Ladies and Gentlemen, I am here to inform you that I have purchased the Collector's Edition and Standard Edition of Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling.
For those that can't recall information I've blogged about over 7 months ago, you will recall that JK Rowling handwrote and illustrated 7 of the leather bound editions of Tales of Beedle the Bard. Six of those editions (every intro was different and every gemstone in each edition were different colors) were given away to people who were closest to the whole process of Harry Potter through the years as "Thank Yous." The 7th (or "moonstone") one was auctioned off in December 2007 through Sotheby's. Amazon.com bought the book at an amazing £1,950,000 (double that number and you get the approx USD value). The proceeds went to her charity, The Children's Voice.
Now, Amazon.com was fair and reviewed each of the stories and set-up a contest where the winner and another person were flown to the UK and the winner got to actually sit in a room and HOLD the book and READ the stories. No one, other than the 6 people and whomever they shared it with, had read the stories. So, you can imagine how the entire fandom was dying to know what the stories were. There were photos taken of the moonstone edition (click here and scroll down past the reviews and there are the photos) and whatnot, but I had no hopes in ever reading the stories. I was bummed, but I wasn't overly bummed because the story that was important we read about in Deathly Hallows and the rest were just for fun.
Anyway, today (or I guess yesterday - Thursday) it was announced that the book was going to be published and all net proceeds would go to The Children's Voice (Amazon.com and the people who own the other 6 books gave it an okay to do). I was SO excited! Then I found out they have a Collector's Edition and, well, I couldn't pass it up. Rumor has it there will only be 100,000 editions made and they're exclusive to Amazon.com (makes sense). If you look at the pictures, it's going to be REALLY cool. It's as close to a replica as you can get. The standard edition is for my reading pleasure. LoL
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Monday, July 28, 2008
Doremifasollatido and Durkin
Okay. I thought Arrrrr was just hilarious, this one is even funnier because he sings the horse's name in the stretch. LoL
Doremifasollatido's race in July
It's even funnier because he goes back to being normal to call the 2nd and 3rd place finishers. LoL
Doremifasollatido's race in July
It's even funnier because he goes back to being normal to call the 2nd and 3rd place finishers. LoL
"Here comes Arrrrr..."
I was on bloodhorse.com tonight reading some blogs from the staff members and this one blog had commented about a horse named Arrrrr (that's 5 r's!) and Tom Durkin calling the races for this horse and how funny it is. Now, I must say, personally, I think Tom Durkin is the best horse race announcer in the industry. He's got that nice voice to listen to and he's really good (not that other people aren't, but I just like how he calls a race). I'm not signed up with TVG so I couldn't watch the races of Arrrrr, but I figured...Hey! YouTube has almost everything! Sure enough...YouTube has the two races announced by Tom Durkin for this horse Arrrrr. I watched them and just laughed! Tom Durkin just plays with the name when he says it and it's hilarious! I must say, whoever named the horse DEFINITELY has a sense of humor because, think about it, this horse in any race has to have its name called out! Anyway, the combo is hilarious.
Below are the two races called by Durkin for Arrrrr. The video quality is horrible, but the sound quality is fine. After the horses break, there's a slight "dead air" before Durkin starts talking, so don't turn your volume up thinking you can't hear anything! Give it a few seconds.
Arrrrr's Belmont Race in June
Arrrrr's Saratoga Race in July
As for tonsil stuff...I'm feeling GREAT! Swallowing is much easier now. It hardly hurts at all to swallow now. I still get some random ear pains every once in a while (at truly random times), but for the most part they're okay. My left side is still slightly tender, but I don't worry about what I eat at all anymore. Talking is still an issue, oddly enough, though I can talk at basically a normal level and at fairly long amounts. I still feel like I'm slurring my words sometimes and not enunciating as well as I could, but at least it's getting better. I'd say my speaking capabilities are about 85%. I find talking more difficult at various times and sometimes I feel like if I talk too much, it gets harder to talk later on. It's kind of weird. It's very much "come and go," I guess. I still avoid talking on phones as much as I can because phones are hard to hear over sometimes and since I'm not enunciating as well as I usually can, it just makes me not want to talk on the phone. LoL Speaking in person is pretty good, though. I still can't "yell" or raise my voice really loudly. So...let's hope there's no reason for me to yell for a bit longer because it wouldn't be fun!
I leave for Chicago in a little less than a week (Monday, August 4th!). I'm EXCITED!!!! It's going to be fun. The wireless at the Chicago Hilton is $12.95 for 24 hours. So...I'm still debating what I'm going to do about wireless as I'm bringing my laptop. My roomies might split the cost with me or we may just truck to other places around us. Rumor has it the hotel next to the Chicago Hilton has wireless for $6.95. :P We might also be able to get it free in the lobby, but that still has to be determined. LoL We're plotting ways of cutting down costs too like buying oatmeal, easymac, and other things we can use hot water for since we'll have a coffeemaker in our room. We're also thinking of buying drinks and whatnot too so we don't have to buy them in the city. We're going to work the system!
