Hospice for my Imagination

Horror Hallway
@Plethos (13718)
United States
January 8, 2019 3:48pm CST
I have convinced myself that the hospital is a place that is equivalent to a halloween house of horrors that runs 24/7/365 days a year. Where else can you chance to hear and see the possibility of someone suffering great pain. Groaning or bleeding from injury. My minds inner paranoia went into overdrive overanalyzing and adding a twisted outlook on what may seem normal in this sterilized environment of medical practice. In the waiting room, patients coming out of surgery were wheeled by us as they were escorted to their recovery rooms. The escorts were wearing surgical attire and masks. Everything looked very much like an episode of the Twilight Zone t.v. show. Many things in the place that can make you sick or give you a virus. Things such as bacteria and germs. Infections of some sort are all you here about in the news coming out of a hospital. Plagues that are brought into by an infected victim will only grow out of control in a quarantined room, only to be accidently let loose upon the comunnity. Behind closed doors, surgeries take place. Human bodies getting "modified" in some sort of way. Losing a piece for healths sake and mostly paid for by a corporation known as medical insurance. Flashbacks of having watched "the human centipede" return to memory. Throughout my waiting in the waiting room, I kept seeing medical machinery get rolled pass us. Covered over by a white sheet to hide its possible menacing instruments of human anatomy inspection. As you have read, I am no fan of going into hospitals. I have always had an uneasiness in going into one. The environment in hospitals sets my imagination into overtime, sometimes I catch my reflection in the window of the lobby vending machine smiling at the thoughts going on in my head. Photograph- Taken/Owned by me, Plethos
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@DianneN (254949)
• United States
8 Jan 19
Some hospitals are like luxury resorts.
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@DianneN (254949)
• United States
8 Jan 19
@Plethos That’s awful! The one I was thinking about is up north near my town. It’s part of Yale and is state of the art and gorgeous. I hope to never have to stay there, however.
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@Plethos (13718)
• United States
8 Jan 19
@DianneN - the other thing is that most rooms here in the area where im at are for two patients to share. so at times it gets to be a major inconvenience when both have multiple visitors and conversations are not so private.
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@Plethos (13718)
• United States
8 Jan 19
not where im at ! some recovery rooms are like a cubicle, with curtains for walls to seperate the patients from one another. no real privacy ! i wonder if its mostly for the in/out patients though?
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@crossbones27 (52907)
• Mojave, California
8 Jan 19
I was just thinking about getting a routine check up. Not now, I do indeed hate hospitals also. It makes me very anxious just thinking about them.
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@Plethos (13718)
• United States
8 Jan 19
i recently as of these past two days had a friend in one, she even texted me to not worry about visiting because she knew how i hate hospitals.
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• Mojave, California
8 Jan 19
@Plethos That is good your friend is alright. Yeah, I used to have to take my employees to the hospital the Loma Linda one too and I hated everything about it, even the workers would apologize for getting hurt then I felt bad. Sorry, bigger things at play and sometimes you have to suck it up is what I would have to tell them.
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@Plethos (13718)
• United States
9 Jan 19
@crossbones27 - i got lost in that hospital! i just needed to use the restroom! a simple use of the restroom!
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• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Jan 19
I'm not a fan of hospitals either, which is strange as a child I wanted to be a pediatric surgeon. That thought sickens my stomach now though, especially being a mom. =( I love your photo by the way.
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@Plethos (13718)
• United States
9 Jan 19
hospitals are also like mouse mazes. thanks for liking the photo !
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@amadeo (111937)
• United States
8 Jan 19
I do not liked them.Try to stay out of them much as possible
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@Plethos (13718)
• United States
9 Jan 19
you seem to be doing just fine, stay keeping out of hospitals.
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@JudyEv (381745)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Jan 19
However smart/attractive a hospital might be, it's best if you never have to go there either as a patient or a visitor.
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@JudyEv (381745)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Jan 19
@Plethos Just send flowers to whoever is ill.
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@Plethos (13718)
• United States
9 Jan 19
@JudyEv - im cool for now, i know no one in a horror house.
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@Plethos (13718)
• United States
9 Jan 19
im with you !
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
9 Jan 19
They are not my favorite place for sure. I have lost many loved ones there. However I have sen many loved ones cured there as well.
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@Plethos (13718)
• United States
9 Jan 19
it is a toss up at times.
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• United States
13 Jan 19
my husband was in the hospital for a month with his quad bypass..i thought he was gonna go nuts before they sprung him.he HATED it.
