I fell off my chair laughing at her expanation about her trip to the hospital,so I asked her permission to share it on the forum!
> My inflammation levels are still about 400 times normal and
> this means the sarcoidosis came out of remission with a
> vengence. I have been pretty sick, mainly from the meds. I
> am on 25 mgs of methotextrate per week, 40 mgs of
> prednisolone per day plus the other usual stuff.I'm in
> full blown Cushings Syndrome and have, for the first time
> really, seen what the sarcoidosis markers look like,. Kind
> of interesting in a sick sort of way! My neck is as bright
> red as a cherry tomato.
>
> I am either in kick-butt 'Super-Woman' mode or
> Hermit mode. Lots less crying now tho. Guess the long term
> steroids helped that part! Now I can just be very, VERY
> clear about what I want!
>
> God, I am a pain in the the butt to live with, even to
> myself now. If I make the mistake of losing my temper, I can
> count on being flat-out sick in bed for a couple of days.
>
> I also currently have another bladder infection and the
> visit to our local hospital here for an analysis and culture
> was pretty funny. This is NOT your standard hospital. Even
> your tuk-tuk driver feels free to go to the scales with you
> to check your weight. So, when I had to weigh in, I was
> accompanied by 3 giggling nurses, one pharmacy tech and
> the tuk-driver. The tuk driver appointed himself spokesman,
> apparenlty beacuse his English skills were better:
> "Hmmmmm. You are a heavy-weight".
>
> I calmly replied, "Yes, right now I am a heavy
> weight."
>
> Then comes the part where I tried to get across the concept
> that I had a UTI and needed a Cand A to determine which
> antibiotic would kill it.
>
> The nurses finally get involved:
> "You have a cough."
> "No, I have a UTI".
> "You have much pain."
> "No, I have a UTI."
> "Chest pain. You have Chest pain."
> "No. I have UTI." (Much gesturing to my pubic
> areaa.)
> "Film. film. You have film." (Pronounced just
> like movie-film!)
> "NO. I have a UTI. Look"
> (Getting a self-cath out of my purse and showing it to the
> gathering crowd.)
> "I have to self-cath and when I do get more
> UTIs."
> One very excited nurse then took the cath from me and said
> hopefully "Therometer! You have a feve!. You need
> therometer read!"
> My then I am laughing so much I am crying and there is
> general merriment that maybe they have finally figured out
> what I want.
> "No. No fever! No therometer! Stick in butt and pee
> comes out!"
>
> One horrified nurse then says "Pee comes out you
> Butt?!?!?!"
>
> I think the still attempting to be helpful crowd decides
> maybe I am a crazy lady who has lost it due to menopause. So
> the nurse tries to ask me when my last period was.
>
> Me:
> "Look at the white color of my hair. Do I look like I
> still have periods?!?"
> Nurse, hopefully:
> "You have mini-paws?"
> Me: "Yes, I have men-o-pause. Long time now."
> Nurse: "You have old mini-paws."
> Tuk-tuk driver, helpfully,:
> "You are heavy-weight mini-paws."
> Me:
> "Yes...and my mini-paws are weighing more even as we
> speak!"
>
> Then the doctor finally arrives. He is an older guy with
> some limited language skills. He says "I can speak and
> understand English. But you must talk very very slow to
> me."
>
> So I lean far over his desk, making direct eye contact and
> say very,VERY slowly
> "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO----KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK."
>
> Then he starts laughing and I start laughing and he says
> 'Maybe can go a little faster."
>
> God, I either love or hate this country!
>
> I go back for the Cand A results today and then can get
> this latest infection under control.
