May 19, 2005

maybe i am a monster

This morning I woke up and this “thing” on my face got even larger and more pronounced.


I can’t eat (fabulous) cause I can’t open my mouth wide enough to get anything in and if I do manage to insert food, its difficult to chew and swallow without dribbling onto my shirt. Is this what its like to be feeble? I tell you this… I only have to deal with this for a few days, I couldn’t imagine 10+ years like Mrs Schiavo was forced to endure.

My pill intake per day now consists of:
AM:

    1 Sulfameth/Trimethoprim 800mg
    1 Rifampin 300mg
    1 Bupropion SR 150mg
    1 Target weight sense multi-vitamin

Lunchtime:

    1 Bupropion SR 150mg

PM:

    1 Sulfameth/Trimethoprim 800mg
    1 Rifampin 300mg

That’s seven (7) pills a day taken at 3 different intervals. I’m forced to set my alarm on my cell phone, cause I’m the type of person to forget what day of the week it is and miss a day of work.

I asked my doctor if this would be cleared up by Memorial Day weekend because at present time, I couldn’t eat bananas, and given IML is that weekend, that would be a very bad thing. He assured me that I’d be enjoying a “full range of use for your mouth” by then. I love my doctor. He “gets” me with a wink, a nod, and slap on the ass.