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Biopsy
Full story here: http://www.livejournal.com/users/matthewp/157130.html
The biopsy went well. My mum arrived to pick me up around 0630am and we were at the hospital for 7am. Whilst being prep'd I was watching the monitoring systems and noticed that my blood pressure had shot up to 130/80 rather than the 110/68 which it was earlier in the day. I was quite nervous and they picked up on this. My main concern was not the biopsy itself, but the general anaesthetic. I was really fearful of losing consciousness consciously.
I was still inquistive at this point - it's my geeky nature showing again. I worked out that the green figure was my heart rate (and the trace) and that red was the BP. I asked about the blue figure (99) and as told that this was the oxygen absorbtion. I guessed that this explained the clip on my finger which shone a red light. Does anyone know what that means though? Google finds me matches but they aren't relevant enough
I looked closely and saw spikes in the ECG trace and asked what was causing the tachycardia; amusingly they explained it was a faulty connection which they were in the process of replacing as I asked.
Then came the injection - all I remember is that it gave me a huge amount of tinnitus and then I heard them chatting amongst themselves and then I lost consciousness.
I don't remember what time I woke up but I dosed on and off until 5pm or so, having not kept much food down. I was walking unaided which is a definite bonus but still in a bit of pain. Most of this is what's called referred pain, in that it was not at the site of the operation, but instead related to where the affected nerves were. I've been prescribed diclofenac and kapake and they are great; they alleviate pretty much all of the pain and don't make me drowsy, depsite contraindictions on the packaging. Diclofenac does make me a bit nauseous though.
I slept most of yesterday but was up and about late evening and even managed to watch South Park the movie without falling asleep. Today I was feeling well enough to cook lunch (Fish in a lime and corriander sauce) but still haven't left the house.
I'm aiming to go to work tomorrow and have arranged a lift in with someone who lives nearby. This will be good - I'm getting so bored stuck at home and seeing a different building will be a pleasant change. I've called my employer w.r.t. hand controls for the car and am waiting to hear back. I got the impression that they might even end up paying which is excellent; I had budgeted to pay for that myself.
Oh, the important part: I get the results within a week and then the op is likely to be on the 30th. I'll spend 5 days in hospital afterwards and be home for the weekend when the lovely![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mhw comes to stay.
The biopsy went well. My mum arrived to pick me up around 0630am and we were at the hospital for 7am. Whilst being prep'd I was watching the monitoring systems and noticed that my blood pressure had shot up to 130/80 rather than the 110/68 which it was earlier in the day. I was quite nervous and they picked up on this. My main concern was not the biopsy itself, but the general anaesthetic. I was really fearful of losing consciousness consciously.
I was still inquistive at this point - it's my geeky nature showing again. I worked out that the green figure was my heart rate (and the trace) and that red was the BP. I asked about the blue figure (99) and as told that this was the oxygen absorbtion. I guessed that this explained the clip on my finger which shone a red light. Does anyone know what that means though? Google finds me matches but they aren't relevant enough
I looked closely and saw spikes in the ECG trace and asked what was causing the tachycardia; amusingly they explained it was a faulty connection which they were in the process of replacing as I asked.
Then came the injection - all I remember is that it gave me a huge amount of tinnitus and then I heard them chatting amongst themselves and then I lost consciousness.
I don't remember what time I woke up but I dosed on and off until 5pm or so, having not kept much food down. I was walking unaided which is a definite bonus but still in a bit of pain. Most of this is what's called referred pain, in that it was not at the site of the operation, but instead related to where the affected nerves were. I've been prescribed diclofenac and kapake and they are great; they alleviate pretty much all of the pain and don't make me drowsy, depsite contraindictions on the packaging. Diclofenac does make me a bit nauseous though.
I slept most of yesterday but was up and about late evening and even managed to watch South Park the movie without falling asleep. Today I was feeling well enough to cook lunch (Fish in a lime and corriander sauce) but still haven't left the house.
I'm aiming to go to work tomorrow and have arranged a lift in with someone who lives nearby. This will be good - I'm getting so bored stuck at home and seeing a different building will be a pleasant change. I've called my employer w.r.t. hand controls for the car and am waiting to hear back. I got the impression that they might even end up paying which is excellent; I had budgeted to pay for that myself.
Oh, the important part: I get the results within a week and then the op is likely to be on the 30th. I'll spend 5 days in hospital afterwards and be home for the weekend when the lovely
mhw comes to stay.