Two Steps Back

[ladysprite]

....on the other hand, reports of my rapid and easy recovery may have been a bit premature.

Sunday I was feeling remarkably good, all things considered. Yesterday was a little rockier, though, and today? Today I'm back to feeling like death on a cracker.

I'm willing to lay most of this at the feet of the steroids they had to put me on to help with the nerve damage in my throat - they have a lot of the same side effects as the NSAIDs that wound up with me in the ER a couple of weeks ago. So I'm right back in the same boat of nausea, loss of appetite, weakness, and generally feeling completely miserable.

Pain-wise.... could be better, could be worse. It's hard to figure out how much is post-surgical pain, how much is chronic muscle tension from curling up to get away from internal misery, and how much is just generalized misery.

I hate hate hate hate hate being on a list of drugs that's three pages long. I hate that half of my meds are there just to combat side effects from other meds. And I hate feeling like a science experiment.

I just want to be better, please. I want to eat a bagel. I want to not have the inside of my mouth taste like sour death. I want just one of my organs to work like it's supposed to.

I am tired of being sick....

Comments

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

I contniue to send you healing vibes!

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[gyzki.livejournal.com]

Hugs with multi-dittoes. Especially the general complaint of taking more meds for the side-meds than for the main problem, and especially I want to not have the inside of my mouth taste like sour death. Hang in there (there's only so many alternatives, anyway).

[johnpalmer.livejournal.com]

Ooof. Sending sympathy and healing thoughts and best wishes for a return to normalcy.

[fractalgeek.livejournal.com]

The only post surgery/injury pain killers I used were (a) after a broken rib where they stop you getting lung infections and (b) for a broken wrist. (b) was definitely worse than none at all within a day or two.

[citabria]

I'm sorry all of this caught up with you.

You might want to try taking zinc supplements (just 100% RDA levels, not super-supplement strength) to help combat your altered taste. In some people it really helps counteract the havoc that meds can wreak on your tastebuds.

[evcelt.livejournal.com]

keeping you in my prayers... ::gentle hugs::

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

I think recovering from surgery is never easy. But I hope that each day will be better than the previous one.