whoa. sorry i haven't written in...a week. it hasn't been real eventful around here. nothing new really... i did however CHOP my hair off last wednesday!!! 7 inches to be exact! i LOVE it! it had gotten so long that i couldn't sleep with it down anymore {which its really bad for my hair to sleep with a ponytail-it breaks off really bad}...my long hair was driving me CRAZY. and i wanted something new, different, and exciting...and i think i got it in my new haircut:) i think this is the shortest my hair has ever been. i really really like it.... i've felt pretty good this week. i think i've gained a few pounds. my appetite is still really good. ive had a few sinking spells this week. just where i dont really feel good for 30 minutes out of the day. i will lay down and rest and am better within 30 minutes. last week i talked to dr. s and she did agree to continue the oral vanc. another week to rid me of the c diff...and i think it is gone!!! i am back to normal {if you know what i mean}...my stomach doesn't hurt anymore. im not near as weak as i was this time a month ago...i was actually thinking about it today as i was walking my dogs... this time last month i would wake up and practically crawl down the hall to go to the bathroom then crawl back to my room and do a treatment. my dogs would beg me to take them outside and i would put it off till i thought they were going to bust because i didnt have enough energy to go downstairs and let them pee. i would make my meals and have to sit down every other minute to rest. i couldn't make my bed, clean my room, empty the dishwasher...i couldn't do anything around the house. i was practically bed ridden. i didnt think i was ever going to get back to normal, but today i finally saw that im getting there! it has felt like years getting here, but it finally seems like things are getting better. im not getting too excited yet-only because it seems like every time i get excited that im getting better, things turn on a dime real quick and get worse. but im staying positive and keeping a bright outlook on things and hopefully it continues to go up from here.
im calling dannette tom to update her. just to tell her that i'm still getting a little winded and im coughing a little more than normal. i don't think she'll want to start iv's, or another oral antibiotic. im going to ask not to. but to start an inhaled antibiotic that i haven't done in a long time. i dont feel like im having a lung exacerbation {A worsening. In medicine, exacerbation may refer to an increase in the severity of a disease or its signs and symptoms}. when i do have one i feel sick 85% of the day, if not the whole day. and i have felt great all day every day. im going to tell her my, ahem, "routine" i guess you could call it... haha...is back to normal. and that things seem to be going fantastic. so we'll see what they decide to do. im really apprehensive about starting iv's or any kind of antibiotics. im so afraid the c diff will come back and ill be back in the same boat across the ocean where i started. but im also afraid i need to be on some kind of antibiotic. actually, i really dont think i need to be. but sometimes they dont see eye to eye with me. so pleeease pray that they agree with me and understand where im coming from. i know no matter what happens everything will be okay. whatever the Lord has in store for me i can handle.
until then,
leigh allyn
Prayers:
~no matter what happens with dannette tom i stay strong and understanding
4 years ago
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