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• United States
15 Jan 19
@Plethos he was madder than hell by the time they finally let him out.kept waking him up all the time while he was there.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
7 Feb 19
@Plethos Since I met my husband he has been in and out of the hospitals for at least 6 knee surgeries, appendix operation and bypass surgery. I have had enough of them and I spent a long time in them when my mom and dad got older and my mother-in-law.
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@Plethos (13718)
• United States
14 Jan 19
i would not know how to pass the time for that long, after the first couple of days id probably go nuts !
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
11 Jan 19
Terrifying imagination you've got there. St. Luke's Medical Center, where my daughter is a resident, houses a grand piano in the lobby. Every so often, a pianist or a piano comes by and plays for the patients and visitors. And when you hear a lullaby chime, that means a baby was just born.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
12 Jan 19
@Plethos Yes. Come Christmas, choirs gather round the piano and render the most wondeful carols of Christmas. Uplifting and heartwarming for the saddest patients and their loved ones.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
7 Feb 19
Aww, that must have been cute when the babies were born @eileenleyva.
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@Plethos (13718)
• United States
11 Jan 19
thats cool, a piano in the lobby for people to play.
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• United States
9 Jan 19
I do not like going to the hospital either, but the one I went to was really nice. The staff was all so friendly and accommodating. Everyone knew who we were (I guess we stood out more too....) My sister and I went to the cafe and took some pictures (beautiful scenario) to pass time then we went back to the waiting area. We didn't have to see anyone get wheeled around thankfully or else I would probably want to leave. I don't like .. being at the hospital. Never could work at one or volunteer either... not my atmosphere.
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@Plethos (13718)
• United States
9 Jan 19
i think i was somewhere in poway. i know i went to a target there, receipt says i was there. went through lakeside(?) passed by el capitan h.s. thats all i remember about the area i was in, wish i could remember the name of the hospital.
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• Preston, England
14 Jan 19
hospitals can be very scary places
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• Preston, England
16 Jan 19
@Plethos yes, I find that in many hospitals
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
7 Feb 19
I have spent to many days in hospitals for other people, luckily not for me. My husband has had a few heart attacks and bypass surgery plus other illnesses. All my parents and inlaws but the worst ever was when my second grandson was born. He had 5 holes in his heart and the first hospital could not treat him and he was rushed by ambulance to another one which was 2 hours away and same thing, they couldn't treat him so he was helicoptered to Hersey, Pennsylvania which was a long drive for my daughter and myself. Once there it was like a horror show where it was all young children and many of them had heart problems. When he finally was operated on there were about 10 other very young children and babies that were operated on. I was like a very bad movie.
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@Plethos (13718)
• United States
14 Jan 19
and very cold .
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@jstory07 (148701)
• Roseburg, Oregon
11 Jan 19
I do not like hospitals and do not like to even visit anyone that is in the hospital.
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@Plethos (13718)
• United States
11 Jan 19
all that cleanliness is creepy!
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@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
10 Jan 19
I don't suppose anyone actually likes hospitals, but are glad of them if we need them.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
7 Feb 19
@jaboUK You are absolutely right.
@Plethos (13718)
• United States
11 Jan 19
i dont want to see patients being wheeled down the same halls where im waiting .
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
9 Jan 19
I disagree--in the past decade I have been to the hospital 6 times---and each time it was like a vacation in a good hotel!! I don't mind being a patient in a hospital but I don't like being a visitor-- completely different.
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@Plethos (13718)
• United States
9 Jan 19
seems that hospitals are better in florida than in california.
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@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
9 Jan 19
Ah, The Human Centipede. That and The Dentist are two of our favorite really bad movies to watch.
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@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
9 Jan 19
@Plethos Pretty hilarious. Do people still use the word "kitsch"? Or whatever? Sometimes you have t leave your brain at home and have a good time.
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@Plethos (13718)
• United States
9 Jan 19
@TheHorse - ive mostly heard it from those who are jewish or over 70. oh, i always leave mine at home. (which explains a lot)
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@Plethos (13718)
• United States
9 Jan 19
lol, the dentist was actually a cool film to see.
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@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
9 Jan 19
I love hospitals. They're simply buzzing with life, which is bizarre.
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@Plethos (13718)
• United States
9 Jan 19
all i ever see is staff dressed in thier sterile attire and a patient in a white gown that dont cover the booty.
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