Day 23

Today was a little better. When I woke up, the swelling under my eye had gone down a little more. I also spaced out my medicines combined with anti-nausea pills so now I don't feel sick all day long. I still have a headache and get dizzy when I stand up but in comparison to yesterday, I'm loads better! The follow up appointment went well, the infection is starting to subside. When they were flushing out the incision from 2 days ago, they told me I heal fast because the incision was already almost healed. In fact, all my incision sites from surgery are completely healed and the stitches dissolved! That is one of the perks of getting this type of surgery done when you are younger.

I also want to note that this type of infection is not common. As is consistent with my medical history (I'm always that .5% that gets a fluke illness) this only happens to about 1 or 2 out of 150 patients. Nevertheless, never ignore symptoms or increases in swelling after you have major surgery. The doc told me that if I had waited too long I would have ended up being admitted to the hospital. These things need to be caught early.

Over the course of the next few days the swelling should get better and I should be back in business by Monday! I'm going to have to rest up this weekend for sure. I can see sweatpants and season 4 of Breaking Bad in my near future.

Today's picture is on the less cute side...again. Makeup really does wonders but when your face is too swollen to wipe the makeup off, I've learned it's best to go au natural; even if I look like a zombie.