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Sep. 20th, 2011 11:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
perzephone
In about 36 hours, it's go-time for my hysterectomy.
I'm not concerned about the surgery. I do not want to have to stay overnight in the hospital, and I'm going to do whatever is necessary to get the fuck out of there as soon as possible. I am, however, not looking forward to all the pre-op hullabaloo. I think doctors enjoy humiliating people before surgeries.
I went to the hospital Monday to pre-reg, and have been stuck wearing a flippin' ankle bracelet for the past day to show that I had lab work done while I was there. I have a wrist band, too, but I was able to slip my hand out of that & I can put it back on when I go in on Thursday. I'm just glad my ankles don't swell, because the band is already on its last hole and if my ankle swelled, I'd have to cut it off. I wanted to take a long bath, too, since I won't be able to do so while I'm healing, but the ankle band kind of kiboshed that. I can take a shower, but I can't soak it for an hour or two.
flarglebargle.
I'm not concerned about the surgery. I do not want to have to stay overnight in the hospital, and I'm going to do whatever is necessary to get the fuck out of there as soon as possible. I am, however, not looking forward to all the pre-op hullabaloo. I think doctors enjoy humiliating people before surgeries.
I went to the hospital Monday to pre-reg, and have been stuck wearing a flippin' ankle bracelet for the past day to show that I had lab work done while I was there. I have a wrist band, too, but I was able to slip my hand out of that & I can put it back on when I go in on Thursday. I'm just glad my ankles don't swell, because the band is already on its last hole and if my ankle swelled, I'd have to cut it off. I wanted to take a long bath, too, since I won't be able to do so while I'm healing, but the ankle band kind of kiboshed that. I can take a shower, but I can't soak it for an hour or two.
flarglebargle.
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Date: 2011-09-21 01:22 pm (UTC)Tagged & Bagged
Date: 2011-09-21 05:33 pm (UTC)It's amazing to me that you have to wear the bracelets for so long. Here we're given them on the day of the surgery; even if pre-op occurs a week before.
That's what they did with my kidney surgery, but I guess they've been doing a lot of redundant lab-work or something. Which is the problem with any administrative organization.
Read the chart -> has lab work been done? -> no -> do lab work
Read the chart -> has lab work been done? -> yes -> do you actually believe someone did the lab work? -> yes -> do it again anyway just to make sure the results are correct
Read the chart -> has lab work been done? -> yes -> do you actually believe someone did the lab work? -> no -> do it again anyway just to make sure you won't get yelled at for not making sure lab work was done