Tuesday 3 May 2011

Jabber Day

My first visitor today was the District Nurse. Not one from my own practice and therefore a new and unfamiliar face. She had in tow a young Doctor no less who was obviously in training judging by the way he followed her up the stairs and listened intently to her detailed instructions as she performed her duties on me. After checking the dosage to give and informing me that if I wished, I could give my poor bruised abdomen a rest by having said injection given in my legs or in my arms, she proceeded to eject some contents from the syringe first in order to arrive at my particular dosage, and then injected me in a small vacant space on the right hand side where bruising had not yet had chance to appear.

Following that, she then took two empty phials, one pink and one brown, and proceeded to fill them from my right arm which is the only arm left with a vein wiling enough to display itself sufficiently so that some blood can be taken, the left one having withdrawn itself sometime ago between previous cannulas, blood letting and CT Scans. 

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After she and the doctor had left, I began thinking how ironic my life has ended up! Was this the very same person sat here resembling some kind of mauve and yellow pin cushion, who had to lay down in a near feint at work when younger before receiving her first flu jab? Had someone said to me then that I would end up having a daily injection for six months solid and not bat an eyelid, would I have believed them?  I wonder….

TG

8 comments:

  1. Hang in there! After my arm veins "withdrew" the nurses started on the back of my hands. Mine was not a lengthy situation, and I hope time flies for you. You have many fans, and we are all cheering for you!

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  2. Ludwig, when I have my chemo, they are having as much bother with the veins on the back of my hands as well. One moved sideways (out the way!) one wouldn't work at all and the third try ended up leaking. The backs of both hands ended up bruised. I am keeping my fingers crossed that this next time, things will be different.

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  3. I've had plenty of needles in my time though not nearly as many as you and I don't think I'm much better now then when I got my first one. So sorry for all you're going through. I salute your down to earth attitude!

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  4. Ouch, that hurt just reading about the process, Technogran. I've only been jabbed while donating blood and that was quite enough. Hope the time will come when you will no longer feel like a human pin cushion. I like the new blog look - very clean and refreshing.

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  5. Sounds like you are having a pretty torrid time of it. But at least you are at home not in some hospital or another which must be better.....Good luck with it all lets hope it is doing what it is supposed to do...

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  6. Thanks to you all for your comments. I am sorry I seem to be blogging about my health so much of late, but it is the only incident occuring at the moment for me to blog about, as we can't go on any of our jaunts as I am tied to the house. (well flat.)I am not keen on blogging about myself or my problems so I'll try and concentrate more on other subjects in future if I can.

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  7. I really feel for you, T>G. I think it is amazing the way you have retained your sense of humour through all this horror. Don't be concerned about the content of your posts...it is a diary, after all. Take care. Pen.

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  8. Oh don't worry Pen, I'm not but I do like to make my readers laugh if I can and not be too serious, so all this posting about hospitals, syringes and nurses etc, isn't really me to be honest

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