Ok, so I met the weight loss doc face-to-face for the first time today. He asked if I had questions, and I told him my only concern was the bloodclots I had from the big-time surgery 3 years ago. Immediately, doc scheduled me for a bonus procedure in the morning. I have to be at the hospital at 7 am so some type of radiologist can run a IVC filter up through a vein in my groin! Oh, the best part is they'll offer me MILD SEDATION! I mean, knock a girl out all the way!!!
So, as if I weren't freaked out enough already, I got home and started googling while my kids played in the bath. Um....IVC filters can "migrate" to your heart or lungs if they break loose and can cause death.....which is what we're trying to prevent in the first place....death by bloodclots. I'm a nervous wreck. I went googling to find out about the procedure...mostly if I'd feel anything while MILDLY sedated...and now until it's removed (from my freaking jugular vein by the way)...I'll be thinking about this MF-er "migrating."
Don't know what an IVC Filter is? Neither did I - this is what I found: http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=VenaCavaFilter
Please keep me in your prayers Friday morning (Oh God, it's Friday the 13th!), as I go have this procedure done. I'm scared out of my mind!!!
~4 Days Pre-Lapband~
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