monday tuesday mission
it's a monday/tuesday delayed mission, and it's not religious, so I'll actually attempt it.
1. When was the last time you were in the hospital as a patient? As a visitor?
Patient? Hm. Almost everything I've had was outpatient... but the last time I was in was for rhinoplasty. They removed some bone, moved some blood vessels, and I had 6 weeks or so of gauze-packed nose. And yes, it was medical, not superficial. I had chronic nosebleeds. If you count my stress tests and echo-cardiograms, that was just 7 years ago.
2. Have you ever been put under anesthesia or sedation? For what reason? Did it mess with your mind?
Yep, for the above surgery, as well as for the removal of my wisdom teeth, and some others. The first time I had anesthesia, I had horrible crazy dreams.
3. Have you (or someone close to you) ever had any major surgery? How did it go?
Yes. My dad had balloon angioplasty and 3 stints installed in blood vessels around his heart. Nala had butt surgery. I know other close friends have had surgery too, but I'm sort of not clear-headed this morning. My grandmother had her gall bladder removed, and later her pericardium (due to its destruction by misprescribed congestive heart failure meds). She had her breastbone put back together after a bad car accident in 1980, too.
4. How about the emergency room? Have you ever had to be taken there, or had to accompany someone else? What happened?
I had to take Nala there for severe muscle spasms in his chest. I had to take my dad there for suspected heart attack, and later when he fell from a ladder (it buckled under him). I had to go for bee stings, and once for a flea bite which made my arm swell up like a watermelon.
5. Have you ever donated blood (or other fluids)?
Yep. Plasma too, back when I was poor. Can't go anymore... that whole gay sex thing.
6. Are you an Organ Donor? How do you feel about having your organs being donated to those in need once you die? Have you or someone you know ever been the recipient of donated organs?
Yes, and I think "why not"... I'm not going to be using them. Nobody I know ever got donated organs. A friend from school, Paul, died waiting on a new heart.
7. Do you know any men who refuse, or are too afraid, to go to see a Doctor? Why are so many men like that?
Don't know why, but a lot of my dad's friends won't go. Some other people I know have a hard time dealing with getting a second opinion.