Anyway, with that, I should head to bed since it's almost 3 am. My sleeping schedule is totally messed up and I can sleep for like 7 hours, be dead tired the whole day, and still fall asleep at 3 am. It's horrible. I'm sleep deprived and it's almost a guarantee I'll be sleep deprived in Chicago too. LoL
Below are the two races called by Durkin for Arrrrr. The video quality is horrible, but the sound quality is fine. After the horses break, there's a slight "dead air" before Durkin starts talking, so don't turn your volume up thinking you can't hear anything! Give it a few seconds.
Arrrrr's Belmont Race in June
Arrrrr's Saratoga Race in July
As for tonsil stuff...I'm feeling GREAT! Swallowing is much easier now. It hardly hurts at all to swallow now. I still get some random ear pains every once in a while (at truly random times), but for the most part they're okay. My left side is still slightly tender, but I don't worry about what I eat at all anymore. Talking is still an issue, oddly enough, though I can talk at basically a normal level and at fairly long amounts. I still feel like I'm slurring my words sometimes and not enunciating as well as I could, but at least it's getting better. I'd say my speaking capabilities are about 85%. I find talking more difficult at various times and sometimes I feel like if I talk too much, it gets harder to talk later on. It's kind of weird. It's very much "come and go," I guess. I still avoid talking on phones as much as I can because phones are hard to hear over sometimes and since I'm not enunciating as well as I usually can, it just makes me not want to talk on the phone. LoL Speaking in person is pretty good, though. I still can't "yell" or raise my voice really loudly. So...let's hope there's no reason for me to yell for a bit longer because it wouldn't be fun!
I leave for Chicago in a little less than a week (Monday, August 4th!). I'm EXCITED!!!! It's going to be fun. The wireless at the Chicago Hilton is $12.95 for 24 hours. So...I'm still debating what I'm going to do about wireless as I'm bringing my laptop. My roomies might split the cost with me or we may just truck to other places around us. Rumor has it the hotel next to the Chicago Hilton has wireless for $6.95. :P We might also be able to get it free in the lobby, but that still has to be determined. LoL We're plotting ways of cutting down costs too like buying oatmeal, easymac, and other things we can use hot water for since we'll have a coffeemaker in our room. We're also thinking of buying drinks and whatnot too so we don't have to buy them in the city. We're going to work the system!
Anyway, with that, I should head to bed since it's almost 3 am. My sleeping schedule is totally messed up and I can sleep for like 7 hours, be dead tired the whole day, and still fall asleep at 3 am. It's horrible. I'm sleep deprived and it's almost a guarantee I'll be sleep deprived in Chicago too. LoL
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Check-up at Doc's
All is good with my tonsils! I'm healing as I'm supposed to. Always good to hear. I'm taking this Sat off from work, though, as I can only speak at about 50% still. I still have pain in my left side (about 70% better?) and it still hurts and bothers my ears when I swallow hot or cold things. Popsicles don't seem to be a problem though. I'm finding drinking to be a bit harder than chewing, funny enough. I think it has some to do with tilting your head back to swallow. I seem to do okay with straws. *shrugs* I still tire after being out for a while, but I'm getting there. I don't find the need to nap as much as I did before.
I ordered a Stephenie Meyer Breaking Dawn Concert t-shirt on-line today. Hopefully it'll be here before next Friday so I can wear it to the Breaking Dawn book release! I'm going to the concert in Chicago, so I'll just have my shirt early! :) Now let's hope it fits...LoL
I found out the other day that Level Two (a Harry Potter conference) that was going to be in San Jose in July 2009 is now going to be in San Francisco and it's called Azkatraz! Azkatraz being a combo of Azkaban (the wizard prison in Harry Potter) and Alcatraz. I think the name and the location is MUCH better. The name fits the theme better too. We'll see if I'll be able to go or not. It depends on grad schools and also whether I go to LeakyCon or not. LeakyCon is The Leaky Cauldron's conference they're doing in Boston in May 2009. As a staff member, it'd totally rock to go to LeakyCon, but Azkatraz would be a lot cheaper since I won't have to do a plane ticket. So...we'll see. If I end up going to Columbia I won't be able to go to Azkatraz anyway as I'll be in school by then. LeakyCon is during Memorial weekend, so probably the weekend before I start at Columbia. I probably won't go to LeakyCon even then. We'll see, though!
