I understand they have a job to do, but I think my dialysis nurses took things way too seriously.
Last week I got a call from the transplant people that they had a kidney with my name on it, so we drive 7 hours and after a few added hours worth of testing I was all set to have my heart broken, the kidneys weren't viable, so we head back home, same day... Understandably I was pretty bummed, well that carried over to the weekend and I drank more fluids than usual, no not booze, just lots of coffee for some kind of mood booster. Cut to Monday at dialysis I'm weighed in and they see that I'm over a kg heavier than I should be. I tell them that I was a little depressed over the weekend from the kidneys not being viable. When dialysis was over, they contacted my doctors and my social worker to let them know that I was "depressed".
Now I'm getting these calls from people asking me about my mental health and giving me suicide prevention numbers and all this other stuff...
I was sad about losing a kidney, I'm not about to kill myself. I drank more coffee than usual, I wasn't drowning my pain in booze, I'll get over it.
Like I said, I understand they have a job to do. But if I say I'll be fine, and I'm feeling better, it means I'll be fine and I'm feeling better.
Now I'm getting these calls from people asking me about my mental health and giving me suicide prevention numbers and all this other stuff...
I was sad about losing a kidney, I'm not about to kill myself. I drank more coffee than usual, I wasn't drowning my pain in booze, I'll get over it.
Like I said, I understand they have a job to do. But if I say I'll be fine, and I'm feeling better, it means I'll be fine and I'm feeling better.