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What's up, Doc? Part 3.
Thursday, 27 July 2006 20:15Note: leaderboard will not be updated tonight. I'm exhausted after a long day with x-rays and work.
So, got up at 6:15 AM to get to St. Peter's Hospital for a 7 AM X-ray. I still am exhausted, as you can gather.
I get there, they take my insurance info, and shortly after, they take me into the dressing room, put the gown on backwards, etc, etc. I go in for my first X-Ray. After they get their shot, they ask me to wait in the waiting room for a few. So I do, and then I am taken to another X-ray room. Here, they give this thick, white, chalky barium which tastes utterly nasty to me. A full cup of it. They offered to put chocolate syrup in it to dull the nasty taste, which I graciously accepted. It helped, but only a little, as they asked me to down this full cup as fast as I could while they were taking shots. In about 3 minutes time, they shoved 3 full cups of this stuff down my throat. Luckily the last 2 cups were the consistency of milk, so I didn't mind as much.
Now they make me do ballet on the X-ray table, asking me to roll into all these positions while they were taking their needed shots. I felt like I was in a photo shoot. I was, technically. I wonder if the X-ray film is Fuji...
Afterwards began the real tedious part--waiting for the barium to go through my whole system. Every 30 minutes, they took more shots of me as the pasty stuff worked its way through me. After some final dancing, I was free to leave. The results go to my doc in 5 days. The sucky part? I still have to live with this pain for another 5 days.
Usually I'm a patient person, but in regards to my health, I really wish I could get some instant gratification.
Now, naturally, all this barium has to come out. Imagine my surprise when I saw white shit coming out of my ass the first time. I imagine that this will continue several more times before it's all over and out. Now I play the waiting game. I hope they at least find and tell me something before the trip to the RenFaire, letting me know if I have to take meds or will I have to suffer through this over that weekend.
In other news, on Monday, April and I get the keys to our new apartment, and on Tuesday, we begin to move in. Phone number will come as it occurs. Also, my RE collection is complete after RE2 and Code Veronica arrived over the weekend. I've been playing Code Veronica, remembering how difficult it was. It's been over 3 years since I played it. Ahh, DC graphics trying to look good on PS2. Gotta love it.
All righty, I'm off.
So, got up at 6:15 AM to get to St. Peter's Hospital for a 7 AM X-ray. I still am exhausted, as you can gather.
I get there, they take my insurance info, and shortly after, they take me into the dressing room, put the gown on backwards, etc, etc. I go in for my first X-Ray. After they get their shot, they ask me to wait in the waiting room for a few. So I do, and then I am taken to another X-ray room. Here, they give this thick, white, chalky barium which tastes utterly nasty to me. A full cup of it. They offered to put chocolate syrup in it to dull the nasty taste, which I graciously accepted. It helped, but only a little, as they asked me to down this full cup as fast as I could while they were taking shots. In about 3 minutes time, they shoved 3 full cups of this stuff down my throat. Luckily the last 2 cups were the consistency of milk, so I didn't mind as much.
Now they make me do ballet on the X-ray table, asking me to roll into all these positions while they were taking their needed shots. I felt like I was in a photo shoot. I was, technically. I wonder if the X-ray film is Fuji...
Afterwards began the real tedious part--waiting for the barium to go through my whole system. Every 30 minutes, they took more shots of me as the pasty stuff worked its way through me. After some final dancing, I was free to leave. The results go to my doc in 5 days. The sucky part? I still have to live with this pain for another 5 days.
Usually I'm a patient person, but in regards to my health, I really wish I could get some instant gratification.
Now, naturally, all this barium has to come out. Imagine my surprise when I saw white shit coming out of my ass the first time. I imagine that this will continue several more times before it's all over and out. Now I play the waiting game. I hope they at least find and tell me something before the trip to the RenFaire, letting me know if I have to take meds or will I have to suffer through this over that weekend.
In other news, on Monday, April and I get the keys to our new apartment, and on Tuesday, we begin to move in. Phone number will come as it occurs. Also, my RE collection is complete after RE2 and Code Veronica arrived over the weekend. I've been playing Code Veronica, remembering how difficult it was. It's been over 3 years since I played it. Ahh, DC graphics trying to look good on PS2. Gotta love it.
All righty, I'm off.
