Posted in Personal Notes on Nov 12th, 2011
Whew. I’m glad that’s (mostly) over.
I’m home.
That is SUCH a great sentence. Let me say it again.
I’m home.
Wow. That’s good.
Nine days in the hospital was interesting, but it’s not something that I’d want to make a habit of. The fact that it took me to the ripe old age of 44 before I was admitted for a stay in a hospital… well, that’s a pretty good run, so I feel fortunate.
Whew. I’m glad that’s (mostly) over.
I’m home.
That is SUCH a great sentence. Let me say it again.
I’m home.
Wow. That’s good.
Nine days in the hospital was interesting, but it’s not something that I’d want to make a habit of. The fact that it took me to the ripe old age of 44 before I was admitted for a stay in a hospital… well, that’s a pretty good run, so I feel fortunate.
Read Full Post »
Posted in Personal Notes on Nov 11th, 2011
Lord willing, this is my last night in Ward 15 of the Tri-Service General Hospital in Taipei.
Oh, please, Please PLEASE may it be my last night. PLEASE. I know that I’m being dramatic, and I guess that it probably has been a traumatic experience, in much the same way that a two-star hotel experience is traumatic.
WHAT there’s no WIFI in our rooms?
YOU CALL THIS ROOM SERVICE?!
I can hear the other guy snoring!
Tile floors? I have a room with T-I-L-E floors?!?!
And, a SHARED bathroom!? With no complimentary shampoo and conditioner?
Lord willing, this is my last night in Ward 15 of the Tri-Service General Hospital in Taipei.
Oh, please, Please PLEASE may it be my last night. PLEASE. I know that I’m being dramatic, and I guess that it probably has been a traumatic experience, in much the same way that a two-star hotel experience is traumatic.
WHAT there’s no WIFI in our rooms?
YOU CALL THIS ROOM SERVICE?!
I can hear the other guy snoring!
Tile floors? I have a room with T-I-L-E floors?!?!
And, a SHARED bathroom!? With no complimentary shampoo and conditioner?
Read Full Post »
Posted in Personal Notes on Nov 10th, 2011
Let me get the most important information out of the way. Yes, my hemorrhoids are fine. I knew that you really, really needed to know that. (The suspense was killing you, right?)
So, this is Day Seven. Day seven of a week long hospital visit in which I started out from my apartment thinking that I might need a different cream, or even a few antibiotic tablets for this (admittedly ugly) infected mosquito bite.
If you would have told me, last Thursday, that they would send me straight to a hospital room, incarcerate me for seven days and stick gigantic needles into me…
----------------
This is a preview of
If You Would Have Told Me LAST Thursday…
.
Read the full post (545 words, 19 images, estimated 2:11 mins reading time)Let me get the most important information out of the way. Yes, my hemorrhoids are fine. I knew that you really, really needed to know that. (The suspense was killing you, right?)
So, this is Day Seven. Day seven of a week long hospital visit in which I started out from my apartment thinking that I might need a different cream, or even a few antibiotic tablets for this (admittedly ugly) infected mosquito bite.
If you would have told me, last Thursday, that they would send me straight to a hospital room, incarcerate me for seven days and stick gigantic needles into me…
----------------
This is a preview of
If You Would Have Told Me LAST Thursday…
.
Read the full post (545 words, 19 images, estimated 2:11 mins reading time)Read Full Post »
Posted in Personal Notes on Nov 9th, 2011
I can’t believe it. It’s a Conspiracy!
They’re going to make me stay here for another THREE DAYS! THREE MORE DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL!!!!
ARGH!!
Earlier in the day, I was given a bit of rather ominous sounding information. My admitting doctor was coming specifically to talk to me. You don’t get that kind of treatment unless you’ve got cancer, or something.
Well, it turns out that what I have is in the ‘or something’ category. The lab results for the biopsy came back, and it looks like I’ve got…
(drum roll please)
Hench-Schonlein Purpura, or HSP!
I can’t believe it. It’s a Conspiracy!
They’re going to make me stay here for another THREE DAYS! THREE MORE DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL!!!!
ARGH!!
Earlier in the day, I was given a bit of rather ominous sounding information. My admitting doctor was coming specifically to talk to me. You don’t get that kind of treatment unless you’ve got cancer, or something.
Well, it turns out that what I have is in the ‘or something’ category. The lab results for the biopsy came back, and it looks like I’ve got…
(drum roll please)
Hench-Schonlein Purpura, or HSP!
Read Full Post »
Posted in Personal Notes on Nov 8th, 2011
Dateline 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, November 8, 2011 Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei
I have just been duly informed that I will be in the hospital for another day. They need to rule out vasculitis, or some such thing. In the meantime, I’m still on a massive antibiotic IV drip every four hours, although one of the nurses just told me that they will stop the IVp today and will be switching to oral antibiotics.
This is GREAT. The needle comes out of my arm. YES! Yahoo!
Dateline 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, November 8, 2011 Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei
I have just been duly informed that I will be in the hospital for another day. They need to rule out vasculitis, or some such thing. In the meantime, I’m still on a massive antibiotic IV drip every four hours, although one of the nurses just told me that they will stop the IVp today and will be switching to oral antibiotics.
This is GREAT. The needle comes out of my arm. YES! Yahoo!
Read Full Post »