Update and Thanks For All of the Well Wishes!
I'm still doing pretty well. I've had some odd things happen in the past couple of weeks, but I consider them odd, rather than painful.
One thing is that my present feeding tube is somehow alive and wants out! I find when I'm laying on my back, at times, I get this pinching feeling where the tube is hanging out of my stomach (like right below the skin). It pinches and pinches, tightening up, then POP! Something rises up from under my skin, slightly above where the hole is. It sticks up like Alien, then goes away. All of this takes just seconds, but it is the weirdest thing I've ever seen. Plastic alien trying to explode out of my stomach. The doctors haven't been able to figure out what is making it do that, so they are considering just taking it out. I haven't used it for feeding purposes in about a month, anyway.
I wonder if I should ask if I can keep it as a souvenir. Maybe I can get it to pop up after it's been removed, and put it on display.
The second weird thing happening, is that last Wednesday I got a fever, which produced chills and cold sweats. I have never had "hot flashes" or "cold sweats" before, so this was a new experience for me. One day, I believe Saturday, I went through about five changes of clothing. It was amazing, I would just sweat completely through my clothes. They were damp and wet, really wet. It was something new. It seems to be going away now, but we never found out what was causing it. I read on the internet and it seems that this symptom alone could be one of thousands of medical issues. Oh, well. I was never really in pain, just sweating my butt off. I didn't sleep well for about five nights, but it is receding now, and I slept about 13 hours straight. Good times.
Welp, there you have it from the gimp. I still have the feeding tube sticking out of my belly, still have the Picc line sticking out of my arm. So I'm still homebound, in that respect, but probably not for long! As soon as I get these two things yanked, I'm back to cruising!
Felicia :)