Now that the fistula is working properly it’s time to have the port removed. In some cases they do this in the office. In my case no procedure can be done in the office and must be done as an outpatient. So we went to the hospital where they told us they were running about 45 minutes late. If you ever been to the hospital before 45 minutes isn’t bad for waiting. They took me into the back room where they had me put on a gown and go over my medications and medical history. Then the next thing they have to do is start the I.V. in most cases this is done quite quickly. In my case the first nurse tried twice. The next nurse tried once. Then they called in the anesthesiologist he never misses. He tried once the arm and twice in the wrist then he gave up. They thought for a second maybe they would put an iv in my leg. Then they looked at my legs and remembered all the scar tissue and decided not to go there. Then they decided maybe they would go for the neck. Before they could do that the Doctor came in and said we don’t need the blood tests and really don’t need the IV. Instead he would give me a local and pull it out in the preop room. So he told the anesthesiologist to standby just in case and he did the procedure. The whole procedure took about 10 minutes. Since there is no anesthesia there was no real recovery time. My wife stayed in the room with me while this was going on so as soon as the procedure stop bleeding and they were able to put a little glue on top. I was able to go home.
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