Too Weird

I expected my recent heart stent placement to be just like the one I went through 2013, but it was far from that!  So, port installation in the Femoral Artery, knock me out cold for six hours and then a few days in the hospital.  The prep staff got into a fight over which side the port was to be installed on, so I ended up with a bikini trim - LOL.  Part of that argument was whether or not they should use a razor or do a wax job!  Really?  Dear Lord rescue me!  Add to that fight, the on over whether or not PRN was a Greek term or Latin.  Like someone really cares?  Then in the surgery room, they did not like the trim job and so they had to redo that one, I really do not like having my nether region being a subject of attention and I am overly ticklish!  Naturally, they would not knock me out first! 

So, having gone through this twice!, I got to learn they were now going to go through my right wrist!  And yes, I got to have my right arm shaved!  Lord knows, it is not like I have hair of any amount on  my arms!   Then I found out they were not going to knock me out, no I got to enjoy all of the needles, IV installation and shots to kill the nerves in my wrist - fully awake!  It took a great deal for them to understand they HAD to install a restraining strap on my arms because I can not control the desire for self protection.  Just learned reactions, thanks to the US Army decades ago, which I learned I still possessed by blowing a nurse through a wall one time.  That was no exaggeration there, he went through the wall I hit him so hard.  I was amazed I still had those skills, I was more amazed that move actually worked!  Through all of that training, we never actually hit someone that hard for real!  Yeah, once I got it through their heads they brought out a restraining strap.  And even at that I twice had to be asked to stop trying to get out of the straps!  All subconscious, really, I am glad those straps were there!

And being wide awake, I felt everything!  Really?  I could feel the wires? going in and out of the port, going through the arteries, especially through the elbow and shoulder areas ... even the snaking through my heart.  And in two hours it was over.

Seems they were only able to set one stent, as the other artery was so clogged that there was no access through a single port.  Sigh ...  Yeah, I get to go through this again around Christmas time I guess.  Sigh ...

Monday was one weird experience that is for sure!