April 16, 2012

Back to Club Med - Life after ALF!!!

Well - be careful what you ask for - while i was looking forward to actually being able to finally sleep through the night for the first time since August 17, 2011 - that hasn't quite become a reality yet for me.  I was discharged Saturday morning in time to take in Sebby's lacrosse game at noon and Aidan's grudge match saturday evening - amy and i had a nice time and got in a mile walk before the game and than it all went down hill (to hell.....)  Spent the night throwing up and in incredible abdominal pain - couldn't keep anything down so i could not take an pain or nausea pills which only added to the drama.  Was re-admitted yesterday courtesy of Mr. Sebastian who had the honor (or horror) of having to drive me to the hospital - brought back all sorts of painful memories from this summer.  Turns out they released me a little to early and the colon hasn't woken up yet so everything was just backing up - i was so distended i looked 9 months pregnant - the medical staff was shocked - so i am happy to report that i didn't blow up because that for sure seemed like a real option - and a desirable one at that if it would have relieved the pain.  So i am back at Club Med - got an NG tube last night - and you know how much i like those - i am hoping to get some activity down below and have it removed today - makes for a very difficult night of sleeping, or trying to, not to mention a sore throat from hell. 
 I think Amy is ready to pull up a bed next to me so she can finally get some rest - it is definitely easier to be the sick one - i don't think the spouses get enough credit - it's about 10 times the work for them - or course she wants to do more than any one will allow - which pisses her off.

Looks like there has been a sighting of Jerry and the East Coast White's relaxing at White's Landing - good to see - how i miss those Patriot's Day's.



Stay Healthy
Best
C-

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi Alf, My name is Alex and I'm here next to mom's bed in the hospital for the 3rd straight week. She's has stage 4 gastric cancer, she just had an NG tube put in a couple of days ago. How long does the tube stay in? Is the fluid going to stop with chemo? She's on Folfox 7 I wish you a quick recovery!