Life, The Universe, and Tonsils
Feb. 3rd, 2011 09:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
On February 22nd, I am scheduled to have a tonsillectomy. It's a very safe, very quick outpatient surgery. However, in adults it also has a very painful, relatively protracted recovery period. The ENT specialist who decided that I need the surgery informed me that I would not be able to talk for at least three days (which is a lot like when I got my tongue pierced, back in the day) and that for at least ten days my pain is going to be a 6/10 after I take the liquid Percocet he is going to prescribe me (apparently it will be a 9/10 without the painkillers). Thus, I am using up over half of my time off bank to spend 14 days recovering. It should be...interesting. Even more so if I hemorrhage when the scabs in my throat fall off around day nine. At least I'm double-insured, so the medical bills won't totally wipe out my bank account.
In other news, I just purchased my first sewing machine, a Brother CS-6000i. I've been using sewing machines since I was a child, but have never owned one before. I am excited.
In other news, I just purchased my first sewing machine, a Brother CS-6000i. I've been using sewing machines since I was a child, but have never owned one before. I am excited.
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Date: 2011-02-03 08:31 pm (UTC)Dude. I'm so sorry. How did you diagnose the tonsil problem? I had no idea tonsillitis was so problematic in adults. Will you have good support up there while you're recovering?
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Date: 2011-02-04 09:51 am (UTC)I never had tonsil problems as a kid, but late 2008 they started acting up. I've been getting tonsillitis every 2-4 months since then, sometimes mild, sometimes very nasty. This most recent bout wasn't that bad, but I was unable to breathe if I rolled over onto my back in my sleep (which was new). So I kept waking up because I would start to suffocate, and ended up sleeping in my chair in the living room or propped up against the arm of the sofa. Went to see an ENT and he took one look at them and said they needed to come out.
My mom wants me to come stay with them while I recover, but I'm resisting. The only real danger is blood loss from hemorrhaging, and if that happens I'll need to get to the ER as quickly as possible. My apartment is 4 minutes from the hospital. My parents' house is 30 minutes away. Seems like a no-brainer. Plus, I have friends (one of whom is in nursing school, and all of whom are certified nursing assistants) who plan to check on me regularly. I should be okay. It's going to suck, but I'll live through it.
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Date: 2011-02-04 01:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-04 09:56 am (UTC)Thanks for the well-wishing. I've had a few (much more serious) surgeries, so this one really should be a walk in the park...but this it my first surgery as an adult, so it seems weird. Before, my parents handled all the payment and insurance stuff.
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Date: 2011-02-04 01:57 am (UTC)But, after that, no more tonsil problems!
Sewing + percocet = disaster, BTW. Or so says the Rev, who has first hand experience in the matter.
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Date: 2011-02-04 10:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-06 10:34 pm (UTC)I hope to have your stuff mailed home before you go in... Alas the leg was too pink. But maybe a white body would be ok blushed up for my Jury05 head? I love the lines of the body! And that ankle just keels me.
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Date: 2011-02-07 06:06 am (UTC)Surgery is going to be made of so much win, but recovery is going to be pure suck.
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Date: 2011-02-07 06:17 am (UTC)You got the one from Tracy! :) Mine was also painted by Tracy but cost *cough* almost 3 times as much. But! She was on hold for a year and a half while I got my life together, and a drama free transaction from a local. So, I paid up without regret.
I also love the shape of Jury's eyes. I feel they make the sculpt. Now she needs a Lishe elf sister and El elf brother...
I get a lot of tonsil stones and would love to have my tonsils removed, but I had no idea the recovery period was made of so much suck. I hope it is speedy!