Tonsils OUT!

Well, kids, I'm posting from the other side of surgery-- MY TONSILS ARE GONE!!! I had them out Wednesday morning, 11/30 at 7:50a-ish and I couldn't be happier about it!

I was really really nervous about the recovery period, the surgeon's PA made a big deal about how much it would hurt and how miserable I was going to be, and though there is still plenty of time between now and the official end of my recovery it really hasn't been too horrible yet! The first day was a little rocky what with the leftover anesthesia, blood, and an empty stomach but they let me take some of my anti-nausea medicine and that put me back to sleep long enough to get the bleh out of my system. The next day, I was already on to smashed up ramen in addition to my popsicles! Yesterday, I even went for miso soup with tofu! And last night Jeremy made crescent rolls, which were delicious :)

There has been some minor discomfort, and if I start getting dehydrated the area where they used to be swells a tinsy bit, but that goes away the second I start drinking my water/gatorade combo again AND it's nowhere near as painful as my throat was before the surgery so I'm hoping the good luck keeps up.

$1500 is a lot to be out of pocket, but thank goodness for Beth who has helped me figure out my FSA stuff to get reimbursed quickly for it, and thank goodness that even though I know I'm exhausted and sore from the surgery, I know that I am truly well on my way to a better lifestyle!!

I'm so glad I decided to go through with this surgery, and what a blessing that recovery has gone so smoothly so far!

Working hard!

Yep, I've been pretty busy over here for a sick gal!

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I've been wrapping a up lot of AOII stuff and dealing with a major illness. Oh, right, I haven't told you about my whole tonsillectomy thing!

So, as most of us know, I've had tonsillitis since my would-be senior year of college! Awesome fun, let me tell you... anyways, in June my throat started hurting bad enough that I finally went to the doctor in  August to see what the deal is. After a couple of appointments, the PA decided that I've probably had the same infection since June and it isn't going away with antibiotics, so I'll have to go in for surgery.

Lately, I've gotten even more sick and more run down and I have to just make it to December and I'll be good-- unfortunately, they predict a 2 week recovery time and there's not an earlier date that I can shake off two weeks. We're supposed to go up to Indiana for Thanksgiving so I don't want to miss that since we're dying to see Josh and Sarah. We were hoping that Ana would still be there with the new niece and nephew, but it would appear they're hoping everyone will come to them this weekend so that's a no-go. Della's wedding is end of October, right after homecoming at Rhodes/an excuse to head to Memphis and see Marc and Jan, and we're not going to miss out on seeing Aunt Linda and Uncle Rube next weekend since we haven't seen them since the wedding!

Anyway, I'm trying to push my way through-- I've been through worse with less, so there's no reason I can't get through this!

Oh, well, I need to head to bed now, but there will be more updates soon! If you like any of my links above, please do me a favor and share them!