| | Yes. It was the most disheartening feeling learning I had to be re-admitted to the hospital again for an extended period of time.
A cat scan of my chest in November showed that the liquid effusion had returned and a lymph node was swelling and the size of an orange pushing against a major vein leading to my head.
Due to this 'orange' i was told to not sleep completely flat. Also when I cough my entire face would go red with veins popping out and I would feel like i'm about to black out and get dizzy.
- 8 doctors
- 3 biopsies
- 3 2nd opinions
- 2 hospitals
- 1 university
- 1 surgery
- 1 more scar
All that and 6 weeks in the hospital finally produced a reason why my body relapsed into effusion again. The Cancer word was thrown around again in the 1st couple weeks as there was some unusual samples taken. That was finally ruled out. Apparently I had a inflammatory reaction to the TB medications. We are waiting for one final pathology report to return and I will start a steroids treatment to get rid of the inflammation in my body.
I've been cleared from being infectious so I'm no longer in isolation.
The hospital i stayed at was the new one in B town. Its so new that guess what? NO TVs
The food got even worse. It was so bad I couldn't eat it.
Because of the lack of movement my legs look like a fob girl's chicken legs.
I feel so drained from the 2nd hospital stay I'm just summarizing my bitter experience.
Family members would call and pray for me. There were times that you feel so weak that you need some sort of support from somewhere. I'm not religious but I do believe there is a higher power out there. I didn't pray for myself but I prayed for the others i saw in the hospital because I think they needed more help than I did.
I was finally released from the hospital on NYE. I'm so happy to be home.
Thank you to everyone for all the support you've given me during these times. It really means a lot to me.
The road to recovery continues...
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