Sorry to hear about the delay, Simm, but pleased to read that dialysis
won't be required.
One problem at a time; first you recover from the procedure and clear the
dyes out of your body.
Good luck with the medicine for anemia. Here's hoping you can recover soon
from the procedure and finally get that CT scan done.
Best,
J

Simm Webb said...

Blimey, you don't do things by halves, do you.  How are you feeling now?

Gentle hugs

 A couple of weeks ago, I was shut down from dental surgery due to extreme chest pains.  A week later, (last Tuesday), I took a stress test, and that evening, was admitted into a hospital.  Wednesday morning arrived all too soon, with the customary 4:00 vampire, 5:00 ekg, 6:00 glucose test and needling from the nurse.  At 7:30 I was advised that I wouldn't have breakfast due to an early cardio catherization.  At 8:30 the nurse brought in a breakfast tray and told me that everything was moved up.  At 9 a wheelchair arrived to take me to cardio.  They gave me a twilight sleep and operated.  At noon I was back in my bag, wearing what felt like at least a cement truck on my groin.  At 4 the cardiologist came in and told me that the operation was almost successful, but one vessel was corkscrew shaped and it would be too risky to try to clean it out.  Also, he noticed that in the past couple years, my heart rhythm had definitely showed down, producing arrythmias.  He had scheduled a pacemaker implant for the next morning.  No food or water after midnight.  The next day started like the one before, except that a gurney was brought in to wheel me down for a chest xray.  Then back to my room.  At 11:00 I began to ask about my upcoming procedure.  It appeared that everyone knew about it, all the pre op tests were taken, the only negative thing was that nothing was on the hospital schedule.  At noon, my primary care doctor came in and told me that I would be operated on at 2.  I asked him if the hospital was aware of it?  Well, at 2 I dropped off to sleep, and was abruptly awakened at 3:30 by 2 men and a wheel chair.  They took me back to the cardio area and set me up for the operation.  A nurse gave me a shot and once again I was in a twilight sleep.  A few hours later I was wheeled to recovery.  (of course by now I was starving) I got a cold chicken sandwich, and a glass of ginger ale.  After a couple hours, I asked when I would be wheeled back to my room.  I was given the blunt fact that they closed down my room when I left for surgery, since after this type of surgery, they preferred the Cardiac Care Unit for their patients.  By the time I inquired, the CCU was full, and I had nowhere to go.  I spent the night in recovery on an uncomfortable cot.  At 4, the next day routine began, and I noticed a bump in front of my left clavicle.  That was the device, except for the fact that I began calling it an IPOD.  I began enjoying myself, when I got the news that I would be going back to my original floor, but a different room.  One problem I had a couple of years ago, was that my creatine levels in my kidney were way off the scale endangering me.  This time they gave me a drink called muco mist, or something like that.  It was prepared thus, the dose in a cup of apple juice, and an apple juice chaser just to get rid of a flavor of a substance I made years ago in chemistry called hydrogen sulfide.  Only the junk I made smelled like roses compared to this stuff.  Anyway, my creatine levels did not elevate from the dyes this time.  On Saturday noon, my doctor came in for a visit, and told me that I will not have to worry about dialysis.  However, since I had the dyes injected into my system, I would have to postpone my CT Scan which used barium as a dye, and my Doctor felt would be not good for me at this time.  I was also asked to request a medication from my oncologist to enrich my anemic blood.  So at this time, all tests, procedures, etc. will be shelved until I am recouperated from this week.  

 Enjoy yourselves, and now, I do actually wish it had been an ipod combination instead of merely a pacemaker inserted in my chest.

 But the IPod dosen't have nearly the "beat" the Pacemaker does? You can even make your own tunes to match?
 Betsy

Well, I can't bottom post, because it was posted in html.
How 's it going and when's the CT scan, Eddie?
J