Smashing The Stragglers...

Following Mondays setbacks and a recent visit to the medical consultants things are now much better. A slight change to meds, introducing steroids has perked me up somewhat and I am no feeling as sick as before and am getting up and about much more. I have changed meds plan to allow certain time windows for which to drink by mouth and overall feel 5/10 in I general fitness. Still need to keep tubes until another 4…

Worst day in some time started with violent sickness at around 0530Hrs resulting in the calling out of the emergency doctor who arrived within an hour with a shot of anti sickness meds a cheery " that should cure it and off he left". An hour later the and no more sickness but feeling rough we set off for salisbsury A and E dept where we were quickly admitted and after several tries blood was taken. Blood results came…

What an eventful weekend I sarcastically comment as although I did peak on Friday feeling almost 3.5 out of 10 on the 'how well do you feel? scale, I am now back to just over 3 as the morning sickness and relentless sore throat continue to test me as does the lack of felling as though I want to do anything caused by pain killers I must have averaged 20 hours sleep per day over last 4 day period! Next hospital appointment…

Weekend not too good as sickness in mornings resumed along with lack of sleep and nightmares, This was replaced this monday morning and feeling best I have felt post op, managed to drink a pint of medication via mouth and am now going to force myself to gout for a short walk wih the dog.  I just hope this positive blog doesnt see me knocked back again tomorrow.  Sign fo my garden pub arrived today (Stanhope and Star), the…

At last , after a few hiccups on the health front, I can report some progress and have managed to get something other than sips of water by mouth. Yes I am officially up to the gulping stage, and looking forward to getting back to drinking some other tasty beverages and food via mouth I the near future. Although this leave me two weeks or so behind my envisaged recovery plan every small step is a goo done. I have…