An issue I’ve had for many years is mucus buildup in my throat. I cough it up and it comes back. The only way I’ve found to combat it is to drink pop. The carbonation breaks up the mucus and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Sunday was a day of change. It was one week after the first symptoms started. A friend stopped by on the way home with gifts from the convention I missed this weekend. We talked a bit. It was good. It[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I began toying with real food on Friday. The meatloaf was good but I could only eat it very slow and in small amounts. My system handled it, but an attempt to eat it later that day hit a total[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There was some confusion when it comes to my discharge. I never got a final doctor visit, and many of the plans were in flux when they decided to let me go. My discharge papers said I should have a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
An interesting thing is that all of this started on Sunday an hour after eating Easter dinner. The goose had taken a long time to cook, and it felt like previous cases of food poisoning I’ve had, so I wasn’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Taco Bell dog cup became my most trusted companion after my Olympic tryouts. He went with me everywhere, always ready to make me feel better, and his presence was comforting. But I have not needed him like that again[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The secret of jello is that it has a lot of protein and sugar in an easily digested form. That is why it is the first “food” that hospitals give you. In solid form of course. I took it at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Eating solid food less than 24 hours after surgery to remove my apendix was not actually a good idea. I did not realize it at the time, but my digestive system could not handle it. Five hours later when I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My oddessey of the apendix continued on Tuesday with a general improvement. I drank juice, ate jello, and even had some beef bouillion and it tasted amazing. I asked to get out of bed, walked around a lot, talked to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I am taking this week off from my normal posting style. My apendix burst at 6AM on Monday. I called 911 at 7:30 and was at the hospital by 8. At 10 their tests told me what was wrong and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…