I've noticed since I've been more or less fully healed that I've been having some issues breathing through my right nostril at night. I'm not certain if this could be blockage from an oddly healed section of my adenoids blocking my sinus or if something else was moved around. The only thing is, it's only been noticeable in the last two weeks, if not exceedingly annoying.
It's as if the entire rear just completely stops working. My eye waters up, right nostril just fails. This only happens at night.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Smooth Sailing
Definitely on the mend. Some key points to note:
-The caverns still get frothy, but they're pretty much all pink now with a little yellowish/white residue from the scabs.
-Yawning doesn't hurt nearly as bad, more or less it's just the slightest twinge unless it's a really heavy yawn.
-Breathing normal.
-Uvula has been 'displaced', it's situated a little more to the left than it had been before.
-I am assuming it's just skin/mouth tissue growing in place of where the tonsils use to be. I am hoping it's not the tonsils growing back. I would be very displeased.
-I didn't wake with a dry mouth or throat this morning. The last several mornings were miserable to wake up from.
-Learning to swallow is both annoying and funny. There's nothing more ridiculous than going out on a dinner date and both my husband and I are choking to death on our food. He's been sick, so if he coughs at the wrong time while eating he'll tickle his throat and choke on food. Me, it's just the 6-7 attempts to swallow food before choking on it myself. We at least look at these experiences positively.
-No ear aches, but am having to pop my ears in the car more often.
-No throat pain or discomfort from the tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy. No itchiness from stones. It's wonderful.
-Sneezing is fun!
-So far, 3 weeks in, I am saying the procedure was well worth the discomfort. Again, I'll keep everyone updated from time to time.
-The caverns still get frothy, but they're pretty much all pink now with a little yellowish/white residue from the scabs.
-Yawning doesn't hurt nearly as bad, more or less it's just the slightest twinge unless it's a really heavy yawn.
-Breathing normal.
-Uvula has been 'displaced', it's situated a little more to the left than it had been before.
-I am assuming it's just skin/mouth tissue growing in place of where the tonsils use to be. I am hoping it's not the tonsils growing back. I would be very displeased.
-I didn't wake with a dry mouth or throat this morning. The last several mornings were miserable to wake up from.
-Learning to swallow is both annoying and funny. There's nothing more ridiculous than going out on a dinner date and both my husband and I are choking to death on our food. He's been sick, so if he coughs at the wrong time while eating he'll tickle his throat and choke on food. Me, it's just the 6-7 attempts to swallow food before choking on it myself. We at least look at these experiences positively.
-No ear aches, but am having to pop my ears in the car more often.
-No throat pain or discomfort from the tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy. No itchiness from stones. It's wonderful.
-Sneezing is fun!
-So far, 3 weeks in, I am saying the procedure was well worth the discomfort. Again, I'll keep everyone updated from time to time.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
No news is good news?
I haven't been updating as often, but that's a good thing! I'm doing great on day 16(?).
The last few days I only have a mild constant headache and sore throat (though today I have been headache and sore throat free).
Today I made myself chicken, potatoes and carrots for lunch. Solid meat, dark meat especially, was wonderful. Slightly crunchy potatoes were delicious :) And now some ramen.
Tonight, we cook more chicken. And green beans. And more potatoes.
Greg is still sick, but he's not as bad as the other day. Seems a cold is going around and because of his immune system being comp'd from the surgery he managed to catch it. I'm taking vitamin C chewables our friend brought over.
I'm pretty much off the percocet, still weening myself to very small doses once a day. I'm sure in another few days I will be off it completely, thank goodness.
Tonsils are still foamy and healing but there's no pain, no itchiness, no discomfort at all today, not even in my ears. I feel much much better. There are still scabs and the "death breath" will haunt me for a few weeks more. But after that I should be done with all of that!
I also want to say that I will continue to keep up with this blog well after the 6 week mark when the bad breath is suppose to go away. I want to see whether it disappears entirely, and make certain I don't have any regrowth of tonsil tissue. All I know, is that today, with no pain or anything, I feel amazing (aside from general fatigue) and so far feel the last two and some weeks have been absolutely worth it.
