One of the downsides to ED: Ice and you don't mix.
My apartment complex has a third party ice the sidewalks, which isn't until 11 am or so. It ticks me off to great amounts because I am out for work at 7:15. On Tuesday I got to go skating on my front porch (which is only 3 feet by 3 feet, barely). It resulted in a very nice dislocation of my knee. I had to sit in the ER for three hours just to get fixed. Which in itself was hell.
I got there at 7pm and got a room by 7:33. At 7:45 the doctor came in and I told her I had ED. Her response? "I don't know what Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is, so I don't feel right enough to take your case." She left with a promise of two aspirin and a new doctor. Not enough 10 minutes later I got told to walk (hahahaha...me walk...) to a new room. After an hour in there (about 8:40) I got pissed. I rang and rang for the nurse. Eventually a poor X-ray tech came to my room followed by a nurse and my incompetent doctor. "Oh ma'am we didn't know you moved rooms, no one informed us at the nurses station." Finally the attending came in with two asprin and took over my case. After all that I had a nice gentleman in the room next to me hold me down and hold my hand while the doctor snapped by knee back into place...ow. I'm on crutches now but damn did that hurt.
And I am not allowed to file any more complaints against my complex so I have to suck it up and hope winter wont be to bad, but I do live in North East Ohio and I believe I just heard the news say 10 inches of snow in Akron. My worry is it won't be a simple dislocation next time, it will be a full out broken bone.
I need an apartment that is disability accesible, safe, and that cares for their residents.
:)
Thursday, November 20, 2008
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