Tonsillectomy Recovery

I am finally starting to feel like myself again. The recovery from having my tonsils out was much harder than I anticipated. It is so strange how painful it is to have your tonsils out. The first three days I was doing just fine. I was in some pain, but it was tolerable. Then over the next five days I got worse each day. I got to the point where I couldn't eat anything. Since I wasn't eating I start having nausea problems from taking pain medicine on an empty stomach. Let me you tell you, throwing up after having your tonsils out is not fun especially at three in the morning. It was a very rough night. Then the next three nights I did not sleep at all. It was too painful when I woke up that it was not worth it. Finally a week after the surgery I went back to the doctor because I was basically at my breaking point. I needed a break from the pain. He said I could either get a steroid shot and a stronger pain medicine or go stay at the hospital for a night or two. I decided to try the steroid shot and new pain medicine. Within an hour of getting the shot I started to feel better. It made such a difference and made the pain much more tolerable. Finally by Monday I started to feel much better. This week I have been so exhausted. I guess my body is trying to recover after not sleeping for so many nights in a row. I am so glad to have it behind me. I still haven't heard anything about the biopsy. I am hoping no news is good news. I have an appointment next week, so hopefully I will know then. Thank you so much for all of your prayers.

Tonsillectomy

On Friday I am going to have my tonsils taken out. About two months ago I got sick with a virus with a very sore throat. My throat never seemed to get better, and I noticed that my right tonsil was quite enlarged. My doctor said I had a right hyper trophic tonsil. He sent me to an ENT about a month ago for a second opinion. The ENT wanted to watch it for about a month to see if it shrunk any. I went back today and it still hadn't shrunk much, so he said it was best to just go ahead and take both tonsils out. He said there is about a 5% chance of it being lymphoma. I am not too worried though because I think it is all due to being sick a couple months ago. I have heard that having your tonsils out as an adult is much tougher than as a child. The doctor said it will take me about one to two weeks to recover. Hopefully it won't be too bad and I will be back to normal quickly.

Our Second Anniversary

Last Tuesday was our second anniversary. I can't believe how fast this last year went by. Shawn got me an edible arrangement. It was so cute with flowers made out of pineapple and cantaloupe. It was very good. That night we went to a new restaurant, Eccell Steakhouse. The steaks were great. I was a little disappointed in the dessert. It was supposed to be similar to a strawberry tart from Cafe Eccell, but they messed it up by adding other kinds of fruit. We had a great anniversary and are looking forward to many more years to come.