Hello, my name is Medron

by on April 10, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

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 myself out of that while recovering. Well, after working two nights I thought maybe I was up for the waterbed again. I tried it on Friday and it was heavenly. I can get in and out and easy, and I think that is my final test to prove that I’m really back. I can eat what I want, sleep where I want, and my mind is getting back into writing stories again. I’m doing good. I still have a long way to go, but I feel like me again. And I think that’s the most important thing of all.

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Hello, my name is Medron

by on April 9, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

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 backpack is way more than 10 pounds of everything I could want. So I took a much lighter shoulder bag into work with a light netbook instead of my normal heavy-duty laptop. Then I found out somebody removed the painkillers from the first aid kit at work so by the end of my shift I was very tired and very sore. I went home and fell hard asleep for most of the day. The next day proved much easier though and I finished my short workweek feeling good about my recovery.

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Hello, my name is Medron

by on April 8, 2016 at 12:01 am
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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 I had this awesome rocker/recliner chair that allowed me to do the same thing. It hurt to lie back all the way, and it hurt to sit up straight. But I could kick my feet up, lean back just a little bit, and go to sleep with a minimum of discomfort. There are times when the littlest of things makes all the difference in the world.

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Hello, my name is Medron

by on April 7, 2016 at 12:01 am
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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 gives me some relief from the coughing. But with my recent issue, drinking pop was just right out. Now part of my recovery included drinking juice for extra vitamins and the like since my system was running so low. I found after one sip that grape juice was just going to make my mucus problem worse. But apple juice is acidic enough that it ate the mucus right up. I’ve been drinking apple juice ever since and the coughing is gone. I never realized how something so simple could help so much.

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Hello, my name is Medron

by on April 6, 2016 at 12:01 am
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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 was tiring. Then I had a hankering for pudding and ate most of a bowl of fresh milk chocolate pudding. Pure bliss. I can actually lie down on a bed without hurting now. So that is good too. Then I saw a Subway commercial and fell in lust. A few minutes later I held in my hands a toasted slice of wheat bread. Add cheese, honey mustard, BBQ sauce, ham, and lettuce, and my mouth took a direct trip to heaven.

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