Sort of an update
Dec. 10th, 2012 09:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
etumukutenyakSo, I got a CPAP last month, to treat mild sleep apnea. One night (two weeks ago), I put it on and fell asleep, as one does. In a few hours I awoke, with an odd complication: I must have inadvertently blocked the outflow from the mask, resulting in an overpressure within my respiratory tract, and ended up with a lovely pharyngitis as well as lots of air within the GI, where it does not belong.
I call it pharyngitis now, but that night all I knew was suddenly I could not swallow. My throat was so edematous that nothing moved properly. I was just barely able to take my blood pressure medication, which contains a diuretic, and I waited. As the hours passed, I cautiously took liquids.
For a week, I took only liquids. Last week, I added in very soft scrambled eggs. I found that I could consume "solids" if I chased each bite with liquids; otherwise the solids stuck at the back of the tongue and went no further. This resulted in mild panic, as that is right above the glottis, where food is not meant to be. Each meal was thus a study in controlled panic, with muchly masticated foods and large quantities of liquids.
Yes, I've lost weight on this diet. I don't recommend it, though.
It's now two weeks, and I am still mainly on a full liquid diet -- my blender is pureeing many tasty things -- although I can eat soft foods, particularly those with sauces; pasta; eggs; cheese, and the like. Meals are slightly less panic-inducing, but always mindful.
I haven't used the CPAP since then, and my FG doesn't want me to use it at all. I will try it again once I'm back to normal, and I do expect to heal; I can see and feel the continued healing.
On the other hand, the Ex has civilly dined with me and the FG twice now. Even though she claims to have a new girlfriend, I don't really see the connection -- however, I never look a gift horse, etc.; anything that distracts her is good enough for me.
I call it pharyngitis now, but that night all I knew was suddenly I could not swallow. My throat was so edematous that nothing moved properly. I was just barely able to take my blood pressure medication, which contains a diuretic, and I waited. As the hours passed, I cautiously took liquids.
For a week, I took only liquids. Last week, I added in very soft scrambled eggs. I found that I could consume "solids" if I chased each bite with liquids; otherwise the solids stuck at the back of the tongue and went no further. This resulted in mild panic, as that is right above the glottis, where food is not meant to be. Each meal was thus a study in controlled panic, with muchly masticated foods and large quantities of liquids.
Yes, I've lost weight on this diet. I don't recommend it, though.
It's now two weeks, and I am still mainly on a full liquid diet -- my blender is pureeing many tasty things -- although I can eat soft foods, particularly those with sauces; pasta; eggs; cheese, and the like. Meals are slightly less panic-inducing, but always mindful.
I haven't used the CPAP since then, and my FG doesn't want me to use it at all. I will try it again once I'm back to normal, and I do expect to heal; I can see and feel the continued healing.
On the other hand, the Ex has civilly dined with me and the FG twice now. Even though she claims to have a new girlfriend, I don't really see the connection -- however, I never look a gift horse, etc.; anything that distracts her is good enough for me.
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Date: 2012-12-11 11:24 am (UTC)Ha! Vocal cords are below the glottis, so my naturally husky voice is unchanged! :-p
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Date: 2012-12-11 02:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-12-12 02:07 am (UTC)