I finished Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. I devoured the books is the better term. I absolutely loved the books in the series so far. I can't wait till the last one comes out next year! I simply loved the ingenuity of mixing the Greek Mythology into the series. It was fresh and clever. It also gave a nice fresh spin to those old Greek Myths we all know. My next series I'm reading is James Patterson's Maximum Ride series. It's a step-up from Riordan's series (that's how Chris terms it), which is independent reader (IR). Maximum Ride is in the young adult (YA) section and it's fiction, but has a slight sci-fi feeling to it. Riordan's was definitely fantasy. I'm not too far into the series, but I'm liking it so far. There's 6 kids who have been subjected to scientific experiments where they have avian genes grafted onto their human genes and they have wings. So it's the story about how they escape from the "Erasers" (half man, half wolf) and try and figure out why they were made and everything. The only thing I'm not liking about the series is the fact the chapters are like 5 pages long! There's 133 chapters in this book! We'll see how it goes as I get more into the book, though.
Anyway, with that, I'm off to finish my Contest work and sleep!
I ordered a Stephenie Meyer Breaking Dawn Concert t-shirt on-line today. Hopefully it'll be here before next Friday so I can wear it to the Breaking Dawn book release! I'm going to the concert in Chicago, so I'll just have my shirt early! :) Now let's hope it fits...LoL
I found out the other day that Level Two (a Harry Potter conference) that was going to be in San Jose in July 2009 is now going to be in San Francisco and it's called Azkatraz! Azkatraz being a combo of Azkaban (the wizard prison in Harry Potter) and Alcatraz. I think the name and the location is MUCH better. The name fits the theme better too. We'll see if I'll be able to go or not. It depends on grad schools and also whether I go to LeakyCon or not. LeakyCon is The Leaky Cauldron's conference they're doing in Boston in May 2009. As a staff member, it'd totally rock to go to LeakyCon, but Azkatraz would be a lot cheaper since I won't have to do a plane ticket. So...we'll see. If I end up going to Columbia I won't be able to go to Azkatraz anyway as I'll be in school by then. LeakyCon is during Memorial weekend, so probably the weekend before I start at Columbia. I probably won't go to LeakyCon even then. We'll see, though!
I finished Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. I devoured the books is the better term. I absolutely loved the books in the series so far. I can't wait till the last one comes out next year! I simply loved the ingenuity of mixing the Greek Mythology into the series. It was fresh and clever. It also gave a nice fresh spin to those old Greek Myths we all know. My next series I'm reading is James Patterson's Maximum Ride series. It's a step-up from Riordan's series (that's how Chris terms it), which is independent reader (IR). Maximum Ride is in the young adult (YA) section and it's fiction, but has a slight sci-fi feeling to it. Riordan's was definitely fantasy. I'm not too far into the series, but I'm liking it so far. There's 6 kids who have been subjected to scientific experiments where they have avian genes grafted onto their human genes and they have wings. So it's the story about how they escape from the "Erasers" (half man, half wolf) and try and figure out why they were made and everything. The only thing I'm not liking about the series is the fact the chapters are like 5 pages long! There's 133 chapters in this book! We'll see how it goes as I get more into the book, though.
Anyway, with that, I'm off to finish my Contest work and sleep!
Monday, July 21, 2008
Two more weeks till I leave for Terminus!
Two weeks from today I will be in CHICAGO!! I can't believe Terminus is already here. It's gone by SO fast. I was counting how many weeks until Terminus today and realized it was in two weeks! Where did the time go?!
I think I'm more excited about all the people I'll be meeting than the
actual symposium. LoL It should be fun, though. The actual symposium
doesn't start till Thursday, August 7th so we have a few days to hang
out in the city and do stuff. We also need to go grocery shopping
sometime to get stuff we can stash in our hotel room to help cut down
on food expenses. The sales tax in Chicago is 10%! That makes me super
sad. Apparently the city's sales tax went up so they can make a bid for
the Olympics and they need the money for it. LoL
The weekend before is going to be nuts too. Friday, August 1st is the book release of Breaking Dawn (the last book in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series). So I'm working that till who knows when (2 or 3 am?) and Saturday morning is Shae and Adam's wedding. So I'll be going to that. Sunday I have the Aquarium and Monday I leave for Chicago!
Now to my tonsils...I'm doing a load better. Still don't always feel like eating or drinking, but I'm doing a lot better. I'd say I'm like 70% better. I still have troubles talking, especially loudly, but I'm getting better at it. The back/base of my tongue is still sore so I still can't stick my tongue out very far, rub my tongue along my back teeth, etc. When I eat I sometimes feel like I get food stuck in the back of my throat too. The pain on my left side when I swallow comes and goes. I still feel the worst when I wake up, but through the day it sort of dulls out. I also still get some pain in my left ear. They must have done more work on the left side or something because my right side feels 95% fine. My left side is like 60-70%. I still get some pain in the back middle of my throat too. I think that's where my adenoids were, which were removed also. Other than I'm still eating slowly on harder/crunchier foods (I can eat soft foods before they get cold now!), I'm doing pretty good. Energy level I'd say is around 70% also. I still get tired and feel a need to take a nap in the daytime, but I'm doing way better!
