I don’t know why I watch this show! As a nurse it drives me crazy. I have never worked in a hospital where people act like these people do. And the situations are ridiculous. This whole bone marrow fiasco on this episode is really getting to me. As a stage 4 Lymphoma patient and recipient of a donor stem cell/bone marrow transplant I can only say it’s not that simple. There are weeks of conditioning and treatment and testing before you can get the transplant. For both donor and recipient. You don’t just walk in and 30 minutes later find out you’re a match and it’s off to do the transplant. It took about 2 months of testing for both my brother and I and heavy duty chemo to wipe out my bone marrow. I just feel like they should do some research if they are going to present a storyline. And why does Maggie still have her hair. Adriamycin “the red devil” was mentioned as one of her chemo meds. That’s hair loss most always and again I speak from experience. This whole episode pissed me off. If you will indulge me one more point I would appreciate it. Then I’ll quit ranting. The patient who died waiting to get his transplant knew everyone by the chemo meds they took and rattled them off from memory. With HIPPA laws being what they are I doubt he would have that info...and even if other patients shared I’m doubt he would remember the long tongue twisting names of most of the meds. I’ll shut up now. This show just pissed me off. Maybe it’s time to quit watching it.
