I had surgery about 3 weeks ago, had carpal tunnel surgery on my right hand. The adventure began the morning of surgery. Anytime that I have surgery it is always an adventure to have an IV started. When I had my heart cath it took them 5 or 6 tries to get it, but when they did my carpal tunnel, 4 different people tried to get my IV started, for a total of 15 sticks. I just knew that if I were to drink any water I would look like a sprinkler. On the 15th try, I was told that it was in successfully, but judging by the pain going up my arm and down into my hand I told them that it wasn't, of course I was told that I was wrong. Within a few minutes my arm was getting larger and tighter, the IV fluids were going into my arm but not into my vain. Soon a shot was given to me through the IV to relax me and make me go goofy, it didn't work. When I was wheeled back into the operating room I was asked if I was feeling relaxed, I said no because it didn't go where it was supposed to. I was told that they were going to give me a shot to knock me out, it didn't work either. Now if the IV is in correctly, when they give me the shot to relax me, I go to sleep, so when the knock-out shot didn't work I was given a shot in the arm and the gas mask was applied. I was told to breath deep, I was beginning to think that that wasn't going to work either when I noticed all of the noises in the room getting longer.
And then I woke up, hand all fixed and wrapped up. And now...typing good, no pain.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
UPDATE
When it rains...
Well I went to Lubbock to see another urologist and he said that I still have prostate cancer but we are not in the rush to get it done. My Gleason's score and my psa are both low, so I have more time to get more weight off. So far I have lost 20 pounds and I need to lose another 45 before he operates. So I am working hard to become less and less of a man. I lost the first 20 just by changing my diet, no breads, chips, sweets, pastas, nothing white or fried and lots of salads. My goal is to become 1/3 less of a man.
On Tuesday I am having the carpal tunnel fixed in my hand fixed, this has hurt me for a long time, and I fell in November last year and made it worse, now it's getting so that I can't use it much. I decided that if my prostate surgery was going to be a ways off, I might as well get my hand fixed.
So now you have an update on me, what about you?
Well I went to Lubbock to see another urologist and he said that I still have prostate cancer but we are not in the rush to get it done. My Gleason's score and my psa are both low, so I have more time to get more weight off. So far I have lost 20 pounds and I need to lose another 45 before he operates. So I am working hard to become less and less of a man. I lost the first 20 just by changing my diet, no breads, chips, sweets, pastas, nothing white or fried and lots of salads. My goal is to become 1/3 less of a man.
On Tuesday I am having the carpal tunnel fixed in my hand fixed, this has hurt me for a long time, and I fell in November last year and made it worse, now it's getting so that I can't use it much. I decided that if my prostate surgery was going to be a ways off, I might as well get my hand fixed.
So now you have an update on me, what about you?
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