tonsils

I'm attempting this whole blogging thing while I'm on my fifth day of recovery from getting a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy.

After a month of having a terrible sore throat I decided to go to see a doctor. She took 2 throat cultures and 4 tubes of blood to run several tests and try and figure out what was wrong with me. After all of the tests came back negative or normal I went to see an Ear Nose and Throat Doctor, upon an exam he couldn't come up with anything either and sent me to get a Cat scan in order to see if he could find something. Well the Cat scan didn't find anything so he decided it'd be best to remove my tonsils and adenoids and send them to pathology. So I scheduled my surgery and prepared to take a week off from work, school, extracurriculars, life, etc. I was told that as an adult this is one of the most painful surgeries you can get but after talking to several of my friends who'd had it done they said they needed a week, week and a half tops. (the dr's say two weeks recovery)

so wednesday I went in for my surgery, wasn't really that nervous. fell asleep, woke up and it was done. by the end of that night the pain was so t that I was crying. All I have for pain killers is the equivelant of liquid percocet. It tastes disgusting and even after taking the max amount I'm allowed it doesn't completely take the pain away. I can't lie down to sleep, I'm forced to try and sleep in a chair, I never sleep for more than 2 hours at a time, I can't eat, it hurts to swallow anything, I finally found out I can eat mashed potatoes and cream of wheat however they are so thick and it takes me so long to eat them that its almost not worth it.

I'm so overly tired, and dehydrated its not funny. I just want to guzzle down gallons of liquid, water, milk, coffee, tea, ANYTHING! I'm so thirsty and hungry and I can't talk for more than a few sentences before the extreme pain over takes my ability.

being 5 days into recovery and it doesn't seem like much has changed. This surgery doesn't seem much worth the week off of work as of now. Especially seeing as I'm supposed to go back to work on thursday and if I don't start to get better faster it doesn't look like that will happen.