The last few days I only have a mild constant headache and sore throat (though today I have been headache and sore throat free).
Today I made myself chicken, potatoes and carrots for lunch. Solid meat, dark meat especially, was wonderful. Slightly crunchy potatoes were delicious :) And now some ramen.
Tonight, we cook more chicken. And green beans. And more potatoes.
Greg is still sick, but he's not as bad as the other day. Seems a cold is going around and because of his immune system being comp'd from the surgery he managed to catch it. I'm taking vitamin C chewables our friend brought over.
I'm pretty much off the percocet, still weening myself to very small doses once a day. I'm sure in another few days I will be off it completely, thank goodness.
Tonsils are still foamy and healing but there's no pain, no itchiness, no discomfort at all today, not even in my ears. I feel much much better. There are still scabs and the "death breath" will haunt me for a few weeks more. But after that I should be done with all of that!
I also want to say that I will continue to keep up with this blog well after the 6 week mark when the bad breath is suppose to go away. I want to see whether it disappears entirely, and make certain I don't have any regrowth of tonsil tissue. All I know, is that today, with no pain or anything, I feel amazing (aside from general fatigue) and so far feel the last two and some weeks have been absolutely worth it.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Days 13 & 14? Good eats!
Day 13: I had a sore throat most of the day. In the evening a friend of mine and I went to a local restaurant called "The Noodle Bowl" which not only has some damn delicious food, but great service and I at this point consider the owners family. They are very amazing people. So, for the first time in two weeks, I ate pho, with beef flank, and it was so fantastic. I had the happiest grin on my face :3 And I ate ALL of it.
Day 14: I had a job interview this morning at 9am. My husband woke at 5am with chills and a temperature of 99. I decided if the fever went up he wasn't going to work. So 7:15am rolled around, I had him check his temperature again and it had risen to 101. I decided he was going to stay home from work and I demanded it in all seriousness considering he has a bad habit of going to work when he doesn't feel well. He did take me to my interview, which went well, and slept in the car for 20 minutes. When we got home, checked temp again, and it had dropped a little.
On the way home he had thanked me for basically telling him he had no choice in the matter, and I explained that if I had called my friend, John, to take me I'd have also taken the car keys. So in reality, he had only one option anyway and that was to stay home like I said.
While he napped another friend came by to spend some time with me, which was fun! We started watching the travel channel which was going on about hotdogs. The cravings hit! Since neither of us drive and my husband was required by me to sleep and rest, we took an awesome walk to a small grocery store about 12 blocks up. This was the first LONG walk I've had, and it was fantastic. Not to mention my throat was doing pretty great without percocet since 5am. We picked up some sausage dogs, came back home, ate and watched tv while we chit-chatted.
Eventually Greg got up and I have him check his temperature frequently to see where he's at. We're uncertain whether he's having withdrawal from the percocet or what, but if it doesn't clear up by tomorrow he's going to the doctor. I made him rest and drink water all day, so that's probably helped.
At this point I can talk pretty well for a decent period of time with little soreness, but, this evening I am having a constant sore throat which of course is just wearing me out. It's not bad, in fact it's really minor, kind of like having a dull headache.
I couldn't really figure out what to fix for dinner especially after two failed attempts with spaghetti (the goat cheese went bad :C ), the clam chowder wouldn't cool down after even a freakin hour, so I am eating oatmeal.
Basically I'm at the end of my two weeks and doing fantastic.
Day 14: I had a job interview this morning at 9am. My husband woke at 5am with chills and a temperature of 99. I decided if the fever went up he wasn't going to work. So 7:15am rolled around, I had him check his temperature again and it had risen to 101. I decided he was going to stay home from work and I demanded it in all seriousness considering he has a bad habit of going to work when he doesn't feel well. He did take me to my interview, which went well, and slept in the car for 20 minutes. When we got home, checked temp again, and it had dropped a little.
