Wednesday of last week I had to go to TV hospital for a procedure. The nurse in the unit that would be doing the work called a few days in advance and went over all my medications and told me to not take my Metformin that morning. I had another call the day before to let me know where to arrive and check-in, and I would have a co-pay of $295.
The morning came I went to the hospital, unfortunately all the parking is on the 441 side, and the main entrance is on the west side of the building. They do have employees driving golf carts back and forth from the parking lots, but we just walked for the exercise.
After checking in, I went to another room where they took a blood sample, and then to a pre-op room where I changed into a gown, had an IV inserted and was talked to by several people who all seemed very competent. Dr. Chang did the work, he took a biopsy of my lymph nodes. Another worker had been there earlier and said you'll get a local anesthetic that will feel like a bee sting. Which it did, and after that I didn't feel a thing. They put a large needle into my lymph nodes under my arm pit and took a sample. I was checked out soon afterwards and all was well.
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