Tuesday, 14 May 2013

Worry? Who, me?

I was born a worrier. I worry about good things, I worry about bad things, and everything in between.  I've been worried about an upcoming procedure that was cancelled twice. Today I finally went in to have my Urodynamic testing done. I wasn't familiar with the procedure and am always a little scared of the unknown. The technician was lovely. Very professional, yet kind. She explained every step prior to proceeding. She showed me all the medical items being inserted. I was glad to see how small they were. I was to show up with a full bladder for 12:30pm. I sat waiting until 1pm. Do you know how hard it is to sit with a full bladder when you have bladder control issues???? The first thing I had to do was pee so she could measure the capacity of my bladder. Then I had a very tiny catheter inserted in my rectum and another in my bladder (ouch!!) She began filling my bladder via an attached saline solution to the catheter in my bladder. I had to tell her when I felt it filling, when I first felt the need to "go" and then when I needed to "GO!!!!!!!!" Well that took all of about 3 minutes and all over the bed it went. How embarrassing. She told me that that is what normally happens and it was ok. My entire process took 15 minutes. It was recorded on a screen like the one below that measured pressure inside and outside my bladder. I will have the results next Tuesday when I go for my second testing called a cystoscopy. Tomorrow I have my blood work, x-ray, pamidronate and oncologist appointment. In other news, I am currently a pirate. My Blepharitis is really flaring up and I need to wear an eye patch until another visit to the hospital tomorrow. May head to the eye clinic at HDH instead of KGH. That's all for now. Another update tomorrow.

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