OK, so i've been home all day now.... Biopsy went really well. i guess. Ummm - really, i think they should have warned me they were going to light an elephant on fire and cram it through me neck and leave bits of it behind to feel annoying all day. OK, not really a flaming elephant, i'm sure they used standard medical syringes but it sure feels like they used elephants or at least a sword on me.
Oh, the other thing they neglected to say was that they weren't just jabbing me one time. Twice? Nope. Surely, no more than 3 times, right? HA! Four times! The good part was they have a pathologist on hand to make sure the samples are large enough, so i don't get a call in a few days that they need another go around.
Lidocaine is administered to numb out the skin. That however does NOTHING to aleviate the feeling that some one is digging around inside your throat. While pressing down with the ultrasound wand at the same time. Ick.
i feel hoarse. Talking hurts. Swallowing hurts. Sneezing? Let's not go there. So, i stayed home and fiddled with making a steampunk ipod speaker thingy. Nothing like taking your mind off your throat/neck pain by using power tools and really cool sculpture epoxy. Between that and taking a few naps on the couch with the canine dynaic duo and letting ice cream melt in my mouth and slowly trickle down my throat, i've had a very productive day. (the ice cream thing sounds like it might be hot to watch. It's not. Or at least, not hot right now.) Sigh.
Now we play the waiting game until next week. In the mean time - It's almost time for TES Fest! :-) i hope i feel perkier soon.
Oh, the other thing they neglected to say was that they weren't just jabbing me one time. Twice? Nope. Surely, no more than 3 times, right? HA! Four times! The good part was they have a pathologist on hand to make sure the samples are large enough, so i don't get a call in a few days that they need another go around.
Lidocaine is administered to numb out the skin. That however does NOTHING to aleviate the feeling that some one is digging around inside your throat. While pressing down with the ultrasound wand at the same time. Ick.
i feel hoarse. Talking hurts. Swallowing hurts. Sneezing? Let's not go there. So, i stayed home and fiddled with making a steampunk ipod speaker thingy. Nothing like taking your mind off your throat/neck pain by using power tools and really cool sculpture epoxy. Between that and taking a few naps on the couch with the canine dynaic duo and letting ice cream melt in my mouth and slowly trickle down my throat, i've had a very productive day. (the ice cream thing sounds like it might be hot to watch. It's not. Or at least, not hot right now.) Sigh.
Now we play the waiting game until next week. In the mean time - It's almost time for TES Fest! :-) i hope i feel perkier soon.
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