Midway

I have had my 'procedure' and Mum will be having hers on Saturday.
I had a small hole dug in my groin and into that went a catheter, then some coloured liquid so that I could be monitored from the radiology screen. (this makes my leg go all warm - nice!) Then they inserted a balloon on a stick and tried to blow it up inside the artery (looks like an egg timer). Twice they did this but the ballon would not stay up so they had to insert a stent ( a short length of rubber bicycle type of 'chicken wire' looks like a tyre valve) Then they reverse the whole thing again and bobs yer uncle!! I had to lay flat of couse and could not get up for a pee and my back was acheing from lying flat, so I was ready to get up when told!
Mum starts her enema tomorrow morning - three packets of jollop which each make up to 1.5 litres of liquid, which she must drink during the day to flush out the system - she is dreading this as it means almost full time on the loo!!
No food after midnight and then up to the Horton Hospital day case unit for the photos.
I am making light of all this, of course, but we will both be glad when she has not got this 'procedure' to worry about.
Thanks to you all for your concern and especially to Steve, who is doing the taxying. Love to all from Dad