1/20/11

Jan 20, 2011

I had a really rough day today.  I saw my surgeon for my one week follow-up today and told him that my left side was bothering me.  I just thought that it would at least feel a little better by now since my surgery and the pain had not let up any.  I also had not had a BM yet and I wasn't feeling well in general (was getting chills then getting sweaty but with no temp).   He agreed that I looked a bit punk (his word) and thought it was best that I have a CT scan to make sure everything was working ok.  I had to drink two large cups of barium which is not an easy feat with my new little pouch.  I think it took me a bit over an hour to do it.  Then went off to CT and had to get hooked up to an i.v. contrast thingy.  They had a hard time finding a vein and it took a couple people and a few pokes but they finally got it in.  They went to start the CT and as the dye was getting injected, the i.v. blew and dye went all over me, down my arm,shirt,hair.  They had to stop the CT and redo my i.v. and restart the CT.  Got that all done finally and went out to the waiting room to wait for my surgeon to review and talk to me.  I wasn't feeling too hot at this point, I haven't been up and around this much since my surgery.  A nurse saw me looking not too swift and asked if I wanted to lay down.  God bless her!  I gratefully obliged and went and laid down to wait for my surgeon.  He came in shortly after and said that my CT looked good and that to give it a couple more days and let him know if my pain got worse or any issues arised.  He helped me up and I did NOT feel good and I think he could see it written all over my face and asked me if I was going to pass out and I said yes.  He laid me back down and decided to have me hooked up to an i.v. for a couple hours to pep me up as he put it.  The nurse came in and saw that I was going to be difficult to get an i.v. in and needless to say it took 3 people, 6 pokes and 3 of my veins blew out but they finally got one in me.  All in all I was there for 6 1/2 hours and I checked out all right but with a few bumps. 

0 Comments