well its all over and I came out clear so I am good for another five years. An indication of how low my brain content was after 5 days of bland low fiber food and then three days of a liquid fast is that one the day of the procedure while trying to occupy my mind until it was time to go, I tried to figure out how to sew a warp and had made for a Navajo weaving onto the weaving beams. I sat up stairs for two hours reading the directions and trying to follow them with no success. Today I went upstairs after my bike ride and whipped it out without referring to directions, in less than 30 minutes.

Two items of note. This is the first time ever that I have had an IV that didn't leave horrendous swelling and bruising. Not a mark to be seen, even just after surgery. And this is the first time I have ever had a doctor ( and actually it was the sleep dr.) ask me about my low heart rate instead of immediately assuming that I was brachyocardic and in dire danger of "starving my circle of willis". Or at least that is what I think they always say. ( my normal resting pulse rate/ heartbeat is 45-48 bpm and that day it was 149) so I explained to him that it was a bit elevated because of anxiety, and then explained my training routine. All he had to say was "well there's your thank you from your heart, you're going to sleep now." and boy howdy did I.