I lied. Today I feel the worst. My throat feels like I've got one giant sharp serrated knife grating up and down in it everytime I swallow or drink and eat. My voice is getting better once it starts getting use. It's pretty scratchy. But really, shouldn't I be feeling better about my throat by now, not consistently worse? And I'm terrified to do anything they warned me not to: sneezing (can sneeze with my mouth open), blowing my nose, lifting more than 10 lbs, being careful how I bend over, and no straining with bowel movements. How easy it is to forget and do any of these things! I haven't sneezed yet, just keeping kleenex on hand for drips, I'm sure I've lifted more than 10 lbs already (oops) and I have been taking mirilax since I got home to help not strain during a BM.
On to better things; Dr. Seidman phoned me the other night to check on me and answer any questions I might have had. He told me the adhesions were rock hard, something he's never really seen before. Leave it to me :) I wanted to know if there was anyway to prevent the adhesions from coming back and of course there is no known way, just hope and pray! I asked about the cotton ball with vaseline during showers and if I could stop with doing that once the packing is out. He wants me to keep that up at least 3-4 weeks just to be sure everything heals and no infections will begin. We went over the pictures and also how exciting it is that my dB gain went from 5 to 35 dB according to the Envoy tech's testing. Turning on the device will be at my comfort and I won't need to see anyone to do it. If I feel I need an adjustment then I can call and set an appt up. Dr. S thinks 3-4 weeks before I'll feel like I can turn it on without interference of fluid, but the Envoy tech wrote 2 weeks, so I'm going to start there! I promised not to get too upset if it didn't sound great right away though.
Looking forward to the 13th :)
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