True Junkie

My arms officially look like a true junkie. Not only do I have the three bruises and needle marks going up my arm but I have a black wrist on the other. During yesterday's CAT scan they couldn't find any veins to put the angiocatheter into my arm for the dye. So low and behold they had to go through the middle of my wrist which hurt like hell. A bit of fire going up through my vein and then they had to rip it out later. Last night my wrist swelled as though I had a golf ball stuck inside and it was protruding out through the "normal" unbruised side. I slept with an ice pack and this morning I have mobility back with a very interesting bruise and blood clot marks that take up about four inches on the inside of my arm. Very sexy! I was thinking of having it tattooed that way.

I saw some friends on the street during my walk last night and they all stared at my arms and hands because of all the bruising; I think they were trying to decide if it was polite to ask me if I had been raped and pillaged.

Well, I'm off to the park to get a little color and for my afternoon nap in hopes of fading my junkie arms. Can you imagine what I'll look like after surgery if they are already having major problems with my veins?