After I got into the chair and was hooked up to all of the machines, they gave me a nitrous oxide mask and one of the nurses began to administer the IV. I don't like needles so I looked away while she was doing this. She first numbed the area with lidocaine, and then spent around a minute trying to do the IV. She finally got it taped down and a few minutes later the doc walked in.
He didn't really say anything to me, he just got out a syringe and injected it into the IV line. I felt increased pressure in my arm but didn't go out. He says, "I'm impressed," and I wasn't sure what he was talking about. Everyone just stood around watching me for about 45 seconds until he said, "Why isn't he going out? Is he a drug user?" Then my eyelids shut and I heard, "ah, there he goes."
They started getting their instruments ready and I had to fight to open my eyes to tell them I was awake. He said in a surprised and serious yet condescending tone, "What? He's still awake. Are you a hardcore drug user?" Keep in mind at this point I'm already feeling extremely odd and I can hear my heart beating extremely fast on the monitor.
Another nurse administered a new IV on my left arm. Within 30 seconds I was out.
He told me this was only the second time anything like this has ever happened in his 30-something year career. The IV wasn't actually in my blood vessel, and all of the medication pooled under my skin and caused bruising and pain. I have never taken drugs in my life.
I give the whole ordeal a 3/10 rating. Would not do again.
He didn't really say anything to me, he just got out a syringe and injected it into the IV line. I felt increased pressure in my arm but didn't go out. He says, "I'm impressed," and I wasn't sure what he was talking about. Everyone just stood around watching me for about 45 seconds until he said, "Why isn't he going out? Is he a drug user?" Then my eyelids shut and I heard, "ah, there he goes."
They started getting their instruments ready and I had to fight to open my eyes to tell them I was awake. He said in a surprised and serious yet condescending tone, "What? He's still awake. Are you a hardcore drug user?" Keep in mind at this point I'm already feeling extremely odd and I can hear my heart beating extremely fast on the monitor.
Another nurse administered a new IV on my left arm. Within 30 seconds I was out.
He told me this was only the second time anything like this has ever happened in his 30-something year career. The IV wasn't actually in my blood vessel, and all of the medication pooled under my skin and caused bruising and pain. I have never taken drugs in my life.
I give the whole ordeal a 3/10 rating. Would not do again.
! I heard bananas help bruises...something about vitamins.
