Comments on: I’m Home!!!! http://bloggochicago.com/2006/04/23/im-home/ blah blah blah from the northwest side Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:34:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: jane http://bloggochicago.com/2006/04/23/im-home/comment-page-1/#comment-2295 jane Sat, 29 Apr 2006 09:06:22 +0000 http://bloggochicago.com/2006/04/23/im-home/#comment-2295 I'm so glad you're home. I've been thinking about you ever since you went in the hospital. Hopefully all of these treatments will be a success. Welcome home :) I’m so glad you’re home. I’ve been thinking about you ever since you went in the hospital. Hopefully all of these treatments will be a success. Welcome home :)

]]> By: Margaret http://bloggochicago.com/2006/04/23/im-home/comment-page-1/#comment-2294 Margaret Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:59:09 +0000 http://bloggochicago.com/2006/04/23/im-home/#comment-2294 Yay! So glad you're at home-sweet-home, Barb. Did your kitties miss you? Yay! So glad you’re at home-sweet-home, Barb. Did your kitties miss you?

]]> By: barb http://bloggochicago.com/2006/04/23/im-home/comment-page-1/#comment-2293 barb Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:57:11 +0000 http://bloggochicago.com/2006/04/23/im-home/#comment-2293 thanks, everyone! :mrgreen: thanks, everyone! :mrgreen:

]]> By: hellonheels http://bloggochicago.com/2006/04/23/im-home/comment-page-1/#comment-2292 hellonheels Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:54:52 +0000 http://bloggochicago.com/2006/04/23/im-home/#comment-2292 welcome home Barb. I missed you! welcome home Barb. I missed you!

]]> By: Cheryl http://bloggochicago.com/2006/04/23/im-home/comment-page-1/#comment-2291 Cheryl Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:42:19 +0000 http://bloggochicago.com/2006/04/23/im-home/#comment-2291 Glad that you are home and doing well. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this works for you!! :D Glad that you are home and doing well. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that this works for you!! :D

]]> By: Mr. Fabulous http://bloggochicago.com/2006/04/23/im-home/comment-page-1/#comment-2290 Mr. Fabulous Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:05:01 +0000 http://bloggochicago.com/2006/04/23/im-home/#comment-2290 Yay! Welcome home! Yay! Welcome home!

]]> By: April http://bloggochicago.com/2006/04/23/im-home/comment-page-1/#comment-2289 April Tue, 25 Apr 2006 04:25:47 +0000 http://bloggochicago.com/2006/04/23/im-home/#comment-2289 Thanks for updating Barb, lol. Thanks for updating Barb, lol.

]]> By: KentuckyGirl http://bloggochicago.com/2006/04/23/im-home/comment-page-1/#comment-2288 KentuckyGirl Mon, 24 Apr 2006 22:41:00 +0000 http://bloggochicago.com/2006/04/23/im-home/#comment-2288 YAY! Glad to see you home! :) Hope everything went as well as you wanted. ;) YAY! Glad to see you home! :) Hope everything went as well as you wanted. ;)

]]> By: barb http://bloggochicago.com/2006/04/23/im-home/comment-page-1/#comment-2287 barb Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:35:09 +0000 http://bloggochicago.com/2006/04/23/im-home/#comment-2287 thanks, everybody!!! i'm glad to be back. :D as far as pain goes, what hurts the most are the places where the anesthesiologist stabs me with the needle for the IV. i actually have a bruise in one spot on my arm! patients are under general anesthesia when the procedure is performed, so you don't feel the shock at all. they also give you some sort of muscle relaxer so that the convulsions are very mild and only occur at the crook of your elbow. according to the doctor the whole thing lasts about 3 minutes. i think what takes so long is coming out of anesthesia. today was the first time i did it as an outpatient. we were at the hospital for about 2-1/2 hours. hope that answers any questions. :) thanks, everybody!!! i’m glad to be back. :D as far as pain goes, what hurts the most are the places where the anesthesiologist stabs me with the needle for the IV. i actually have a bruise in one spot on my arm!

patients are under general anesthesia when the procedure is performed, so you don’t feel the shock at all. they also give you some sort of muscle relaxer so that the convulsions are very mild and only occur at the crook of your elbow. according to the doctor the whole thing lasts about 3 minutes. i think what takes so long is coming out of anesthesia.

today was the first time i did it as an outpatient. we were at the hospital for about 2-1/2 hours. hope that answers any questions. :)

]]> By: Deb_LA http://bloggochicago.com/2006/04/23/im-home/comment-page-1/#comment-2286 Deb_LA Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:15:33 +0000 http://bloggochicago.com/2006/04/23/im-home/#comment-2286 Welcome home, Barb!! We missed you!! :P Welcome home, Barb!! We missed you!! :P

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