Tiffany Thinks #19

[oldandgrey]

The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow has all single rooms, as does Scotland’s national hospital, The Golden Jubilee. The QEU was purpose built for the NHS and the Golden Jubilee was formerly private, bought over by the NHS.

I think single rooms will become more common here when older buildings are being replaced or new hospitals are being built.

In my last hospital stay, in a different hospital, I was initially in a four bed bay, but was moved to a single room as I needed to use CPAP. I got a good night’s sleep and enjoyed the privacy, but to be honest it did get a bit lonely after being there for a week. Mind you, that was probably because of the limited visiting due to covid.

 

[Billiarty]

Does anyone know what this scar (circled) is? It doesnt look fresh though.

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Ok Tiff, enough with the dramatic clickbait thumbnails ok. Here. There's the alternate thumbnail taken from the same vlog.

Got my princess pink private room now.

 

[EmyUrban]

She requested the room before knowing about the possible C-Dfff infection, right? She said it was for mental health?
Did she and the doctors know about this (maybe) infection before or after she got moved to the private room? I couldn't tell.
I agree that being in a private room would be best for EVERYONE, but I get the impression they are in very short supply in the UK. Mental health is important but the rooms should be prioritized for someone with highly contagious condition or someone who is dying so they can have some privacy with their family.

That’s what I think too thank you ! Sure I have to say that I don’t understand very well that situation with many people in the same ward like in a war hospital … In France everything is free, the worst room you can have is a room of two, there are many many private rooms and if you want one you have to pay an extra but it’s really cheap, if there is no shortage of private rooms you can even have one without paying much, but if there is no private rooms available even if you want to pay you cannot go in a private room … Even in ICU each patient is in a clear plastic cube so nurses can see through it at all times and can draw curtains if privacy is needed. So apart from the noises coming from the machines it’s not that noisy.
I agree that even one noisy neighbor can be difficult but hey why should they care about her mental health more than the mental health of people who are dying ? I am sorry to say but the people who are dying and their relatives should be the one to get access to a private room ! Not her ! See how she is immediately happy because she got what she wanted … She threw a tantrum like a little princess I am really sorry for her that wards are like that in UK but people who are dying should be the ones who get a private room ! I am shocked …

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curious where in US are there still such wards? I was doing a bit of reading and even Canada with the government run health care have gotten rid of those.

Yes I thought those wards with 6 or 9 people could only be found in developing countries or in war hospitals … Sorry for you guys two in the same room is already too much sometimes, so 6 wow I can’t imagine !!!… But if that’s the same situation for everyone then the people dying and their relatives should be the ones who have access to private rooms first … Obviously if she had c diff it’s different but she didn’t know that initially …

 

[jiggy_girl]

I don’t think the experience is different for those who do or don’t have insurance here. The difference is the bill you get at the end of the stay. The bill I got a couple years ago for a 5 day stay was around $30K, but after insurance amounted to about $3K out of pocket.

I think what they mean is you have a private healthcare system - so your private healthcare is the same as ours (in terms of rooms etc.)

After a couple of terrible experiences with the NHS, we have, as a family, made a vow to ensure we all have private health cover. The difference in care is insane, and the experience is much better.

 

[ScrattyRatty]

After a couple of terrible experiences with the NHS, we have, as a family, made a vow to ensure we all have private health cover. The difference in care is insane, and the experience is much better.

As a socialist, my heart is with the principles of the NHS, but my head says 'go private for your sanity'. Lots of vicarious experience of GPs, hospitals and social care (my mother and m-i-l) that have left me totally shocked, I dread getting ill.
I am sure Tiffany will be out of that room as soon as someone else needs it if the C-Diff comes to nothing.

 

[jiggy_girl]

As a socialist, my heart is with the principles of the NHS, but my head says 'go private for your sanity'. Lots of vicarious experience of GPs, hospitals and social care (my mother and m-i-l) that have left me totally shocked, I dread getting ill.
I am sure Tiffany will be out of that room as soon as someone else needs it if the C-Diff comes to nothing.

I, luckily, rarely get ill. But my dad was very ill in 2021, and after his GP missed the diagnosis four times, ended up in hospital with lasting heart issues. The NHS wait list for the operation to fix it was three and a half years! Three weeks later he's had the op done privately. Same with my nan and her cancer, it was missed for god knows how long by the NHS. Private healthcare is definitely something I'm looking into, because the current state of the NHS terrifies me

 

[ScrattyRatty]

I, luckily, rarely get ill. But my dad was very ill in 2021, and after his GP missed the diagnosis four times, ended up in hospital with lasting heart issues. The NHS wait list for the operation to fix it was three and a half years! Three weeks later he's had the op done privately. Same with my nan and her cancer, it was missed for god knows how long by the NHS. Private healthcare is definitely something I'm looking into, because the current state of the NHS terrifies me

Ironically, my m-i-l paid for a knee replacement for the same reason, £9k back in October 2008, only to die from colon cancer the following year, which was advanced by March. She had been seeing her gastro specialist regularly for years, but nothing was picked up, then he went on holiday for six weeks, appointments delayed, notes lost and the GP did not spot her bowel was blocked. She never got the chance to use her new knee

 

[jiggy_girl]