I'm supposed to work Saturday at Borders from 2-10pm. I had to take the aquarium off yesterday because I still can't talk, but hopefully I'll be okay by Saturday. Thursday I have a follow-up appointment with my doctor so I'll check with him on whether I should/could work on Saturday.
Lastly...During this past week I've gotten into a new book series called Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan. It's a sci-fi/fan independent reader (IR) series (ages 8-11), but I'm really enjoying it. It's set in modern times in New York, but Greek Mythology plays a HUGE role in the series. Essentially, the Greek gods/goddesses live in our time with us (Olympus is on the 600th floor of the Empire State Building). It's pretty fun because I like to guess who the new person is or try and recall the story of them. Their different stories play parts in how Percy (the main character) solves and handles different issues too. It's a lot of fun and it's a nice refresher of Greek Mythology. It makes me want to go back and reread some of the stories. There will be 5 books in the series and the 4th one just came out recently. So I read the first three in 3 days (1 book a day) and I got the 4th one today.
With that...I'm off to start reading the 4th book!
I think I'm more excited about all the people I'll be meeting than the
actual symposium. LoL It should be fun, though. The actual symposium
doesn't start till Thursday, August 7th so we have a few days to hang
out in the city and do stuff. We also need to go grocery shopping
sometime to get stuff we can stash in our hotel room to help cut down
on food expenses. The sales tax in Chicago is 10%! That makes me super
sad. Apparently the city's sales tax went up so they can make a bid for
the Olympics and they need the money for it. LoL
The weekend before is going to be nuts too. Friday, August 1st is the book release of Breaking Dawn (the last book in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series). So I'm working that till who knows when (2 or 3 am?) and Saturday morning is Shae and Adam's wedding. So I'll be going to that. Sunday I have the Aquarium and Monday I leave for Chicago!
Now to my tonsils...I'm doing a load better. Still don't always feel like eating or drinking, but I'm doing a lot better. I'd say I'm like 70% better. I still have troubles talking, especially loudly, but I'm getting better at it. The back/base of my tongue is still sore so I still can't stick my tongue out very far, rub my tongue along my back teeth, etc. When I eat I sometimes feel like I get food stuck in the back of my throat too. The pain on my left side when I swallow comes and goes. I still feel the worst when I wake up, but through the day it sort of dulls out. I also still get some pain in my left ear. They must have done more work on the left side or something because my right side feels 95% fine. My left side is like 60-70%. I still get some pain in the back middle of my throat too. I think that's where my adenoids were, which were removed also. Other than I'm still eating slowly on harder/crunchier foods (I can eat soft foods before they get cold now!), I'm doing pretty good. Energy level I'd say is around 70% also. I still get tired and feel a need to take a nap in the daytime, but I'm doing way better!
I'm supposed to work Saturday at Borders from 2-10pm. I had to take the aquarium off yesterday because I still can't talk, but hopefully I'll be okay by Saturday. Thursday I have a follow-up appointment with my doctor so I'll check with him on whether I should/could work on Saturday.
Lastly...During this past week I've gotten into a new book series called Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan. It's a sci-fi/fan independent reader (IR) series (ages 8-11), but I'm really enjoying it. It's set in modern times in New York, but Greek Mythology plays a HUGE role in the series. Essentially, the Greek gods/goddesses live in our time with us (Olympus is on the 600th floor of the Empire State Building). It's pretty fun because I like to guess who the new person is or try and recall the story of them. Their different stories play parts in how Percy (the main character) solves and handles different issues too. It's a lot of fun and it's a nice refresher of Greek Mythology. It makes me want to go back and reread some of the stories. There will be 5 books in the series and the 4th one just came out recently. So I read the first three in 3 days (1 book a day) and I got the 4th one today.
With that...I'm off to start reading the 4th book!
Friday, July 18, 2008
Day #8 - One week later
It was a week from today that I had my tonsils out and I thought I'd be much farther along in my recovery process, but...I have made it regardless!
I had a minor set back the other day because I was spotting some blood, my ears were super hurting when I swallowed, and medicine going down was burning. Not to mention, with all those things, the pain in my throat increased a bit. I was super bummed about that. I was getting better and then woke up with a different kind of pain that was more than the day before. It was a bummer.
Yesterday I took it easy and ate at THREE separate times (so proud) and had about 3 popsicles. After the morning there was no more blood that I could see and I was taking my normal liquid tylenol every 4 hours to keep the pain down and inflammation.
