It’s been almost two weeks now since my issue with the appendix started. I’ve been sleeping on a reclining chair and later a couch most of that time. I have a waterbed and there was no way I could lever[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for April, 2016
I went back to work this week. Two days at the end of my normal week just to see if I could do it. The first night was hard. I had a hard 10 pound weight limit and my normal[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I spent my first night after surgery in one of those awesome powered hospital beds that goes up, down, and all that jazz. It made it so easy to find a comfortable position to sleep in. When I came home[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
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…