This is me at about 2:40 PM on Thursday, about two hours after my surgery. As you can see, I was pretty happy and mostly pain-free. Coming from my right arm you can see the cable to my blood pressure cuff. The little box with the red dot is my nurse call button. The Hewlett-Packard EKG telemetry transmitter is the gray box next to my right arm, barely visible behind the sheet. You can see one of its leads across my chest & neck. On the inside of my left elbow you can see the dressing for my IV line, which they left in until I was discharged. It was a little uncomfortable, but I’d rather have that in just in case I needed it for more drugs or fluids, than have to undergo yet another IV insertion.

The other pictures are of my catheter entry wounds. They were taken on Saturday and Sunday after surgery. Two of them are of my groin wounds. I’m wearing a jock, so you won’t see more than you want to.

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Catheter Ablation for Tachycardia: My Experience as a Patient. Revised: 11/09/2001
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