Had my second and last post operation visit with the surgeon who installed my pain pump.
Said my incisions (all three!) were looking healthy and that unless they somehow get infected or I start having some of the bad side effects some pain pump recipients get, that, well, it was nice knowing me.
I see Pain Doctor next week for my first visit with him since the surgery.
Pain Doctor will use a remote control device that communicates through my skin to the pain pump to adjust the dose. (That's a photo to the right, of the same pain pump and catheter I now have, and the gizmo Pain Doctor will use to program the rate of medicine release.)
Ready to crank this puppy up a bit.
I received a medic alert type card with my pain pump info on it in the mail a couple of weeks ago, but yesterday finally read all the material that came with it.
I had carefully inspected the card to ensure all was correct, but after reading the associated letter, I needed to change the doctor's name and number on the card from the surgeon's name to Pain Doctor's name and number.
The card needs to have the doctor's info for the doctor filling and adjusting the pain pump instead of the surgeon.
I got an email today telling me my new implant ID card is on the way.
I thought it might be a good idea to get a medic alert ID bracelet or necklace and put the fact that I'm diabetic and that I now have this pain pump on the necklace or bracelet.
On several sites they mentioned that most paramedics are trained to look for a medic alert necklace or bracelet, and don't look in people's wallets.
That's good to know. I guess I'll have to buy me some BLING in the near future.
So much for my spiffy medic alert card I put in my wallet, eh?
3 comments:
Make sure it's something classy!
Something nice and shiny John, would look good.
Good luck.
Too bad they don't make the medic alert necklaces to look like a rapper's huge, diamond-encrusted, dollar sign. That would be cool.
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