Really, I am not trying to be a drama queen here, so if you don't want depressing...don't read. It is the middle of the night, and I am on Codeine so I better make this quick before it becomes too blurry.
Tonsillectomy-Just Say No
Seriously. I went into this totally nervous, and I am still totally nervous. The surgery went well they tell me, I was able to swallow a couple sips of water then they sent me on my way. That night as I was trying to sleep I kept waking up feeling like I could not breathe. So we headed to the ER. The doctor failed to mention that my mouth was really small and it was hard to get all the tools in my mouth so I was extremely swollen. So they put me on steroids. Now if any of you have taken steroids before you know they make you cranky and very very hungry. Well guess who can't eat? I have been living off of small amounts of slim fast/milkshakes/chicken broth/water/jello now for 7 days. Forget about the yogurt and the pudding I had planned...they burn my throat. Day 1-2 were not terrible (they were bad, but not terrible). Day 3-5 Awful. Just Awful. I can't even cry because it hurts my throat too bad. And if you've called me and I haven't answered the phone...it's because I can't freaking talk. Nope, not at all. One whole week of not talking. Day 7...earlier today. I ate 4 bites of hash browns and I was feeling good. I got up and walked around the house, and even held my cute little boys. But now I'm paying for it. Ben and I got in bed, he fell asleep and here I am blogging because my stupid scabs are pulling away from my throat and trying to come off. And talk about PAIN. Throat pain, ear pain, neck pain! So I am going to sacrifice another night sleep just so my scabs don't dry out. And don't even get me started on the pooping! I have not freaking gone #2 in 8 days! I'm hungry, thirsty, tired, sore, and gassy. Looks like it will be another week of he**.
They say you're supposed to stay positive during this whole experience. We'll save positivity for the next post. I will go into more detail later but I also wanted to thank my mom for being here with me this week. I COULD NOT have done this without you. And I think I'm going to cry when you have to leave tomorrow. And thanks to my Mother-in-law for watching the boys for 3 nights while I had the surgery done. I have the best mom's ever.
**On a side note: if this post at all does not make sense or wasn't written well it's the drugs. I'm going really blurry/dizzy right now and I have to go lay down. I'm not even going to reread it before I post.
7 comments:
Oh Kelly I am soooo Sorry!!!! Seems like life for everyone I know pretty much sucks! It will get better...eventually. Well I am glad to see you post something I was really getting worried about you. And it did make sense! Well hang in there! I would help you out but being my Mom is here helping me because I am on moderate bed rest I can't really help you, but I can offer my sympathy to you. Hope things get better soon! I have quite the funny joke for but I will tell you about that later.
I was worried that it was going to be horrible and now you just confirmed it!!! Now I guess I won't have any suprises:) Let me just say Miralax!! Have Ben go buy it for you at the store, I took it after my surgery and it is amazing and you will never try anything else ever again!! You drink it in water or juice (one packet) everyday until you can go to the bathroom normally again (the best part is it doesn't taste), They even gave that to me everyday at the hospital. It still takes over a week to start working but it works. I hope you start feeling better soon:) It is nice to hear the graphic details from someone who knows firsthand! I would rather just be told the way it is instead of having it sugar coated:) So does that mean you can't eat ice cream??? I thought that would be great but I wasn't thinking that milk causes you to be mucusy which might make things worse! If you are not already using the Miralax go get it!!!!!!
Ahhh!!! Too late. I am all set to go October 2nd. You scare me. But at least you are still alive. You know my fears. Call me when you can talk to scare me more. I want to go in knowing how it will really be.
Kelly, you are such a trooper. I love food, so I know it would be the hardest thing to live on liquids for weeks straight! And not to mention the pain you're in. Poor girl! I've been worried about you, so I'm glad you finally gave us an update. Hang in there and call me if you need to vent or want me to bring you Baskin Robbins!
I'm so sorry Kelly! That sounds so horrible, way, way worse than child birth. I had my tonsils taken out when I was four and remember it very vividly because it was so miserable. Hope you start feeling better soon!
Wow, Kell, I hope you're feeling better! That really sucks!! Here's wishing you chocolate and pepsi (from taco bell) in the very near future!!! :)
Yikes Kelly! That sounds just a little bit painful. I hope you are feeling better now. I'm so glad you have a blog though so I can see what you are up to. We miss you!
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