Hi everyone,
Just got into Phoenix today to check into the Barrow/St. Joseph hospital for my next angio on Friday morning, and possibly an embo too.
Anyone have any good doctor jokes? I need a new arsenal for this trip.
I have one for my anesthesiologist - see what you think: 'I dated an anesthesiologist once. But I didn't feel anything'.
Did I hear booing?! lol. Okay, tell me what you've got. I need new material - quick!
I'll let you know how it all goes.
Tori
All the best
lol best wishes and prayers
Just dedicated a song for you on our sub-group Musical Dedications!! It’s time to get well!!!
Hi Tori. I chose the song because you have helped so many people on here!!!
Hi Tori, My wife was at SJH to in Apr 5,2011 and stayed a week. She had an AVM and embolization done but next week will have the Gamma Knife. Our Doctor is Dr. Nakagi who is great. Good luck and think positive.
Hi Tori,
Thinking of you and best wishes!!! Hope you are recovering well and out of there soon.
Isabella
Not sure if this is a good one since my Doctor did not have a sense of humor. I think all of them don’t. I’ll share anyway. After I woke up from my AVM surgery, the first thing i visualized was the gold wrist watch of my Neurosurgeon. The first thing i said was… "Hey doc!!! I see the surgery was a success. All the surgical tools are accounted for including your wrist watch. Ahhh!!! he did not get it…
Either that or he had no sense of humor. Keep up the positive attitude.
cristina matias said:
Not sure if this is a good one since my Doctor did not have a sense of humor. I think all of them don't. I'll share anyway. After I woke up from my AVM surgery, the first thing i visualized was the gold wrist watch of my Neurosurgeon. The first thing i said was..... "Hey doc!!! I see the surgery was a success. All the surgical tools are accounted for including your wrist watch. Ahhh!!! he did not get it..
Hey Tori, I'm afraid my jokes have 'gone' when they had to take a little of my brain.
I did like your joke though and I thought Andy's was fantastic!
Take care and let us know how it all goes. Thoughts and prayers are with you.
Hi everyone,
First and foremost I want to tell you all how much I appreciate your support and encouragement - THANK YOU so much! You all help me through these trying times more than you can ever really know.
Barbara - thank you for the song dedication. That choked me up and brought a tear to my eye. *sniff* I had never heard that song before. It made me feel good, and gave me a huge smile.
The update: I was flat on my back for 13 hours. 6 hours of that was on the table in the angio suite. The angio went well, and then they attempted to perform an embo, but because the feeder vein into the AVM is narrower than their smallest catheter, they weren't able to access the AVM, so had to abandon the procedure.
The next 6 hours were on my back in recovery. Because they are unable to go in through the left femoral artery they've had to use the right side every time. Now there's so much scar tissue built up they were unable to put in the closure device, so that added to the time I had to lie flat afterwards.
I'm back on the 'wait and watch' approach. If the deficits don't progress during the next 3 years I'll go back in three years for another angio. If the deficits progress during the next 3 years, the docs said they'll need to consider surgery to remove the AVM. That is a prospect I am hoping we can continue to avoid if at all possible. Because the docs have told me attempting to remove it would likely make me a quad, I am totally uncomfortable even considering that as an option, but fortunately I may not even have to make that decision.
We got home Saturday night, with me having made most of the trip lying down in the back seat, and stopping to get out of the car and walk around once an hour. I was never so happy to see my own bed!!
The bruising from the IVs and all the red marks from an adhesive allergy are fading, though the incision site will probably continue to be sore and a little painful. I got a couple of blisters on the inside of my bottom lip, from the intubating tube, and I'll be really glad when those finally clear up - they bug me! lol.
All things said and done, I'm doing well, and so happy to have made it through yet another trip. Keep your fingers crossed for me that I won't have to do any of this again for another 3 years!
Thanks again everyone - you all rock!
Tori
P.S. Oh, I'd meant to say that Dr. McDougall said that because the feeder vein is as small as it is it makes the re-bleed risk smaller too. I guess we all would have kind of figured as much, but it was great to hear it.
Hi Tori,
Glad to hear that you are back home and recovering!!! Its always tough with those repeated trips for angiograms. I am scheduled for a second one in May. This will be my first one since embolization that was done last year. Hang in there and hopefully, you won't need anymore treatments!
Best Wishes, Isabella
Thank you Isabella.
I hope you'll be keeping us posted on your angio next month.
Take good care,
Tori
i actually thought that joke was pretty funny. hope everything is going good. keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.
Tonna
Hi Tori,
So glad you're back home, recovering from the trip and procedure - sounds EXHAUSTING (in many, many ways!)
That's excellent news the risks of a rebleed have decreased, so I'll keep my fingers crossed the AVM will 'behave' itself! :)
Take care & enjoy home, sweet home!
Patti
Christina -I think your joke about all the surgical tools and doctor's watch being accounted for is not only funny, but happens to be something we hope is true! Thanks for the laugh. I'm surprised your doctor didn't get that one and think it was funny. My guess is s/he's heard it before - it's getting more challenging to come up with some they haven't all heard.
Tonna and Patti - thank you both. ;-) The recuperating is going well, and I'm so happy to be sleeping in my own bed again!
Tori
I have one, kind of. It's not really a joke, but a true story that was funny.
My husband asked my neurosurgeon right after my emergency brain surgery if along with the AVM the doctor had removed my bad memories of all the stupid things he had done and said in our marraige. The neurosurgeon said "if we could do that, we'd all be millionaires, and I'd be a really popular guy".
Love that! Thanks for the laugh!
Kat Sanders said:
I have one, kind of. It's not really a joke, but a true story that was funny.
My husband asked my neurosurgeon right after my emergency brain surgery if along with the AVM the doctor had removed my bad memories of all the stupid things he had done and said in our marraige. The neurosurgeon said "if we could do that, we'd all be millionaires, and I'd be a really popular guy".