I still woke up once last night and had to grab my cup of water and then trucked downstairs at like 6 am to grab the ice pack for my ears, but I went back to sleep fairly fast. When I woke up today I was in a little discomfort, but as the hours went by...I was feeling pretty darn good! Thankfully, today I feel the BEST I have since last Friday in every regard. My energy level is pretty low still, but it's coming back. The pain in my ears when I swallow has lessened, and the pain in my throat has SIGNIFICANTLY gone down. It's still sore in the back middle and left side, but the right gives me almost no troubles at all. Anyway, everything feels pretty good, enough that I haven't taken any pain meds since 10 pm last night!
I still can't talk and I still eat my food so slowly that it's cold by the time I get 3/4 through it, but I don't have the same level of pain! I still swallow cautiously, contemplating whether I really need to swallow, but I'm trying to swallow more now. Large, lumpy foods still travel down pretty badly so I'm still stuck to a boring diet, but at least I'm getting better.
Onto other news...I got my new glasses today. They look almost exactly like the glasses I have now. LoL The only real difference is the frame is a little thicker, but it only has a frame at the top, the lenses are pretty small, and they're about the same color. The temple pieces are also a little thicker, but it's okay. Not totally jazzed about the thicker nose band as it looks like it's more of a "v" than my old ones, but they're more comfortable on my ears at least. The lenses are transition too. I just had to give in because there was no way I'd do clip-on sunglasses or switch them with glasses and I should wear sunglasses. LoL The new prescription is a little stronger in both eyes, but I feel it a lot more in the left eye. Then again, my left eye is much weaker than my right eye. Anyway, I'm slowly adjusting to them. Swapping between my new and old. The new ones don't give me a headache, they make me feel a bit dizzy and nauseous instead So...I wear them for as long as I can stand and then switch back to the old ones.
Anyway, with that...I'm off to rest. Going out today wore me out a little and I ate right before going out and eating wears me out. Yes, I know. It's sad that eating wears me out. LoL
I had a minor set back the other day because I was spotting some blood, my ears were super hurting when I swallowed, and medicine going down was burning. Not to mention, with all those things, the pain in my throat increased a bit. I was super bummed about that. I was getting better and then woke up with a different kind of pain that was more than the day before. It was a bummer.
Yesterday I took it easy and ate at THREE separate times (so proud) and had about 3 popsicles. After the morning there was no more blood that I could see and I was taking my normal liquid tylenol every 4 hours to keep the pain down and inflammation.
I still woke up once last night and had to grab my cup of water and then trucked downstairs at like 6 am to grab the ice pack for my ears, but I went back to sleep fairly fast. When I woke up today I was in a little discomfort, but as the hours went by...I was feeling pretty darn good! Thankfully, today I feel the BEST I have since last Friday in every regard. My energy level is pretty low still, but it's coming back. The pain in my ears when I swallow has lessened, and the pain in my throat has SIGNIFICANTLY gone down. It's still sore in the back middle and left side, but the right gives me almost no troubles at all. Anyway, everything feels pretty good, enough that I haven't taken any pain meds since 10 pm last night!
I still can't talk and I still eat my food so slowly that it's cold by the time I get 3/4 through it, but I don't have the same level of pain! I still swallow cautiously, contemplating whether I really need to swallow, but I'm trying to swallow more now. Large, lumpy foods still travel down pretty badly so I'm still stuck to a boring diet, but at least I'm getting better.
Onto other news...I got my new glasses today. They look almost exactly like the glasses I have now. LoL The only real difference is the frame is a little thicker, but it only has a frame at the top, the lenses are pretty small, and they're about the same color. The temple pieces are also a little thicker, but it's okay. Not totally jazzed about the thicker nose band as it looks like it's more of a "v" than my old ones, but they're more comfortable on my ears at least. The lenses are transition too. I just had to give in because there was no way I'd do clip-on sunglasses or switch them with glasses and I should wear sunglasses. LoL The new prescription is a little stronger in both eyes, but I feel it a lot more in the left eye. Then again, my left eye is much weaker than my right eye. Anyway, I'm slowly adjusting to them. Swapping between my new and old. The new ones don't give me a headache, they make me feel a bit dizzy and nauseous instead So...I wear them for as long as I can stand and then switch back to the old ones.
Anyway, with that...I'm off to rest. Going out today wore me out a little and I ate right before going out and eating wears me out. Yes, I know. It's sad that eating wears me out. LoL
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is created by Joss Whedon. He created such TV shows as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly.
Our webmistress on Leaky told us all about this and it's fantastic! It is a musical of sorts and it's about an evil mastermind, who, well, isn't quite there. It's funny, cute, low-budget, but well done. The singing isn't bad either. Who'd of thunk! The best part about it? It's FREE! You can watch the the parts (Part II available on Thursday and Part III on Sunday) or buy a season pass on iTunes for only $3.99. Once Monday arrives, though, the episodes won't be available again.
