Saturday, June 07, 2008

Random Twaddle

I was going through some bills a few nights ago and I saw one for a spinal tap. Up until I saw the bill I had no idea I had even had a spinal tap. Darkstar and my mother knew, I didn't. Apparently the spinal tap is part of the lost week. Kind of trippy to find things out 3 months later.

My stitches had become very badly embedded. None of the nurses wanted to take them out and I told them all no one was getting near my arm unless I had either a shot of some numbing agent or the numbing cream they use before the needles for dialysis. I had been stalling on getting the order from the surgeon in Albany so the nurses would take the stitches out, I was too afraid of the pain. Today my kidney doctor was at the dialysis center checking patients. He had already left me when I called him back to ask about the cream. I showed him my arm and before I could say 'oh shit' he was back with a suture removal kit and hard at work. He had to go in deep, pull up and then cut off the large scabs. It hurt. A lot. A whole lot. Like holy mother of God does this hurt...I was so impressed with myself, I sucked it up and let him remove every stitch. I now have deep holes in my arm but they're OUT. Sometimes it is possible for the coward to be brave.

I had a kidney sonogram on Monday, they have not shrunk to the size of raisins. In fact, they are both normal sized.

I have an appt. with the kidney dude on Friday, it could be one step closer to being off dialysis or getting on the transplant list.

There's an odd TV commercial out, I can't imagine I'm the only person who's caught this but it struck me as something odd in this over-cautious day and age. It's an ad for a really large water gymnasium thing for little kids. It has a small pool, a slide, multiple levels. They say in the ad that it 'teaches your children social skills.' Now the VERY SECOND they say 'social skills' it shows a kid standing in the upper level shooting all the other kids with the water machine gun. Social skills? There's something slightly off there. Or maybe it's me.

I may do a radio show tomorrow night, it's only been six months.

It's too damn hot.

1. one step closer to being off dialysis or getting on the transplant list.

   Holy carp, that’s good news! It sucks the doc had to dig your stitches out, but damn! Normal sized kidneys and possibly getting off dialysis...AWESOME!

   Thumper  on  06/08  at  03:35 PM

2. Bravo on getting the stitches out like a real trooper.  I’d have been screaming and it would have taken about 3 large orderlies sitting on my face to keep me down.

   Sounds like perfect social skills to me.  Stand on a tower and shoot people.  Its what I’d like to do.

   I agree, its TOO HOT.

   YummY!  on  06/09  at  10:30 PM
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