Wednesday, 25 April 2012

Hickman Line

April 25, 2012

We came in a bit earlier than the 10:30 requested for the 11:00 appointment and got a weekly parking pass set up. This means it's only $50 a week instead of $23 per day. That would have cost about $700 for the month!

Next, we went to the designated reception area and we're called in at 11:07 - a new world record! Then we were in a radiology ward, which RELSH says is the 'safest' place. They shaved my upper right chest area, so I'm now left-heavy and I expect I may develop a limp to the left. At about 12:30, the procedure room was available and a nurse took me in and prepped me. Basically more shaving and positing and covering me.

The doctor came in and did the procedure in about 20 minutes. It was somewhat painful as the local anaesthetic didn't seem adequate. But in the end it wasn't so bad. I believe the weight of the line more than compensates for the shaving, so now I think i'll lean to the right.

I am now a Borg.

3 comments:

  1. Funny, that's exactly how it went for 7 of 9.

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  2. OK enough already. I mean it's only day Zero and your doctors are already exhibiting mass incompetence.

    How are you supposed to develop super powers if there is no way for a spider, scorpion or other really cool insect to get inside the lead chamber thingy.

    As an aside, Peter Parker used his tech/science skill to make the web shooters and fluid so your first plan of action should be to gain lab privileges. A suitable pretext could be a perfectly innocent desire to improve the cafeterias lime jello. You could also check out the radiology scanners, you never know when x-ray or MRI vision could come in handy.

    WRKAH

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  3. Peter Parker ... we know the real one and his superpowers along with some of his more basic applications are currently in the shop, hopefully for retooling. I am hoping Captain Atom, that while enduring all these expensive procedures, your 'team' can also insert...(I mean that with love) an invisibility cloak to assist in the grabbing of Buckets of Bullion which I believe is the going rate for being given aforementioned superpowers without parking...you already got that at a steal.

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