The last time I was at the doctors he was telling me that operating was a definate but he wanted to have some more tests done.
Well there were some more tests alright. Got a call Monday that I had to be at the hospital Thursday at 10:15 and back at 3:15. and back on Friday at 8:45 and another test next Wednesday at 1pm. This is all done in Nuclear Medicine.
Thursday rolls around and it's a blood letting supreme. Never mind those wimpy test tubes they usually use, they brought out the granddaddy of collectors and this one came with it's own vacuum pump.
First the needle and then she pulls out a collector that had to hold at least 10 oz and proceeds to hook it up and start pulling on the handle and that went on for about 3 or 4 minutes.
Now that goes to the hospital about 20 miles away to have the white blood cells extracted and a radio active tracer added. Now it's time to go back and they have a red plastic cylinder the size of a large flashlight there. After telling two different people my name and date of birth so they are sure I'm getting my blood back and not someone else's they open up the cylinder and pull out a small needle with maybe 1-1/2 oz of liquid in it.
That's the white blood cells. I felt robbed. In it goes and I'm off home.
This morning I'm into the machine for about 1/2 an hour and that's done. White blood cell count has been accomplished. Next week it's the radio active tracer and a scan to see how the bone marrow is doing.
I'm hoping nothing shows up of course so they don't lay me up for months on end. Pretty sure that they will operate to get what ever is causing the pain, it's just the months of lying around if there is an infection.
There is a plus side to all this however. Not spending any money means that I have the money for the gas to get bike camp this summer already. Bonus.
Steve.
Well there were some more tests alright. Got a call Monday that I had to be at the hospital Thursday at 10:15 and back at 3:15. and back on Friday at 8:45 and another test next Wednesday at 1pm. This is all done in Nuclear Medicine.
Thursday rolls around and it's a blood letting supreme. Never mind those wimpy test tubes they usually use, they brought out the granddaddy of collectors and this one came with it's own vacuum pump.
First the needle and then she pulls out a collector that had to hold at least 10 oz and proceeds to hook it up and start pulling on the handle and that went on for about 3 or 4 minutes.
Now that goes to the hospital about 20 miles away to have the white blood cells extracted and a radio active tracer added. Now it's time to go back and they have a red plastic cylinder the size of a large flashlight there. After telling two different people my name and date of birth so they are sure I'm getting my blood back and not someone else's they open up the cylinder and pull out a small needle with maybe 1-1/2 oz of liquid in it.
That's the white blood cells. I felt robbed. In it goes and I'm off home.
This morning I'm into the machine for about 1/2 an hour and that's done. White blood cell count has been accomplished. Next week it's the radio active tracer and a scan to see how the bone marrow is doing.
I'm hoping nothing shows up of course so they don't lay me up for months on end. Pretty sure that they will operate to get what ever is causing the pain, it's just the months of lying around if there is an infection.
There is a plus side to all this however. Not spending any money means that I have the money for the gas to get bike camp this summer already. Bonus.
Steve.
