Medical

The past week kind of slid by. My surgeon has put me on two new medications to slow down my

I got a nasty surprise Thursday morning: bright red blood on elimination. Diane and I got on the phone with

This past week I was able to sit up at my usual desk for most of each day. In general,

This promises to be a long, slow climb out of the hole. I’m having continuing pain associated with digestion and

It’s Saturday, and things are changing. The NG tube came out on Friday. I went off the patient-controlled analgesia on

Today was not my best day. I started the day getting a sponge bath and change of IV site. While

I’m now resting in a hoospital room. The surgery covered everything at once, so as long as the re-introduction to

I’ll be going in for surgery a bit later this morning. I’m supposed to be at admissions at the Kaiser

Here’s the update… I had a fistulotomy back on Sept. 2nd to prepare for the big ileo-anal anastomosis with J-pouch

The fistulotomy went fine. About the worst part was getting the local anesthetic, which was a series of injections. Somewhere

Living with an ileostomy sure beats dying without one, but all in all it would be nice to have my

Friday, May 7th – Sunday, May 9th Friday was the first full day my parents, Willard and Margaret, were here.

Wednesday, May 5th, and Thursday, May 6th: Wednesday went well. I was able to spend some time catching up with

Sunday, May 2nd – Tuesday, May 4 My appetite is improving and my ability to take in food seems to

Friday, April 30th, and Saturday, May 1st, proceeded pretty uneventfully. I do seem to have uncomfortable tension in the abdomen

Thursday, April 29th, was uneventful. My appetite does appear to be returning gradually. There is some stiffness in the abdomen

I’m still on a trend of gradual improvement. Wednesday, April 28th, marked a longer time spent awake during the day,