Apparently, from his "Master Plan," he created these during the strike and wants to change how things are done. Can't blame them for their vision to change things to make them more fun for them and for us as viewers/purchasers.
Anyway...Go to Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog and check it out!
Our webmistress on Leaky told us all about this and it's fantastic! It is a musical of sorts and it's about an evil mastermind, who, well, isn't quite there. It's funny, cute, low-budget, but well done. The singing isn't bad either. Who'd of thunk! The best part about it? It's FREE! You can watch the the parts (Part II available on Thursday and Part III on Sunday) or buy a season pass on iTunes for only $3.99. Once Monday arrives, though, the episodes won't be available again.
Apparently, from his "Master Plan," he created these during the strike and wants to change how things are done. Can't blame them for their vision to change things to make them more fun for them and for us as viewers/purchasers.
Anyway...Go to Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog and check it out!
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Day #5 - No laughing!
So...it's day 5 that I've lived in pain of not swallowing.
Pain wise I'm doing pretty good. I haven't taken pain meds since around 7pm yesterday. So that's not bad. I could probably use some pain meds now, but I'm over the codeine stuff. I'd rather suffer through the pain of eating (which is about to the level it was on Saturday WITH pain meds) and wait for some plain liquid tylenol (mom's going to the drugstore today). I'm not being brave, I just seriously can't stomach the thought of taking anymore of that medicine...LoL
My tongue is still sore at the back base, especially on the left. They must have done more work on the leftside because the base of my tongue hurts (so I don't chew on that side) and my left ear bothers me a lot on that side too. I may be able to eat more normal (besides the swallowing part) if my tongue wasn't so sore. I might also be able to talk better if my tongue worked too! I'm trying to keep myself hydrated as much as possible to help reduce the scabs comin' out and me bleeding. According to my nurse friend, about 5-7 days after the surgery is the most critical time on whether you'll bleed or not. So I'm forcing liquids down. Probably not enough or as much as she'd like (she said TWO liters!), but I'm forcing liquids down even though I'd rather live on bread and water for a week than try to swallow anything.
Yesterday Chris came over and we watched Tom Hank's The Terminal. It was a cute movie. I can't imagine living in an airport for like 9 months, though. LoL The only bummer about Chris coming over is he was telling work stories and they made me laugh! You use a lot of neck muscles to laugh and I simply can't laugh because it HURTS like nothing else. So I told him to STOP making me laugh and he said, "that's what I did the first few days, you're past that now." *rolls eyes* He did stop, though. Kind of ruins the funny parts when someone goes "haha...*groans in pain* ow...it hurts to laugh *groans in pain again*" It just doesn't have the same effect. :P
Well...with that...I'm off to do something other than be on my computer and watching TV. I've been minimally on my computer, but almost plastered to the TV. I've been reading, but...*shrugs*
Pain wise I'm doing pretty good. I haven't taken pain meds since around 7pm yesterday. So that's not bad. I could probably use some pain meds now, but I'm over the codeine stuff. I'd rather suffer through the pain of eating (which is about to the level it was on Saturday WITH pain meds) and wait for some plain liquid tylenol (mom's going to the drugstore today). I'm not being brave, I just seriously can't stomach the thought of taking anymore of that medicine...LoL
My tongue is still sore at the back base, especially on the left. They must have done more work on the leftside because the base of my tongue hurts (so I don't chew on that side) and my left ear bothers me a lot on that side too. I may be able to eat more normal (besides the swallowing part) if my tongue wasn't so sore. I might also be able to talk better if my tongue worked too! I'm trying to keep myself hydrated as much as possible to help reduce the scabs comin' out and me bleeding. According to my nurse friend, about 5-7 days after the surgery is the most critical time on whether you'll bleed or not. So I'm forcing liquids down. Probably not enough or as much as she'd like (she said TWO liters!), but I'm forcing liquids down even though I'd rather live on bread and water for a week than try to swallow anything.
Yesterday Chris came over and we watched Tom Hank's The Terminal. It was a cute movie. I can't imagine living in an airport for like 9 months, though. LoL The only bummer about Chris coming over is he was telling work stories and they made me laugh! You use a lot of neck muscles to laugh and I simply can't laugh because it HURTS like nothing else. So I told him to STOP making me laugh and he said, "that's what I did the first few days, you're past that now." *rolls eyes* He did stop, though. Kind of ruins the funny parts when someone goes "haha...*groans in pain* ow...it hurts to laugh *groans in pain again*" It just doesn't have the same effect. :P
Well...with that...I'm off to do something other than be on my computer and watching TV. I've been minimally on my computer, but almost plastered to the TV. I've been reading, but...*shrugs*
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Day #3 of Pain
I woke up okay this morning (I'm sleeping kind of funny, though...Not
really deep) and wasn't in a whole lot of pain so I said 1 tsp of my
tylenol/codeine and then I took my antibiotic. I came downstairs to
take my THIRD medicine stuff (I've got the grossest combo of medicines
ever) and lazed around the couch. A couple of hours later, though, I
was in a lot of pain and my mom said, "I'm assuming this is a 2 tsp
time?" I can take up to 3, but the most I've ever taken is 2. Codeine
makes me feel weird sometimes. Anyway, after that I ate some sherbert
and some solid food, but then I was feeling nauseous. I ended up
sleeping for 1.5 hours instead. I had a bit more mac and cheese, but
I'm just in pain.
