one last score for the Gipper

[realthog]

And so tomorrow I go back to hospital for what I hope is going to be the last in the seemingly interminable series of operations that started in the early summer.

Tomorrow's scheduled procedure is the stenting of a renal artery. A few weeks ago I had a couple of stents put into my femoral arteries, and suffered some colourful complications thereafter. This time, it being, ahem, a stent operation of an altogether different kidney, I'm hoping there won't be such a traumatic aftermath.

For those of you unfamiliar with stent operations, there are useful descriptions here; while, for some graphic accounts of the joys of extracting oneself (I'm being hellish polite) from a Texas catheter, this might be the place to consult.

Comments

[hutch0.livejournal.com]

Stay safe, Obi-Wan.

[nick-kaufmann.livejournal.com]

Good luck!

[charlesatan.livejournal.com]

Good luck.

Hopefully this is the season ender.

[ogre-san.livejournal.com]

Good luck and swift healing!

[quietselkie.livejournal.com]

Can I call you Cyborg Thog yet?

Take care of yourself.

[pds-lit.livejournal.com]

You crack me up!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

I'll do my best, Luke.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

"Hopefully this is the season ender."

You have no idea how much I hope so too . . .

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"Cythorg"?

Take care of yourself.

I'll try.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

What have I done this time?

[pds-lit.livejournal.com]

Just being the man I love.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

*ulp*

[quilterbear.livejournal.com]

You crack me up, too... I *had* to see the description extracting oneself from the Texas catheter-- you got me!

Stay safe and a bit --no, a lot-- less colorful.

[jmward14.livejournal.com]

{{{{{realthog}}}}}
Sending healing hugs and my best medical juju,
Jean Marie

[realthog.livejournal.com]

You seem to be only the second person, after pds_lit, to have checked out the links. Shame on the pair of you!

Stay safe and a bit --no, a lot-- less colorful.

Thanks!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

my best medical juju

Uh-oh. Thanks anyway!

xx

[al-zorra.livejournal.com]

We too are hoping very much that this is the last one and that it goes smoothly, without leaving all those ghastly colors and associated unpleasantness of the previous time.

When might we know how the procedure worked out and whether you are home again? Is this an overnight? Or do they plan to insert and kick you out the same day?

Love, C.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

I should be home tomorrow night.

Thanks for the good wishes!

[sarcobatus.livejournal.com]

Not Tex Lautrec again! I was hoping you'd pull this one off without a hitch.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"I was hoping you'd pull this one off without a hitch."

Well, I'm hoping it's just the catheter that gets pulled off.

[sarcobatus.livejournal.com]

Once again, you are Saint Pamela, Keeper of the Thog Frog Thingy in the Dark.

[sarcobatus.livejournal.com]

No beard this time?

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Fingers, toes, and eyes crossed for you!

I'll be in the air enroute to Maine to visit Liz & John.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"I'll be in the air enroute to Maine to visit Liz & John."

Give 'em my love!

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Of course!

[ellenscult]

Best of luck - I hope it goes well and you heal quickly and without complications.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Thanks, E!

[al-zorra.livejournal.com]

OK! We'll certainly have you in mind today. And Pam too.

Love,C.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

I hope the process is more pleasant than the last time.

[kylecassidy.livejournal.com]

it sounds outrageously painful. i hope it just sounds that way. at the very least, it's reference material for a story on ... cathaterizing elves or some such.

good luck.

[quilterbear.livejournal.com]

I know, we are so baaaad. Curious minds want to know!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"I hope the process is more pleasant than the last time."

It was -- astonishingly so. I'm supposed to be taking it easy but I'm feeling more energetic than I have in a long time, and with no detectable discomfort from the operation itself. I'm hoping this lasts . . .

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"it sounds outrageously painful"

Getting out of the Texas catheter is the only really painful part -- on the day itself, that is. Last time there were some later complications associated with the op, and they weren't so much fun. But this time -- fingers crossed -- there's been nothing like that, and I'm feeling rudely healthy.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear it!

[sci-o-biscuits.livejournal.com]

You still doing okay?

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"You still doing okay?"

I seem to be, although I did grab today a bit of the bedrest I'd been expecting to grab yesterday or the day before. And you?