It’s been nearly a week since my portacath surgery. I was sore and groggy on Wednesday, and then sore for a few more days, but other than that, felt well. Dana and I were able to enjoy some fellowship with our pastor and other pastors and their wives at a retreat. It was an encouraging time.
\nSaturday we got back in town, helped some with the musical rehearsal, and enjoyed the day Sunday in church. By Sunday afternoon I was starting to feel sick and more sore. My neck (where the upper incision is) was starting to hurt, and I felt sick. During the song service Sunday night I could tell I was straining my incision in my neck while leading singing\u2014probably shouldn’t have done that.
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\nAfter service I really started to feel bad. We hosted a short youth worker’s fellowship, and I went home and crashed. Didn’t sleep much, started coughing a lot, and got an intense head-ache and fever overnight. By 9:30 Monday morning, I was at the doctor’s office. After a chest x-ray, he determined I didn’t have bronchitis, but some other kind of virus. We postponed my second treatment (which was scheduled for Monday at 2pm) and I’ve basically been in bed since then.
\nI woke up this morning with no fever and no head-ache finally\u2014but still weak and aching. I sure didn’t expect to be knocked for a loop like this, but at least it’s not something more serious. My next treatment will be this coming Monday and hopefully I’ll be able to stay on schedule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It’s been nearly a week since my portacath surgery. I was sore and groggy on Wednesday, and then sore for a few more days, but other than that, felt well. Dana and I were able to enjoy some fellowship with … Continue reading