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Skriven 2014-12-11 12:36:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: health 406
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 12-09-14  14:21 <=-

 ML>> The standard dose is administered with a bag of fluid, is it
 ML>> not? 
 NB>> Not usually.  In the case of the iron, it's in it's own little pouch,
 NB>> kinda like a blood transfusion.  They sometimes hang a bag of fluid to
 NB>> either somewhat dilute it as it goes in (both feed at the same time)
 NB>> or to chase the last bits in at the end...
 ML> How much iron does one get in how much substrate? 
 ML> Just curious. I'd have thought that to get enough
 ML> minerals to make a difference a fair amount of
 ML> volume would have to be administered (thinking of
 ML> my experience with vein irritation).

I don't remember specifics at the moment.  Last infusion was back in
July...  It's some standard amount in a standard pouch/small bag... 
I'll have to pay more mind when I go in January, if I need it then.  The
first time I got the infusions, it was 10 over the space of about 10
weeks... now I'm just getting one every 6 months, unless my numbers are
good enough to skip one...  Dunno about other minerals, but the iron is
in solution, darkish red-brown... first time ever, I was struck by the
resemblance to a rusty nail, and by the time I got home had worked up a
thirst for a wee dram of scotch... ;)  The iron itself can be a bit
irritating, which is why last time they decided to add the extra fluid
bag to dilute it some as it went into the vein, and to slow down the
rate a little.  They'd been pushing it a little on the fast side...

 ML>> Actually, now that I recall, she said that they'd been trying
 ML>> to get rid of her for 50 years. She had to be 70 if a day. The
 ML>> hyperbolic part was probably the getting rid of part - she was
 ML>> distinctly eccentric and kind of anti-authority, but her skills
 ML>> were such that they probably wouldn't have actually fired her
 ML>> for (what I see as) normal quirkiness.
 NB>> Even the timespan had to be somewhat hyperbole... She'd have to
 NB>> have worked long enough for them in order that they would have
 NB>> appreciated her abilities... In the early days she could have been
 NB>> more easily let go for less cause...
 ML> Hard to tell about any of that. It might have been a
 ML> total joke, but it was told with an edge of bitterness
 ML> that belied that possibility.

I suspect that it began as a joke, maybe even soon after her hire, but
she may well be feeling under-appreciated... and I can believe the edge
of bitterness, and even that now there is some talk of wanting to get
rid of her from some sectors...  She's probably also always been pretty
good at what she does, some seem to be naturals at it...  :)

 ML> So yesterday for my followup some confident soul poked me
 ML> ... and failed. It took a while to find a vein that would
 ML> cooperate, but after tourniquets and a bunch of shaking and
 ML> slapping, she managed to squeeze out three tubes.

Sigh.  At least something finally cooperated with her... :)  And at
least it seems that some of your veins might be healing from their
ordeal... ;)   Sometimes it seems to help to put a hot pack over the
vein(s) to help them pop up and be cooperative... 

ttyl      neb

... Cooking tip:  Wrap leftover turkey in aluminum foil and throw it out

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