Thursday, October 23, 2008
Cover: Blown. Belly: Tapped.
Not that I am actually very anonymous, or anything...
Dr. Hayes and Lita told me yesterday that another patient had brought in some printouts from my blog mentioning their names. My mind raced...had I said anything unflattering or unsuitable? I didn't think so. I've actually gotten some emails from people seeking contact information for them. Once somebody even Meebo'd me looking for Lita's email address. I'm happy to tell anyone that my oncology team is fantastic. (And I'm not just saying that because I'm worried they're now reading what I have to say!)
I also broke my record yesterday and had 3.02 liters of frothy, green fluid sucked out of my belly. Since I didn't have time to take any Xanax, I was relatively alert and had a nice discussion with the PA and the other technician about the water that's in the vacuum bottles. The question was whether or not the bottles always have water in them. The PA read the bottle, and it indicated that they are always treated with hot steam for sterilization purposes.
I pointed out when the steam cools, not only would it result in water, but it would help create the suction, as well. "I suppose the air would get heated and then also cool off, creating more suction."
They were impressed by my scientific acumen and wanted to know how I knew. I pointed out that you can do an experiment where you put a lit candle in a dish of water, then cover the candle with a glass. The candle will go out when the oxygen is exhausted, the air cools off, and it will suck water up into the glass due to the creation of a vacuum.
"Are you a chemist, or something?" They asked.
"No, I think I saw it on 'Bill Nye the Science Guy'. I'm a librarian."
Everybody laughed. Well, he's scientific. "Yeah," the technician commented. "It totally says so in his name!"
I suppose they might have some other means for creating vacuum in those bottles, since I have no way to calculate or prove how much the cooling action of the steam might create it, but I still maintain it's possible. Surely they wouldn't want the vacuum to be too strong, otherwise the catheter would start to suck out my innards.
Dr. Hayes and Lita told me yesterday that another patient had brought in some printouts from my blog mentioning their names. My mind raced...had I said anything unflattering or unsuitable? I didn't think so. I've actually gotten some emails from people seeking contact information for them. Once somebody even Meebo'd me looking for Lita's email address. I'm happy to tell anyone that my oncology team is fantastic. (And I'm not just saying that because I'm worried they're now reading what I have to say!)
I also broke my record yesterday and had 3.02 liters of frothy, green fluid sucked out of my belly. Since I didn't have time to take any Xanax, I was relatively alert and had a nice discussion with the PA and the other technician about the water that's in the vacuum bottles. The question was whether or not the bottles always have water in them. The PA read the bottle, and it indicated that they are always treated with hot steam for sterilization purposes.
I pointed out when the steam cools, not only would it result in water, but it would help create the suction, as well. "I suppose the air would get heated and then also cool off, creating more suction."
They were impressed by my scientific acumen and wanted to know how I knew. I pointed out that you can do an experiment where you put a lit candle in a dish of water, then cover the candle with a glass. The candle will go out when the oxygen is exhausted, the air cools off, and it will suck water up into the glass due to the creation of a vacuum.
"Are you a chemist, or something?" They asked.
"No, I think I saw it on 'Bill Nye the Science Guy'. I'm a librarian."
Everybody laughed. Well, he's scientific. "Yeah," the technician commented. "It totally says so in his name!"
I suppose they might have some other means for creating vacuum in those bottles, since I have no way to calculate or prove how much the cooling action of the steam might create it, but I still maintain it's possible. Surely they wouldn't want the vacuum to be too strong, otherwise the catheter would start to suck out my innards.
Labels: Dr. Hayes, Lita, paracentesis
Comments:
Hi Janet,
I hope you are feeling better after your taps, and that your femor is OK. I am sorry you are going through so much.
Take care,
Jill (your blog fan)
P.S. I did not tell your oncologist about your blog. Although I went to law school at U of M, I now live in San Francisco.
I hope you are feeling better after your taps, and that your femor is OK. I am sorry you are going through so much.
Take care,
Jill (your blog fan)
P.S. I did not tell your oncologist about your blog. Although I went to law school at U of M, I now live in San Francisco.
# posted by 
: 10:26 PM
: 10:26 PM
Hi Jill. :)
Ok, you're off the hook for telling my doctor about this blog.
Me am jealous--I love San Francisco; it's a beautiful city.
Ok, you're off the hook for telling my doctor about this blog.
Me am jealous--I love San Francisco; it's a beautiful city.
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What ever it is. My personal request to all of you to work and gather information regarding this subject and let others also know further. I can say you millions of people are still on earth suffering from cancers – some of them even doesn’t know what cancer is all about.
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