They got the catheter in first try again this time. That’s a good thing. The bad thing is I’d already worked myself into a state before they even tried to put the needle in. I can handle everything else, the noise of the machine, the hot feeling in my head and the feeling of needing to pee from the contrast dye, I just can’t handle the needles, especially when they can’t get it into my vein on the first try.

Today I had the thought that I was probably lucky I’m still getting CT’s. When they stop, I’ll be in trouble. I’ll try to remember this at my next CT.