Post AVS

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Hi All,The hospital was not going to release me yesterday if I was going to be home alone. I told them "Annie" would be keeping an eye on me for the night. They didn't need to know that Annie is a basset hound and doesn't know how to dial 911 or drive me to a hospital. LOL.The doctor doing the AVS was not able to go into my right adrenal. She said the vein to the right side was so small the catheter either came out or the blood clotted. I could be mis-quoting here, I was still kind of loopy when she came to see me. So she took sample from the veina cava. Sample from the left she got easily. She said if level from left (with tumor) and from the veina cava are very off, then it would mean yes, tumor is causing levels to be off. If levels are only off a little between the

two--then no it's not the tumor. So, I wasn't happy to hear about her not being able to get a sample from the right side. Does discrepancy in size of veins from one side of glands to the other indicate anything or is this type of variety in vein size common? At different times I was present enough that I could hear her asking for what sounded like different sizes of something (I guess tubing?). Then they would give me more sedative and I'd fade off again. She said my BP went up a bit during procedure. But during post-op it was in the usual "normal" for me--in the 116/60s range. Yes, they did ACTH. I asked.Now I wait TWO WEEKS (!) for results because they have to send out the sampling for analysis. The waiting game. Also, AVS doctor said no one in my county does laproscopic or robotic adrenalectomies. Only place

around here is down in LA at UCLA, USC, or Cedars-Sinai. So, if that is the route, I would have to take it up with my insurance to go outside of my IPA. I was in post-op with the angiogram patients. Said I can't lift anything over 10 lbs. or stand or sit at a chair for more than an hour for three days? I'm dieing of boredom and inactivity! Isn't it better to do some walking if the idea is to avoid blood clots/hematomas?Thanks for all the good feedback!MonikaP.S. naturopathic doctor recommended eating Vitamin C/anti-oxidant rich foods after the AVS to scavenge free radicals from the radiation/contrast dye. Have been enjoying my raspberries and blueberries. Just a tip to pass on to others getting AVS or CT/MRI scans.