The swelling I can tell has gone down a
little, but the wall or sides of my throat hurt like NOTHING ELSE. So
I've been careful. I am trying to get more fluids down, even if it
kills me. The unfortunate thing is yogurt and sherbert are a bit too
sweet for my stomach right now so I have to be careful or it starts making my stomach feel weird. I did finish the vitamin water Chris got me the other day, which was good.
I feel better today, but at the same time worse. Is that
possible? LoL Yesterday I think the swelling affected me more than anything. I still have some swelling (my tongue feels huge), but I can tell the swallowing doesn't hurt as much because of the swelling. Who'd of thought burping, hiccuping, etc your throat muscles work to do. I basically try and avoid anything with the throat/mouth. It doesn't really hurt to chew, but the base of my tongue is sore and you use your tongue a lot to move the food in your mouth. So...that limits my chewing down a bit.
I think one of the worst things about getting your tonsils out is the fact you can't EAT most foods. Do you know how agonizing it is when you're watching TV and food shows up on a commercial? I practically drool. I'm hungry almost all day, but I can hardly get anything down and you get to a point where scrambled eggs, sherbert, water, and whatever smattering you can barely get down your throat just doesn't sound appetizing anymore! My mom made her homemade chicken soup the other day (on Friday) and I can't eat any of it and I just have to imagine eating it! Shish kabobs are being made tonight! We've never done shish kabobs here! I can't eat them! It's super sad and makes me depressed. If I loose any weight from this ordeal, I'm bound to make it all back from eating everything I can get my hands on when I'm all well...
I fixed the background. It's taken me a few days (weeks?) to notice that it wasn't working. Sometimes if the page doesn't finish loading the background doesn't load. I realized today the background I had was on my CSUMB account, which I no longer have. So I had to upload the photo to somewhere else.
With that...I'm off to do something other than lazing around and doing nothing. I have to move every once in a while or watching too much TV or whatever makes me feel ill.
really deep) and wasn't in a whole lot of pain so I said 1 tsp of my
tylenol/codeine and then I took my antibiotic. I came downstairs to
take my THIRD medicine stuff (I've got the grossest combo of medicines
ever) and lazed around the couch. A couple of hours later, though, I
was in a lot of pain and my mom said, "I'm assuming this is a 2 tsp
time?" I can take up to 3, but the most I've ever taken is 2. Codeine
makes me feel weird sometimes. Anyway, after that I ate some sherbert
and some solid food, but then I was feeling nauseous. I ended up
sleeping for 1.5 hours instead. I had a bit more mac and cheese, but
I'm just in pain.
The swelling I can tell has gone down a
little, but the wall or sides of my throat hurt like NOTHING ELSE. So
I've been careful. I am trying to get more fluids down, even if it
kills me. The unfortunate thing is yogurt and sherbert are a bit too
sweet for my stomach right now so I have to be careful or it starts making my stomach feel weird. I did finish the vitamin water Chris got me the other day, which was good.
I feel better today, but at the same time worse. Is that
possible? LoL Yesterday I think the swelling affected me more than anything. I still have some swelling (my tongue feels huge), but I can tell the swallowing doesn't hurt as much because of the swelling. Who'd of thought burping, hiccuping, etc your throat muscles work to do. I basically try and avoid anything with the throat/mouth. It doesn't really hurt to chew, but the base of my tongue is sore and you use your tongue a lot to move the food in your mouth. So...that limits my chewing down a bit.
I think one of the worst things about getting your tonsils out is the fact you can't EAT most foods. Do you know how agonizing it is when you're watching TV and food shows up on a commercial? I practically drool. I'm hungry almost all day, but I can hardly get anything down and you get to a point where scrambled eggs, sherbert, water, and whatever smattering you can barely get down your throat just doesn't sound appetizing anymore! My mom made her homemade chicken soup the other day (on Friday) and I can't eat any of it and I just have to imagine eating it! Shish kabobs are being made tonight! We've never done shish kabobs here! I can't eat them! It's super sad and makes me depressed. If I loose any weight from this ordeal, I'm bound to make it all back from eating everything I can get my hands on when I'm all well...
