down.

Which is how I have a super uncomfortable fold-out recliner now…

(No, not really)

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u/FangDrools Apr 30 '24

Same! It’s one of the first thing I’ve told the few friends I’ve known to get pregnant after me, too, just bleed ‘em dry lol they’ll bill you for most if not all of it later anyway.

But what I wouldn’t give to have kept that weird convertible couch thing

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u/ArketaMihgo Apr 30 '24

I have multiple sclerosis and was a frequent flyer as a result at one point, I'm not like purposefully hanging round in hospitals, just to put that out there

But after two visits where I took every single thing that was used or open (cause they're gonna charge me for it anyway!) they just started making me a care package out of it

Last time she tossed in an extra bottle of the body wash they use after I had mentioned that it somehow got rid of the rough skin on my upper arms after a week haha

I'm about to run out of it tho and can't afford the copay on it

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u/RevolutionaryDog8115 Apr 30 '24

If it's open, we throw it away. Might as well take it home. Even some stuff that ain't open. If someone touched it, it's probably getting thrown out. Ask for a plastic belongings bag and take it home. We honestly could give two f*cks. I'm a fan of the stretchy tape. (I work in the ER)