Why Would I Need 25 Percocet Tablets?
After my little Ambulance ride on Tuesday, I knew that the surgery for the AV Fistula had to go through. My creatinine was 8.9 at the hospital, which means I could go in for Dialysis anytime I feel like it. I was hoping to wait until my creatinine got to 10, but this excess fluid that's interfering with my breathing might make me go sooner. If I had wanted to, I could have gone on dialysis a couple of months ago. My surgery had been scheduled for a month now and there was no way I was walking out of there without it, no matter what my hematocrit was.
ABL took me to the hospital, everything went smoothly. Dr. C.W. Lee redid my plumbing, and then inserted a balloon up my vein to enlarge it a bit near the inside of the elbow. I woke up at the end bandaged up and ready to go home. Funny thing though, they didn't give me any wound care instructions with my discharge paperwork.
Yeah, the stitches freak me out a bit too. Even more freaky? The thrill. The "thrill" is a pulsing sensation, that can be felt as the arterial blood hits the venous blood. If you put your ear up to it, it sounds like you're listening to the heart through a stethoscope.
I did get a prescription for 25 percocet tablets, what's up with that? I think I've used 5 and probably could have gotten by with 3 or maybe just Tylenol. Are they trying to to turn me into a junkie?
Labels: AV Fistula, surgery