I fixed the background. It's taken me a few days (weeks?) to notice that it wasn't working. Sometimes if the page doesn't finish loading the background doesn't load. I realized today the background I had was on my CSUMB account, which I no longer have. So I had to upload the photo to somewhere else.
With that...I'm off to do something other than lazing around and doing nothing. I have to move every once in a while or watching too much TV or whatever makes me feel ill.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
I'm tonsil-less!
So last weekend was spent at Pismo, which was fun. This weekend will be spent laid up because I got my tonsils removed yesterday!
Here's a post I made in Beanies:
Had the surgery yesterday. My mom and Chris were there the whole time.
The nurse for my surgery and the anesthesiologist
were funny and had me laughing before they put me under. I saw my
doctor (Dr. Block) once before the surgery, right when the
anesthesiologist showed up, but I saw the anesthesiologist like 4
times. I told them general anesthesia and me don't work. So they gave
me some nausea stuff during the surgery and a bit afterwards, but I
still woke up nauseas and there was just no way I could have made it to
the car. So I stayed in recovery a bit longer than I would have. They
gave me some other nausea medicine, which helped me loads, but had a
side effect of making you sleepy (I was already having problems waking
up at first). So it was a rush to get me dressed and out to the car as
soon as they could. I fell asleep in the car and when I got home. I
slept most of yesterday. I had some nausea when I got up to go to the
restroom (they pumped me with a LOT of fluids before I left), but was
okay till later when I had some homemade chicken broth and apple sauce.
Stomach didn't like it, so I vomited. Definitely didn't feel good, but
the good thing was there was no bleeding. Few hours later I felt like a
scrambled egg so my mom made me one and I kept that down. I had two
more scrambled eggs today.
The doctor said my tonsils were "a
mess" as my mom tells me. They were full of infection and were so large
that they were irritating the wall of my throat so he said I may be
sore around there (boy am I!). I ended up sleeping on the couch to stay
upright last night. Wasn't the best place to sleep, but it was better than my bed trying to sleep upright. I wouldn't have accomplished that.
I
haven't been taking too much of my liquid tylenol with codine. My
throat is fine as long as I don't swallow and the codine makes me
sleepy and groggy. So I've only taken 1 tsp in the last 14 hours. I'm
feeling loads better today, but really weak. I shouldn't even be on my
computer this much, but I wanted to check everything.
I basically feel like I have the world's worst sore throat. It hurts a LOT to swallow so every swallow is a definite chore and I think about why I have to swallow quite a bit before I do it. I did take a shower today so I feel a bit more human at least.
With that...I'm off to laze around some more and maybe eat something...
Here's a post I made in Beanies:
Had the surgery yesterday. My mom and Chris were there the whole time.
The nurse for my surgery and the anesthesiologist
were funny and had me laughing before they put me under. I saw my
doctor (Dr. Block) once before the surgery, right when the
anesthesiologist showed up, but I saw the anesthesiologist like 4
times. I told them general anesthesia and me don't work. So they gave
me some nausea stuff during the surgery and a bit afterwards, but I
still woke up nauseas and there was just no way I could have made it to
the car. So I stayed in recovery a bit longer than I would have. They
gave me some other nausea medicine, which helped me loads, but had a
side effect of making you sleepy (I was already having problems waking
up at first). So it was a rush to get me dressed and out to the car as
soon as they could. I fell asleep in the car and when I got home. I
slept most of yesterday. I had some nausea when I got up to go to the
restroom (they pumped me with a LOT of fluids before I left), but was
okay till later when I had some homemade chicken broth and apple sauce.
Stomach didn't like it, so I vomited. Definitely didn't feel good, but
the good thing was there was no bleeding. Few hours later I felt like a
scrambled egg so my mom made me one and I kept that down. I had two
more scrambled eggs today.
The doctor said my tonsils were "a
mess" as my mom tells me. They were full of infection and were so large
that they were irritating the wall of my throat so he said I may be
sore around there (boy am I!). I ended up sleeping on the couch to stay
upright last night. Wasn't the best place to sleep, but it was better than my bed trying to sleep upright. I wouldn't have accomplished that.
I
haven't been taking too much of my liquid tylenol with codine. My
throat is fine as long as I don't swallow and the codine makes me
sleepy and groggy. So I've only taken 1 tsp in the last 14 hours. I'm
feeling loads better today, but really weak. I shouldn't even be on my
computer this much, but I wanted to check everything.
I basically feel like I have the world's worst sore throat. It hurts a LOT to swallow so every swallow is a definite chore and I think about why I have to swallow quite a bit before I do it. I did take a shower today so I feel a bit more human at least.
With that...I'm off to laze around some more and maybe eat something...
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