So, after two weeks of fighting the Cough That Would Not Die, I finally made it to my regular doctor today.

Not ONLY am I recovering from ankle surgery, I now also have bronchitis. I am SO happy about this, I can't even begin to tell you. ::sigh ( Read more... )

So, yesterday, I saw my doc for the follow up. And I got the full prognosis/report ( Read more... )

So, surgery wound up being no big at all. I was all freaked out that they'd turn me away because of this post nasal cough that arrived at the beginning of the week. But not so! The anesthesiologist gave me a few puffs of hospital grade albuterol and I was fine. But I'm getting ahead of myself here ( Read more... )

Ugh. So usually the best thing about my CSA is that I start eating lots and lots and lots of leafy green vegetables. A better lunch for a better America and all that.

Only problem is that after a week or three of that many salads, my stomach usually rebels in a majorly epic way. A "No, fuck you!" way, as antheia might say. (Speaking of, happy ( Read more... )

So, the pain has gone down. Last night, on a scale of one to ten, I was nearly up to fifteen. It was bad news. On top of that, I couldn't put any weight on my left leg. If I tried to act like it was a normal leg, it would buckle and I would tip over. Not good. I had to sleep like an ancient Egyptian painting, and even that wasn't all ( Read more... )

I'm no stranger to pain. I've been through stuff.

Some of you may rememberHumpty Dumpty's great fall down the Rockefeller Center stairs and the biopsy from hell that followed. My battle with migraines are well documented. And hell, just for the sake of thorughness and TMI, before I went on the pill, I had menstrual cramps that could drop a ( Read more... )

I was home ALL day today with an absolutely crippling migraine ( Read more... )

You guys. It's been a week, let me tell you ( Read more... )

There is no anxiety like the anxiety you feel the night before you have to go back to work/school after a vacation. Despite a lovely day with the family reppep and an awesome time celebrating a birthday with friends last night, I'm a bit of a nervous wreck right now. I mean, I was busting my butt to make sure things were reasonably in order and up-to- ( Read more... )

Hey, LJ. How's life ( Read more... )