Thursday, March 24, 2005
lookin swell, Dolly
ok. apparently the swelling in my right leg was officially deemed "not normal" and at today's appointment, i had to go to the ultrasound lab in the hospital and have a doppler scan of my leg. which no one told me what that was. but there was mention of blood clots in my leg, so that's what they were looking for. It was negative. But that whole time i was worried about dying of a blood clot in my right wrist b/c the vein that they stuck my IV (from the food poisoning blog) in hardened and it hurt so much.(last weeks appointment, my doc told me in a very nice doctorly way, you can't die from a blood clot in your wrist. reminds me of the time I was reading through a list of Prostate Cancer Symptoms and I was convinced I had it until my sister-in-law told me that I didn't actually HAVE a prostate. where the hell was I during that health class?). SO you can thank me all for not ever considering being in the medical field, although I did have a fleeting thought about bio-medical engineering, im certain, i wouldn't be diagnosing anyone. and its a good thing i never opened a clinic for women with prostate cancer. the strange thing is that week after week i go to my prenatal appointments and they tell me all the aches and pains i feel are normal. so when i read "mild swelling" but i look at my leg and it looks like elephantitis, i think im finally not normal. there was a bit of pleasure in that fact, every hypochondriac has that moment. weeks pregnant: 33.
ok. apparently the swelling in my right leg was officially deemed "not normal" and at today's appointment, i had to go to the ultrasound lab in the hospital and have a doppler scan of my leg. which no one told me what that was. but there was mention of blood clots in my leg, so that's what they were looking for. It was negative. But that whole time i was worried about dying of a blood clot in my right wrist b/c the vein that they stuck my IV (from the food poisoning blog) in hardened and it hurt so much.(last weeks appointment, my doc told me in a very nice doctorly way, you can't die from a blood clot in your wrist. reminds me of the time I was reading through a list of Prostate Cancer Symptoms and I was convinced I had it until my sister-in-law told me that I didn't actually HAVE a prostate. where the hell was I during that health class?). SO you can thank me all for not ever considering being in the medical field, although I did have a fleeting thought about bio-medical engineering, im certain, i wouldn't be diagnosing anyone. and its a good thing i never opened a clinic for women with prostate cancer. the strange thing is that week after week i go to my prenatal appointments and they tell me all the aches and pains i feel are normal. so when i read "mild swelling" but i look at my leg and it looks like elephantitis, i think im finally not normal. there was a bit of pleasure in that fact, every hypochondriac has that moment. weeks pregnant: 33.
