Guest guest Posted July 22, 2004 Report Share Posted July 22, 2004 Hi all, For those of you who get this more than once, it means you're in more than one of my groups. Now on to the update. I had the pacemaker put in this morning. I was totally unsedated, which was freaky. Since i had an allergic reaction last time and they didn't know if it was the fentynol or the versed they just gave me morphine so i was alert throughout the whole thing. The lidocaine didn't work very well. I've read studies about how patients with EDS who are given lidocaine it can be less effective i must be one of those lucky ones. I could feel him stitching me up but didn't say anything and just breathed through the pain since the lidocaine wasn't working and he have given me probably 12 shots of it already. I'm sore but doing okay. They gave me a tylenol 3 afterwards and i started laughing at them, it didn't help and they moved on to morphine. And they sent me home with darvocet. I'm dong okay but starting to get concerned. They put a clear plastic covering like a bandage over it and then a pressure dressing, the pressure dressing came loose so i looked at it and the clear bandage is half way filled with blood. I plan on calling the nurse first thing in the morning. Other than that things are going good. I have my arm in a sling for the next few days because movement of the arm can cause the leads to come out of place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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