March 8, 2008
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I'll Survive!
I found out from the doctor yesterday that he suspects that I'll survive. I've really had a hard time. The only thing that kept me from a hospital stay is that I didn't have to go to some job or out anywhere and I could just stay home (which I've done for weeks now). I'm am getting better and my lungs and sinuses are now clear.
The bad news is that through all this, I've really inflamed and damaged my larynx. I can talk for about 5 minutes tops, and then the voice is gone. The remedy for this is to quit talking and continue on some steroids to help with healing. I hate the steroid part...well, gee, I hate not talking. It is giving up an excuse of practicing our ASL. I need to do that, too.
The problem with my larynx is that it being inflamed keeps the cough mechanism going which in turn keeps it inflamed. Talking is bad, too. Clearing my throat is bad. Dang, everything seems bad for it. I'm at the point of doing permanent damage. And I don't want to sound like Froggy from Our Gang. The coughing keeps my head throbbing with this migraine. Geemyknee!!!
It's no talking time for me. And try to preserve my wonderful voice. Truthfully, it's never be wonderful and I can't stand hearing my own voice, but at least it is a voice. Sometimes one doesn't know what they have until it's gone.
It's the ol' silent treatment around here, but we both understand that.
The FogWalker goes back to scanning a book for publishing....in the quiet...
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