Ironically, my m-i-l paid for a knee replacement for the same reason, £9k back in October 2008, only to die from colon cancer the following year, which was advanced by March. She had been seeing her gastro specialist regularly for years, but nothing was picked up, then he went on holiday for six weeks, appointments delayed, notes lost and the GP did not spot her bowel was blocked. She never got the chance to use her new knee

I'm sorry to hear that, that's awful

My nan had recurrent "UTIs" for years, probably five or six years, and she could never get any relief. But the doctors refused to refer her, she got a refer to a urologist once and it got cancelled due to staff shortages (way before the pandemic).
Cut to Nov 2021 and she's in agony, goes to hospital and her kidney is so inflamed it's on the verge of rupturing and she has stage 4, aggressive bladder cancer. Six weeks later she passed away. It was awful

 

[ScrattyRatty]

I'm sorry to hear that, that's awful

My nan had recurrent "UTIs" for years, probably five or six years, and she could never get any relief. But the doctors refused to refer her, she got a refer to a urologist once and it got cancelled due to staff shortages (way before the pandemic).
Cut to Nov 2021 and she's in agony, goes to hospital and her kidney is so inflamed it's on the verge of rupturing and she has stage 4, aggressive bladder cancer. Six weeks later she passed away. It was awful

How dreadful poor woman . It seems to be utterly pot luck, in the same year (2008) my father went to his GP about some minor thing, the GP noticed he was anemic and sent him for a scope, they found cancerous polyps, removed them and he has been fine since. And things are so much worse now with GPs ...

 

[jiggy_girl]

How dreadful poor woman . It seems to be utterly pot luck, in the same year (2008) my father went to his GP about some minor thing, the GP noticed he was anemic and sent him for a scope, they found cancerous polyps, removed them and he has been fine since. And things are so much worse now with GPs ...

That's so lucky! My dad has been lucky with regard to stomach issues in the past, but when he had food poisoning (which could have been managed at home, with the correct antibiotics), the GP refused to see him at home because he had a fever. This happened four times, he spent two weeks in hospital, and if they had come to see him, they could have stopped his heart medication (which was causing massively low blood pressure) and prescribed the antibiotics then. It was awful

 

[Turaj]

Anyone excited to see today's bonus video?

what are you referring to? I guess I missed that big announcement?

 

[ScrattyRatty]

what are you referring to? I guess I missed that big announcement?

Tiffany put it in the pinned post on yesterday's video.

 

[Turaj]

Tiffany put it in the pinned post on yesterday's video.

thanks never read those....this is a regular VLOGMAS.

 

[exiledmanccollo]

Being in hospital, after having massive surgery makes your emotions go up and down, coupled with pain relief

They are horrendously noisy, and I have been visiting on wards with people actively dying, which is quite dreadful to hear (I'm sure nurses get used to it, no eyelids were being batted), and very difficult for their relatives too.
As it turns out she potentially has c-diff again, so she g

To be honest I would have done the exact same thing if I was in Tiffany's position. I too have spent some hospital addmissions on a busy and loud 9 bed ward. This was all fine (but no real privacy) but I coped. However this all changed after spending a horrific night seeing a young lady in her 30's almost die and be resuscitated in the bed Infront of mine. To say I was traumatised was an under statement. Tiffany has had major surgery and in a lot of discomfort and hearing the sounds of somebody screaming throughout the night and shouting about death would be enough to make the strongest of people emotionally fragile. There is never any harm in asking to move if you think it is in your beat interest. The worst you'll get is a 'no' but at least you tried.

Totally agree. Also the body needs sleep to heal and anyone who has spent a long time in and out of hospitals know how noisy it can be on wards. We were in pediatric icu and the worst happened to the people next to us - so horrible you never forget that. I still think of them x

 

[artiimoon]

I think what they mean is you have a private healthcare system - so your private healthcare is the same as ours (in terms of rooms etc.)

After a couple of terrible experiences with the NHS, we have, as a family, made a vow to ensure we all have private health cover. The difference in care is insane, and the experience is much better.

Couldn’t have agreed more! I grew up and lived in States and very much used to the private healthcare I had there so once I got married and moved to the UK, it took me less than a year before I realised that the NHS wasn’t the right choice for me and my family! We then went private and I can honestly say the level of care in every aspect is fantastic and the most comprehensive plan by the best providers here are still cheaper than the ones offered in States. I pay less than £100 a month and had the best treatment in one of the world’s best hospitals in London even though it was during Covid!!

 

[artiimoon]

New Bonus Video!
So basically this is her cancer story incase you guys didn’t know: “the nurses have to move her from side to side, left to right and again side to side and repeat!… !!!”

 

[Eddertillet]

"They took big cancer. And they will check for cancer cells" - that was the only thing about her "cancer story" in the video titled "My cancer story".

Oh, and she said that someday she will tell Astin and Ella how the nurses moved her from side to side.

 

[ginnyw]

Anyone excited to see today's bonus video?

No. Not at all.

 

[ScrattyRatty]

New Bonus Video!
So basically this is her cancer story incase you guys didn’t know: “the nurses have to move her from side to side, left to right and again side to side and repeat!… !!!”

And she never cries you know...
Honestly, this one takes the biscuit!

 

[artiimoon]

And she never cries you know...
Honestly, this one takes the biscuit!

And the old baby voice, “you guys know”, blocking things out shite is back… and once again under the dramatic title of “MY CANCER STORY”