Nine days. That doesn't seem like a very long time, just over a week. But nine days can feel like a month when each day you get out of bed only to wither away a bit more. I see a new gastroenterologist in nine days. Hopefully he will be able to provide some answers or… Continue reading Starving for Answers
Tag: hospital
Running Around in Circles
I feel like a chicken with it's head cut off! I have been in and out of the hospital, the emergency room, and urgent care these past few months and it all comes back to the fact that I'm not eating. I eat, I get cramping. I eat, I get nauseous. I eat, I throw… Continue reading Running Around in Circles
Planning A Hospital Stay…For Once
As the date of my surgery closes in, it is important that I finalize my plans for my hospital stay and recovery. Things like checking to make sure the hospital's pharmacy carries all the medications and supplements I take, or checking if I need to bring my own supplements. Ensuring I have actual shampoo for… Continue reading Planning A Hospital Stay…For Once
The Countdown Begins
It is now exactly a month until I will be going under the knife for the first time. Thirty days from now, on April 9th, I will be waking up with some new hardware in my body. I will have a titanium bar in my chest as a means of correcting my pectus excavatum, a… Continue reading The Countdown Begins
4 o’clock in the Morning
Whelp, it is indeed 4AM here in Arizona as I sit here typing this out. I didn't sleep hardly at all, maybe two hours at the most. I had a horrid migraine yesterday and slept most of the morning away. That afternoon though I sorted out some of the insurance kinks with my getting in… Continue reading 4 o’clock in the Morning
Rough Go Of It
I send my sincerest apologies as for the past month I have been extremely unwell. The first week of October was my first week of fall break from school. I was just generally run down and feeling drained. A migraine was bound to happen from my interrupted sleep schedule and it came and went at… Continue reading Rough Go Of It
ER Trips and PICCs
So I started this entry exactly a week ago. Exactly a week ago I went to the ER for the first time since the end of February. Of course like always I was admitted, a PICC line was placed, and DHE, a migraine treatment that restricts the blood vessels in your body, began flowing through… Continue reading ER Trips and PICCs