On the way home he had thanked me for basically telling him he had no choice in the matter, and I explained that if I had called my friend, John, to take me I'd have also taken the car keys. So in reality, he had only one option anyway and that was to stay home like I said.
While he napped another friend came by to spend some time with me, which was fun! We started watching the travel channel which was going on about hotdogs. The cravings hit! Since neither of us drive and my husband was required by me to sleep and rest, we took an awesome walk to a small grocery store about 12 blocks up. This was the first LONG walk I've had, and it was fantastic. Not to mention my throat was doing pretty great without percocet since 5am. We picked up some sausage dogs, came back home, ate and watched tv while we chit-chatted.
Eventually Greg got up and I have him check his temperature frequently to see where he's at. We're uncertain whether he's having withdrawal from the percocet or what, but if it doesn't clear up by tomorrow he's going to the doctor. I made him rest and drink water all day, so that's probably helped.
At this point I can talk pretty well for a decent period of time with little soreness, but, this evening I am having a constant sore throat which of course is just wearing me out. It's not bad, in fact it's really minor, kind of like having a dull headache.
I couldn't really figure out what to fix for dinner especially after two failed attempts with spaghetti (the goat cheese went bad :C ), the clam chowder wouldn't cool down after even a freakin hour, so I am eating oatmeal.
Basically I'm at the end of my two weeks and doing fantastic.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Day 12: Naptime
I didn't sleep well last night so I ended up taking a nap for several hours today. Felt good.
Throat is looking much better, seeing new skin as the scabs slowly deteriorate and slough away. Because it's new skin, it dries quickly so I have to drink water or tea more often. It does feel a lot better and talking is more frequent/normal, but my throat will still get sore pretty quickly.
It feels like forever since the surgery but things are definitely getting better and I almost feel normal. Normal will be, of course, when I can eat a steak and chips.
I would also REALLY love to sleep on my side or flat on my back.
Throat is looking much better, seeing new skin as the scabs slowly deteriorate and slough away. Because it's new skin, it dries quickly so I have to drink water or tea more often. It does feel a lot better and talking is more frequent/normal, but my throat will still get sore pretty quickly.
It feels like forever since the surgery but things are definitely getting better and I almost feel normal. Normal will be, of course, when I can eat a steak and chips.
I would also REALLY love to sleep on my side or flat on my back.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Day 11: Stop Yawning!
This is the point where the scabs will start falling off, and truth be told, it SUCKS. Your body has this weird thing where it makes certain those scabs WILL COME OFF whether you want it or not and to do that, you yawn. And yawn, and yawwn, and boy does it hurt.
What's aggravating to me is how badly I feel like I need to blow my nose, as if there's a glob of really sticky snot in the waayy distant reaches of my sinus'. I'm going to bet it isn't snot and it's really just a gross scab sitting there, in the way, like a massive snotglob, laughing as I make the grossest face ever.
I won't doubt I will be drinking lots of ice water today. Damnit, I want food! >:C
Edit: Interesting note to make: The tonsil holes are frothy o_0
Weight: 101 lbs
What's aggravating to me is how badly I feel like I need to blow my nose, as if there's a glob of really sticky snot in the waayy distant reaches of my sinus'. I'm going to bet it isn't snot and it's really just a gross scab sitting there, in the way, like a massive snotglob, laughing as I make the grossest face ever.
I won't doubt I will be drinking lots of ice water today. Damnit, I want food! >:C
Edit: Interesting note to make: The tonsil holes are frothy o_0
Weight: 101 lbs
Friday, January 14, 2011
Day 10: Breakthrough
But not the fun kind! Had a scab loosen and a rush of bleeding. I took immediate action with really cold ice water and it stopped within a few minutes. My husband said it looks like I have a second uvula in my tonsil hole..gross.
So I sent him to our friends house to get a bag full of crushed ice for future breakthroughs which I am sure I'll have. I just hope not while I sleep...
So I sent him to our friends house to get a bag full of crushed ice for future breakthroughs which I am sure I'll have. I just hope not while I sleep...
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