Week Wrap-up

Today did not provide much more information on my outstanding conditions. The edema has been stopped, for now. I've been given a prescription for a different set of water pills to test a theory -- that I am experiencing a significant allergic reaction to the current set of diuretics that I had been taking. This would explain the strange blood counts that have been occurring with my system. Because of these 'curiosities' I will be going to the clinic again for another week.

Now that I'm on Day + 35, I finding that the recovery portion of the treatment can be as frustrating as the treatment itself.

You see, whenever you get a cold or the nasty flu, you measure your recovery on a day-to-day basis. You feel miserable, but you know that in a few days you'll be well and feeling like your old self.

At this point in the recovery, I am also 'under the weather'. Not deathly ill, but not exactly well either. However, the timeframe for healing is much longer -- several months. You do not feel better on a day-to-day basis, so it is very important to keep your head up and keep telling yourself that you will become better and come out of this stronger than when you came in. I feel so close to being able to join the real world again, yet I am physically, physiologically and mentally so far away to be able to do so. It's difficult to return to your daily life when you are starting again at ground-zero on so many levels.