All better

Comments   0   Date Arrow  April 21, 2009 at 11:55pm   User  by wonderfullyrich

Quick update for those who are wondering. I’m 85% or so recovered from my surgery. Doc took a look at me again today and thinks things are progressing nicely. Thinks I should be fine for departing early next month.
I have purchased my ticket and will be leaving on the 6th via NYC [...]

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The inside of my nose

Comments   0   Date Arrow  April 15, 2009 at 11:57am   User  by wonderfullyrich

As I said yesterday I got video of the endoscope which the doctor used to poke around in my sinuses. Particularly interesting to me was as he was pulling out the packing, which is a hard feeling to describe and yet I’m not sure if it needs description if you watch the video. [...]

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Things are out of my nose!

Comments   1   Date Arrow  April 14, 2009 at 9:37pm   User  by wonderfullyrich

Just thought people would want to know that. I’m something of an oozer, which the doctor says is normal, but has me a bit worried. I’m likely being overly cautious, but with thoughts of medical care in burundi, I think it pays to be so.
Overall I can breathe well and am excited at [...]

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Amist the frustration

Comments   0   Date Arrow  April 13, 2009 at 3:54am   User  by wonderfullyrich

It’s been 5 days since my surgery, and if any of you are like me you are a little tired of my talk of recovery.  It should be no surprise that I’m tired of talking about it–and more relevant–of having FESS recovery rule my life.  I get a few hours of useful time at a [...]

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Recovering slowly

Comments   0   Date Arrow  April 10, 2009 at 2:16am   User  by wonderfullyrich

From which I learned that the packing that is causing me so much misery, isn’t prefered by some doctors. They apparently have “Dissolvable Sinus Dressings”, which can just be suctioned out after a week and doesn’t cause as much discomfort as the packings. I should have asked about this before the operation of course,

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The worst bloody nose I’ve had

Comments   0   Date Arrow  April 8, 2009 at 8:03pm   User  by wonderfullyrich

And it was intentional too.  I’m recovering at home now, and I’ll write what I can before I take my pain meds and become incoherent again.
I woke up this morning at 5:15am took a shower, got dressed, and was at the bus stop at 6:00.  Got to the hospital around 6:20 and got my patient [...]

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29 years without real surgery

Comments   0   Date Arrow  April 7, 2009 at 10:28am   User  by wonderfullyrich

On Wednesday I get things poked into my nose for two an half hours. As I said in a previous post I’m having my sinus operated on to improve the drainage and hopefully reduce the frequency and severity of the sinus infections I’ve been getting.  As I get near to the date I’ve realize [...]

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Moving Along

Comments   1   Date Arrow  March 30, 2009 at 5:49pm   User  by wonderfullyrich

Somewhere in the last week I changed my mind about my next step. Rather then cool my heels for a time here in DC while waiting for Angela to return to Cape Town then migrating there, I decided that it makes more sense to get out there and stop treading water here in DC. [...]

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