Guest guest Posted September 12, 2000 Report Share Posted September 12, 2000 Marilyn, I just hope I drank enough of the stuff. I drank about 2/3 of the 4 liters but that's all I could handle. For some reason, he prescribed cherry flavored whatever-it-is and I can't get the taste out of my mouth. I had to go through the same thing but even worse when I had a sigmoidoscopy. Now, all I have to worry about is whether the incompetent nurse who usually does the pre-procedure insertion of the needle for the IV can keep from ramming the needle through my hand and on through a nerve, like I think she did last time. I have thin skin and veins close to the surface, so when she put the needle into the back of my hand she apparently went through the vein and into a nerve. Instead of removing it when I started climbing the walls from the pain, she kept moving it around and pressing on it, trying to situate it properly, I guess. Good thing Bob was there - he told her to take the needle OUT! She then clumsily and painfully reinserted it at my wrist but thankfully, they then started the Versad drip and I didn't feel it anymore. However, my hand, wrist and arm were black and blue for weeks. This same nurse put Bob through something similar. If I'm lucky, she'll have the day off and I'll get someone else. Funny, I don't dread the actual procedure, but I do dread the needle. Maybe I should rub some kind of pain killing ointment on my wrist before she gets to me? Geri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2000 Report Share Posted September 12, 2000 Geri, I have the same problem. I absolutely hate IVs and Labs drawn. Seems as though every vein hurts and is very sensitive. They hurt more now than ever. I usually act like a baby and cry every time I have IVs. However before the nurse or lab tech comes near with a needle I threaten them. I tell each one they cannot go fishing, if they feel the need to cast their lines then get someone who can. Bad enough having to live in a doctors clinic or lab I have to make it easier for myself. gayle/trans.6-99 galye@... ^0^ ` Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2000 Report Share Posted September 12, 2000 In a message dated 9/12/00 10:47:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time, gefox@... writes: << name is Jerry notGeri ( I`m a male) Maybe there is a mixup in Email addresses. Dont let me scare you off write any time. Jerry >> you will find a Geri here with us on the list. You will get a copy of all the letters that are posted. welcome to our group. hugs. GINGER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2000 Report Share Posted September 12, 2000 Jerry, Geri another person in our group was complaining about IVs and getting one today. When we talk to each other here we click reply all, from the letters we are responding to or subject. Also welcome to our group. And I still hate needles and IVs no matter how many I have had they never get better for me. gayle/trans.6-99 galye@... ^0^ ` Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2000 Report Share Posted September 12, 2000 Gayle , are you sure you`re writing to the right person? I don`t remember saying any where that I couldn`t stand needles. They don`t bother me at all . I`ve had so many stuck in me and so many other procedures in the last 7 yrs. that it`s like second nature,I don`t even feel them . Since last Tues. I`ve had blood drawn 7 times ,a biopsy, and an IV in me for 2 days and when I wasn`t hooked up I didn`t know it was in me. Love talking to you but my name is Jerry notGeri ( I`m a male) Maybe there is a mixup in Email addresses. Dont let me scare you off write any time. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2000 Report Share Posted September 12, 2000 Geri, The procedure is probably all over by now, but I would have suggested you get the anesthesiologist to put the IV in. They seem to be better at it. Shireen >From: " Geri Spang " <spangbg@...> >Reply- egroups >< egroups> >Subject: Re: [ ] Geri re colonoscopy >Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 01:52:05 -0700 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from [208.50.99.218] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id >MHotMailBB8739F4004FD82197D9D03263DA470497; Tue Sep 12 01:54:47 2000 >Received: from [10.1.10.36] by mu. with NNFMP; 12 Sep 2000 >08:54:28 -0000 >Received: (qmail 23832 invoked from network); 12 Sep 2000 08:54:21 -0000 >Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m2.onelist.org with QMQP; 12 Sep >2000 08:54:21 -0000 >Received: from unknown (HELO harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net) >(207.217.121.12) by mta1 with SMTP; 12 Sep 2000 08:54:21 -0000 >Received: from worldnet ([208.13.139.16]) by harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net >(8.9.3-EL_1_3/8.9.3) with SMTP id BAA22747 for >< egroups>; Tue, 12 Sep 2000 01:54:21 -0700 (PDT) >From sentto-165537-21591-968748862-shireen42 Tue Sep 12 01:57:41 2000 >X-eGroups-Return: >sentto-165537-21591-968748862-shireen42=hotmail.comreturns (DOT) onelist.com >Message-ID: <00cb01c01c96$ba36ce80$9806fea9@...> >References: <C299ZYQI0G0YM*/R=KPNWOA/R=A1/U=LAMMERMANMA/@MHS> >X-Priority: 3 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 >Mailing-List: list egroups; contact > -owneregroups >Delivered-mailing list egroups >Precedence: bulk >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto: -unsubscribeegroups> > >Marilyn, >I just hope I drank enough of the stuff. I drank about 2/3 of the 4 liters >but that's all I could handle. For some reason, he prescribed cherry >flavored whatever-it-is and I can't get the taste out of my mouth. I had >to >go through the same thing but even worse when I had a sigmoidoscopy. Now, >all I have to worry about is whether the incompetent nurse who usually does >the pre-procedure insertion of the needle for the IV can keep from ramming >the needle through my hand and on through a nerve, like I think she did >last >time. I have thin skin and veins close to the surface, so when she put the >needle into the back of my hand she apparently went through the vein and >into a nerve. Instead of removing it when I started climbing the walls >from >the pain, she kept moving it around and pressing on it, trying to situate >it >properly, I guess. Good thing Bob was there - he told her to take the >needle OUT! She then clumsily and painfully reinserted it at my wrist but >thankfully, they then started the Versad drip and I didn't feel it anymore. >However, my hand, wrist and arm were black and blue for weeks. This same >nurse put Bob through something similar. If I'm lucky, she'll have the day >off and I'll get someone else. Funny, I don't dread the actual procedure, >but I do dread the needle. Maybe I should rub some kind of pain killing >ointment on my wrist before she gets to me? >Geri > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2000 Report Share Posted September 12, 2000 thanks that makes more sense. I said I was a rookie , I have no idea what i`m doing and I can only type 3 words a minute, the delete and back keys are my favorites. My mailbox is so full I cant keep up. Oh poor, poor me. You are very patient with my ignorance and i appreciate it . hugs back, Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2000 Report Share Posted September 13, 2000 jerry, i mispelled your name also, sorry about that. linda satx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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