The lucky day was last thursday. Couldn't eat or drink from midnight the night before. And with the amount of water I've been consuming lately, that was a struggle! This appointment was at HUP (Hospital at University of Penn). No disrespect to anyone I know who may work there, but the environment sucks. I am more than certain my HIPAA rights were violated. I had no choice but to go to that facility. Fortunately, my nurse Robin was delightful.
When I got into the room, I told Robin very clearly that I was not happy about the procedure and my blood pressure proved it. I was sky high and worse cause I couldn't take my meds that morning. She explained to me what the procedure was and that it should take less than 10 minutes. I settled a little until I turn to my left and saw the elephant sized tube that was going to be inserted up my nose!
So it may not be elephant sized, but that shit is thick! She gave me some liquid to snort up my nose to help numb the passageway. Unfortunately, I have never been much of a snorter so it was difficult for me to injest. After a minute she went to go in my left nostril but had difficulty because there was so much fluid that I hadn't injested. So she went in the right one. I cannot even describe how uncomfortable it was. I gagged the entire time and tried to regurgitate it back up. Tears streaming down my face and cheeks red of embarrassment. Just as I begin to breathe, the computer that is monitoring the test CRASHES!
In what fer like forever for the PC to reboot, Robin allowed me to take a selfie!
See that joy in my face????
Procedure lasted another 15 minutes. Some sipping of water, some deep breathes, and the promise to not breathe in between and the test was done. Pulling that elephant out of my nose was no treat either!
The next two nights my throat hurt like a bitch. On the plus side, I never breathed better!
That photo. It's presh. Sorry the procedure was so sucky.
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