Feeling exhausted and it's not fun. I have so many things I'd like to be doing and some things I need to be doing (like house cleaning).
The coughing and breathing problems are getting worse. I make myself do the basic house chores and walk for 30-40 minutes a day on the treadmill. Other than that I'm getting pretty lazy. I'm very grateful for my Kindle and all the books Sarah puts on it for me. I spend lots of time reading.
Yesterday I went to see one of my surgeons. I'm very thankful that I have doctors who will take the time to listen to my concerns and explain things in detail.
He said the resection surgery is not out of the question, just that it is risky and it would probably be better to just do the dilations awhile longer and see how it goes. He said its really up to me. We can continue these dilations indefinitely.
If I could last a little longer between the procedures that sure would be nice. First one lasted about 10 months, second one seven months and this last one five months.
He said he'll schedule it for 2-3 weeks from now. First they have to get the insurance approval, then set up ct scan and pre-op appointments. Not happy to have to use time off for all these appointments but thankful that I have paid time off.
So now it's time to wait...and wait.
I'm guessing most of you don't even think about your breathing. It's just automatic so why think about it? I spend lots of time just thinking about it and wondering how long before I can't make it up a flight of stairs. Any amount of smoke makes it almost impossible to breathe. Anything aerosol is also hard on me.
I don't know if I've mentioned this before on here or not but I'm not a smoker and never have been. Yet when some people hear me they probably think I'm a chain smoker.
Until my next procedure I'll be taking it easy and waiting for the phone to ring.
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