Again, it's been a while. Recovery this time has been absolute balls.
While seeing my 3 specialists, it was decided that I should have my tonsils removed. My right one, is constantly inflammed, and the thought was that they could be contributing to my recurrent infections. Let me just say, if you are an adult, DON'T LET THEM TAKE OUT YOUR TONSILS!
For the first 2 days after surgery, I felt ok. I thought maybe this was my light at the end of the tunnel, and then my symptoms came back. Worse then ever. And the pain became unimaginable! So I called my surgeon, after I saw my rheumatologist (who said my throat was infected, and I had a temp of over 103), and my surgeon said that infection after this "routine surgery" is "impossible" so I should just rest and wait to see him the following week. Fuck that. I wasn't waiting. I went to see my PCP. Who verified that my throat was extremely infected, and possibly close to the point of abscess. AWESOME. So more meds for me, and bed rest. Story of my life.
I can't imagine how a surgeon who is dealing with a patient who has recurrent infections of unknown origin, can say I can't get an infection. Surgeons cut, thats what they do. Patient care, sucks.
So my diet is still liquid and soft foods. I've started drinking ensure plus, with a carnation instant breakfast in it, ice cream in it and 2% milk...Plus eating anything soft and high calorie I can....but it;s still not good enough....
Not only can these doctors not figure out whats wrong with me, they can't figure out how to stop it, OR how to make me stop losing weight. To date, I am no officially 97 lbs!!!!!!!!!!!! This is ridiculous!
But i've decided to stop stressing. This is ,my life now, and I have to embrace it and just keep living. Hopefully all these cakes I have to make this summer will help with the calories! Oh, and weird new symptom, I can't taste anything. Everything tastes he same. It's this weird chemically bland flavor all the time. Really sucks when you like food as much as I do.....Life goes on though, right?
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