My poor bladder
Yesterday I had the pelvic ultra sound. Let me tell you how it went. An hour and a half before the appointment, they have you drink 32oz of water and you're supposed to hold it in your bladder until after the ultra sound. That's a lot of water to hold! A half hour before my appointment I can already feel I need to pee pretty bad. So I'm rushing to the hospital. By the time I get there, I'm in pain from the pressure of my bladder. (I'm going there because of my pelvic pains... this isn't making it any better!!) Just walking from the parking lot into the hospital I'm limping. Each minute that goes by the pain is getting worse. I'm thinking, any minute now, I'm going to pee on myself! I get to the radiology department and tell the lady behind the desk how badly I need to pee and how much it hurts trying to hold it. She tells me, "Ok, you need to get registered first then I'll ask the tech how much longer it is til it's your turn." There was 3 other people ahead of me! I couldn't sit, I couldn't stand. 10 mins goes by and I still haven't heard my name, so I walk up to the desk again. I told the lady.. "I'm going to pee on myself any minute here!" So she started to register me. As I'm standing there, I'm hopping and dancing around.. doing the "pee-pee dance". The pain was just getting worse. Tears started streaming out of my eyes. The ultra sound tech was just behind her, so she said it was my turn and she'll try to get it done as fast as possible. She walks me down the hall and I'm hobbling along, crouched over, with tears still running down my face. I could bearly get myself up on the table. While she was doing the ultra sound, she was pressing on my bladder. I start to clench up because of the pain. I'm still crying. The tech was looking at my bladder and was like.."Oh yeah, you did real good on your bladder." -NO SHIT! I'm about to explode! So she's looking around my pelvic and taking pictures. Then asks me if I knew what she was supposed to be looking for. Shouldn't she have known that before I got there?? Come on lady, do your job! I told her that there was something in the CT scan that they were unsure of and wanted a second look with the ultra sound. So the lady said she need to step out to read my ct report. Before she leaves she asks me if I'll be OK. I'm about to pee on myself, -No, I don't think I'll be ok. I said to her I hoped she was a speed reader. Finally she came back, took a few more looks around my pelvis and told me I could finally pee. I swear I was on the toilet for a good 5 minutes. After I was done, I came back to the room and layed back down. I was in so much relief I wanted to curl up and go to sleep. What a horrible experience.
posted by Linda V @ 8:14 AM
1 Comments:
You're a saint. When I had that done to me last summer I snuck in a quick, short pee before I left the house. The tech was none the wiser. I will carry the secret to my grave!
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