Zombie Thorne_sl
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The butthole stories always hurt!!!
I haven't posted much lately, and thought I might as well update this thread since I can't do much else for the next few weeks. And I'm pretty high on painkillers!
I've been out of the hospital for 2 days now. I had at thoracotomy on the 17th to remove a necrotic abscess in my left lung. They ended up removing about a third of my lung in the process. This was the first "major" surgery I have ever had and hopefully the last. The pain is still pretty bad and will stay that way for a few weeks. I had chest tubes in for 5 days, if anyone has ever dealt with that I will offer a hug, holy shit it was horrible. Imagine 2 feet of garden hose chilling in your chest, yes you can feel it every time you move anything.
The pneumonia I had in October never really got better. I would be on antibiotics for a few weeks and start to feel pretty good, but just a few days after taking the cycle I would be back to extreme pain and high fever. We had been short handed at work and trying to finish a few major contracts so I just dealt with it and worked 12 hour days until I nearly worked myself to death. Everything got worse in January, I started coughing up blood and all kinds of nasty stuff. Went through tests, Ct scans, MRI's... Just about everything possible until the abscess finally went necrotic and damn near exploded. I ended up having a pocket in my lung that likely formed at birth that the abscess got stuck in and walled itself off from any antibiotics and such. I would do ok while on meds, but right back to sick as hell afterwards. Once the issue was finally identified I had surgery scheduled and here I am. Already feeling much better besides the pain.
Thoracotomy's suck.
I haven't posted much lately, and thought I might as well update this thread since I can't do much else for the next few weeks. And I'm pretty high on painkillers!
I've been out of the hospital for 2 days now. I had at thoracotomy on the 17th to remove a necrotic abscess in my left lung. They ended up removing about a third of my lung in the process. This was the first "major" surgery I have ever had and hopefully the last. The pain is still pretty bad and will stay that way for a few weeks. I had chest tubes in for 5 days, if anyone has ever dealt with that I will offer a hug, holy shit it was horrible. Imagine 2 feet of garden hose chilling in your chest, yes you can feel it every time you move anything.
The pneumonia I had in October never really got better. I would be on antibiotics for a few weeks and start to feel pretty good, but just a few days after taking the cycle I would be back to extreme pain and high fever. We had been short handed at work and trying to finish a few major contracts so I just dealt with it and worked 12 hour days until I nearly worked myself to death. Everything got worse in January, I started coughing up blood and all kinds of nasty stuff. Went through tests, Ct scans, MRI's... Just about everything possible until the abscess finally went necrotic and damn near exploded. I ended up having a pocket in my lung that likely formed at birth that the abscess got stuck in and walled itself off from any antibiotics and such. I would do ok while on meds, but right back to sick as hell afterwards. Once the issue was finally identified I had surgery scheduled and here I am. Already feeling much better besides the pain.
Thoracotomy's suck.