Sick, but should be OK in time for sugery

Jan 23, 2017

Today was not fun.  I've been sick for the past few days and I called my surgeon's office to find out if there was anything I'm not allowed to take, prescription wise, before surgery, and was told I need to be seen by a doctor, and call them back after.

I couldn't get in to my doctor, or the same day clinic, and wasted over 2 hours on hold just to find that out.  So I had to go to the ER instead, and ended up coughing so hard I got a sudden, excruciating pain in my abdomen that wouldn't go away for over 2 hours.  If I stood up it felt better so I couldn't even sit down, even though I was feeling lightheaded from the pain.  It was bad.

My asthma and coughing was so bad they were worried I might have pneumonia and i was devasted to hear that.  They sent me for lots of tests, xrays, bloodwork, ECG, etc., and all of the tests came back great.  I do not have pneumonia, or even bronchitas. It's just a silly cold triggering my asthma.  The doctor told me to get plenty of rest and plenty of fluids and I should be fine by the time I have surgery on Feb. 1st.

That was such great news!  I was thrilled to hear that.

I was at the hospital from 11 AM until 8 PM and wasn't allowed to eat or drink anything until after all of the tests, at around 7 PM. I couldn't eat anything because I'm on optifast, and they just brought me a tiny styrafoam cup of ice water to drink, but it was heavenly.  I was sooo thirsty. It took 3 different nurses 6 times to get my blood, and they all said I had bad veins, which I'm always told, but they were able to get my blood the first time at St. Joseph's and when I commented that I usually have a hard time they told me (at St. Joe's) that my veins are just fine. So I think they are probably not trained properly here in the Sault.

I've only had 2 of my Optifasts and a cup of clear chicken broth, and it's already close to 11 PM and I don't think I can manage  a third shake, let alone a 4th.  That bothers me because I want to be as strong as I can be for surgery, and I need all 4 shakes to get my full days worth of vitamins, which I believe are very important, especially when sick.  I'll try to get at least one more in before bed.

I am so relieved that I should be fine for surgery.

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