I had my (second) pre-op appointment this morning, and OH! What fun! (<—sarcasm). I got there early, the PA was running late, the nurse was really running late. The PA kind of freaked me out with all of his looking me directly in the eyes stuff and not blinking, but he went through my consent form, gave me a ‘physical’ (hey, turns out I’m breathing AND I have a pulse!). Then the nurse came in and I thought she was going to be able to answer my forty gazillion questions like the nurse I had last time. Um, that would be a NO. Other than teaching me how to take care of my tube and collection bulb* (gag), she was pretty much useless.
*Did I tell you that after this surgery I have to leave with a drainage tube sticking out of me that I have to empty 3x a day? And that I have to ‘strip’ the tube and clean around the insertion point as well? GUH-ROSSS!! And did I mention that the tube stays in until I have less than 30cc of fluid for 2 days in a row? Yeah.
Mike and I have a lot of questions that …
Sep 14 2009
