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Showing posts with label dehydrated. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dehydrated. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

those 'after 40' medical tests...


our house in snow


I hope you enjoyed my photo of Caddo Lake yesterday.  I had to post something and wasn't in the mood to do much blogging. Had one of those 'after 40' medical tests Monday and after the prep and test, was thoroughly dehydrated and not feeling up to par.  To make matters worse, my left arm was black and blue due to 3 botched attempts to find a vein and 1 (finally) successful one. It wasn't their fault as my veins are usually easy to stick, but apparently the prep had extremely dehydrated me... which is what the nurses told me and  I believe since I was somewhat dizzy Tuesday morning. So I spent the day resting, drinking water, and putting warm compresses on my arm.  

Today I feel better.  The immediate result of the test was good.  But they did take a biopsy and that result will come in later.  But for the moment, I'm just glad its over and done. 

All 3 nurses were apologizing profusely for the unsuccessful attempts and I told them not to worry as they had definitely taken my mind off the upcoming procedure...