Tonsillectomy

YUCK YUCK YUCK- the last part of October I got my tonsils taken out. They say as you get older the harder the recovery is and boy is that true! I was hurting! The doctor told me previous to surgery that once I was put under they would take a look at my adenoids and see how they looked as well. Generally as you grow up- your adenoids shrink.

Well if it weren't for bad luck I would have none! The doctor said my adenoids were huge and so he took out my tonsils, and my adenoids. Oh but lets go further-- my uvula (the hangy down thing) was "abnormally large" so they cut that in half while they were at it-it could have caused problems breathing.

When I came out of surgery my mom, dad, and Junior were all waiting to see me. When they came back I was just waking up. I was hurting! Junior was holding my hand and I remember starting to cry - Junior kept saying, "just don’t think about it." As if mind over matter would work when someone just took a blender to the back of your throat!!?!

Probably not something you should say to someone who just had their throat torn to shreds, and is highly medicated! I turned to him in front of the nurses and my parents and said- "this hurts I want to cry and feel sorry for myself - you just stand here ok?!?" Lucky for him he listened and obeyed! I was out of work for 3 weeks recovering and needed all 3 for sure!

My diet consisted of Jell-O and Gatorade - if I had either of those one more time I was going to scream!! But hey the weight loss as a result- that was great!

I was so sore it was hard to talk myself into drinking or eating anything! Well two weeks after surgery I landed myself in the ER to be pumped full of fluids because I was really dehydrated. The nurse told me normally patients have to use the restroom half way through the first bag is injected through IV. They gave me three that night- I’m so glad I went when I did because I needed it!

The good news-- I'll never have to go through this ever again!!