It has been an honor and privilege bring you Ask Doc Paranormal for the past year. But the overwhelming reaction to Doc's off-subject posts about his bizarre hospital experience have opened our eyes to the need to address other issues. Like the economy, stupid. Therefore, we are temporarily suspending this blog while launching another. Postcards From The Depression will belong to you and your Read Full Story
As I checked out of my room, a nurse confided that I was fortunate not to have turned ill over the Christmas holidays."Why?""Because that's when the doctors are in Aspen skiing."Other indications of a broken medical care system:*The nursing assistant whose headlights failed, forcing him to drive to work in the dark. He didn't have enough money to repair them until his next paycheck.*The patient Read Full Story
Sorry for low posting output, but I've actually been busy. Coming soon--the conclusion to my food poisoning odyssey, including:*Watching sheep graze from my hospital room. The sun rise, too.*Discovery of a second open hearth fireplace in the main lobby of the hospital.*What I heard while wandering the hallways with my IV tower : "Honey, good news...they're only going to cut two of my toes off..." Read Full Story
Medical misery #2 in my battle with food poisoning arrived in the form of a decanter of liquid the radiologist accurately described as looking like lemonade. But it wasn't for drinking. And instead of a straw, the liquid was going to find its way into my body via an enema tube inserted into my a**.The more I took in, the better the CAT SCAN pictures would look, he told me, "But don't try to set Read Full Story
If you ever needed an extra reason to avoid tainted food, try this:In yesterday's post I told you about watching Craig Ferguson on TV in the emergency room with plastic tubes in my nose. Well, I forgot to mention how the tubes got there. Seems that I needed them to suck out stomach fluids that I'd would otherwise throw up because my intestines were "blocked." The f*****s no longer processed Read Full Story
There's nothing like food poisoning to keep you vomiting long past your bedtime. And with a tube down your throat and IV in your arm you're unable to replenish what you regurgitate with a healthy dose of pretzels and beer. But at least the room in the ER I was rushed to had a plasma TV and soundproofed walls so I couldn't hear my fellow patients screaming. Which, based on network television, is Read Full Story
...would feature spacious grounds, a lodge-like setting and an emergency room with an open-hearth fireplace. Yet that is exactly where Doc Paranormal spent last Saturday night.More on my tainted food experience to come... Read Full Story
He really didn't say that. But I wanted to let you know that Doc will be back next week to tell you about his weird and surprising hospital stay.The Lovely Darlene Read Full Story
