Well, that didn't go as planned

"Tekamul" (tekamulburner) 01/25/2019 at 08:25 • Filed to: None

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More personal crap to follow up the other personal crap I talked about the other day

As I mentioned here on Tuesday, I was supposed to have surgery Wednesday for a tumor. Well, on Tuesday I had a pre-op procedure to test blood flow with one of my carotid arteries occluded to measure flow. They do that by running a catheter up through your arteries to you neck and inflating a balloon to stop flow. About half way through the procedure, the balloon popped! WTF! Luckily, it didn’t tear my artery open, which is apparently what usually happens when they pop, instead it just tore the first layer on the interior. So instead, I have to rest and recover and not stroke out for a couple months, and they’ll go back and do the surgery.

So, Oppo, you’re not rid of me yet, just barely.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Tekamul 01/25/2019 at 08:34

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farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Tekamul 01/25/2019 at 08:35

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O.o

glad your still here mate.... but damn it sounds like they need to buy some better balloons

vondon302 > Tekamul 01/25/2019 at 08:35

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Well damn that’s not a confidence builder.

Get well.

Svend > Tekamul 01/25/2019 at 08:38

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Mate, your still with us and that’s the main thing.

A burst balloon is quite uncommon thankfully.

Tekamul > Svend 01/25/2019 at 08:43

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Yeah, the only statistics I can find say <0.2%. Let’s just say the doc to r was rather short with the technician  when it happened.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Tekamul 01/25/2019 at 08:48

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That’s what happens when you shop on www.bargainballoons.ca .

I am glad you are OK(ish).

Tekamul > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 01/25/2019 at 08:54

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I do recall the tech selecting the one with a clown face on it.  I should’ve taken that as an omen.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Tekamul 01/25/2019 at 09:13

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Glad you’re still with us!

Svend > Tekamul 01/25/2019 at 10:00

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Ye’, I was trying to be tactful. It’s more common for those rare occasions to be operator error than a manufacturing defect. 

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Tekamul 01/29/2019 at 10:42

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Trojans are very unreliable. Ask them to use a higher quality rubber next time.

Chariotoflove > Tekamul 02/01/2019 at 13:10

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Didn’t see this the first go around.  This is scary as hell.  I’m glad I’m seeing the post late so I know you’re okay.