I suppose I am now well and truly healed. Last night I wore jeans for the first time since going to the hospital (yes, I wore them home from the hospital, but that wasn't by choice, and I removed them as quickly as I could).

So it looks like I have a new primary care physician. Which is good, since it was one of the things I was going to be attending to the week of September 19, which is when I went into the hospital ( Read more... )

I'm medically incarcerated ( Read more... )

We're working on day 12 in the hospital. As I'm sure you can imagine, I'm not thrilled about this.

Surgery went fine.

I guess I just don't have a lot I want to say about the experience. Perhaps later I'll be more talkative about what's going on.

Just wanted to make sure everyone knew I'm still alive and still dealing with this damn infection.

If a room is available, I will be operated upon at noon tomorrow. They will be draining the abscess and installing some sort of vacuum device which will continue draining the resulting cavity for three to four weeks. There will be a sponge in there as part of this device which will need to be replaced every three days either by home health care or ( Read more... )

Very early, I sweat through the adhesive keeping my IV in place. Since I'm such a difficult stick in the first place, the nurse changed the adhesive but not the IV itself.

Fast forward to later in the morning, the next dose of antibiotic is hooked up and flowing. Eventually, I realize my hand was blowing up like a balloon.

The IV had slipped the ( Read more... )

The last lingering physical effect of my recent episode is over. I am no longer pissing sand.

The emotional scars are going to be with me a while, but are already tending to retreat in severity.

The only lasting physical manifestation of my recent troubles is what my doctor describes is "some irritation." If feeling like you're peeing sand is "some irritation" I'd hate to experience what he considers "pain ( Read more... )

I am bored and lonely.

I was actually kinda looking forward to going to work today, even if it was at 8:00am.

I'm pretty much back to normal. Breathing's still a little labored and my bladder would rather be anywhere but in my body at the moment, but both seem to be getting better steadily.

I look forward to Monday being back to the normal

I am sore everywhere. I can barely move.

Still have the sore throat. Every time I think I've coughed up the last of it, I find out I'm wrong.

However, breathing is easier.