Going Under

I wasn't sure I was going to be able to post today! I have been in and out of sleep all day. According to my husband I was also in and out of delirium! I went to the doctors office for a an upper GI endoscope. I arrived at 10am with my doting husband ready to sit with me and drive me home, only to discover (nearly 40 minutes later when they finally called my name) that he was not allowed to come with me :(. So I gulped, and followed the nurse into the weirdest room I have ever seen.... A large square room, a nurses station in the middles, normal so far- but there was at least 20 numbered curtained off rooms, all filled with people... People that, despite waiting to be poked, prodded in potentially uncomfortable places(colonoscopy), were talking exuberantly, laughing- it was the loudest doctor visit I have ever had. It was like listening to multiple radio stations at once, I could hear everyone-yet see no one, again kinda odd.  The nurse led me to my own private curtain (#5)- where I sat in an gown(luckily I got to keep my bra on and pants too!) reading my book- trying to plug out all the noise! Who would have guessed that would have been a problem?

A funny nurse came in asking me 20 question while another nurse stuck me in the arm with the IV tube- let me say oww! It still hurts a little- damn IV needle- it really was uncomfortable while I reading my book waiting to be wheeled into the "scope room". Yes, wheeled- it was like being in a Dr show- I got wheeled on a gurney! (Yes the little dumb things in life are what makes it worth while. )

After all the curtian room excitement....I don't remember! Like, any of it. I remember the doctor going over the procedure, the nice nurse sticking a needle in my iv- then nothing...

(the rest of this information is based on my husbands recounts)

My weak stomached husband apparently nearly passed out once he saw me- (I guess on the bright side the idea of me lying in a hospital bed with an IV in my arm, makes him ill- I will need a surrogate husband in the delivery room, won't I?)and I don't remember any it! I nearly made him sick again when I kept trying to show him my iv, again I do not remember this, (but I wish I did lol). I don't remember the doctor talking to us, I don't remember getting moved from the "scope room" back to the large curtained room. I asked my husband multiple times how long he had been there? How long had I been there? I asked "Where am I?" "What did the dr say?" I do not remember any of this! I barely remember getting redressed!

(I do want to note, however, even half-sedated I could recognize I was not in the same numbered curtain as before. Apparently I kept asking my husband what number was up there- and he just thought I was loopy lol! )

So all in all I survived, got to eat after (hadnt eaten since 11:00 the night before), and slept for a few hours. As of now I am to avoid certain sugars, dairy and acidic foods....I think some interesting food posts will come soon...like non-dairy cheese- yes that is a thing- I know you can't wait to hear about it ;)