Surgery tomorrow; be back in a week or so

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I suffer from chronic migraines, and we have been going around almost a year trying to solve what is causing them. I recently had a sleep study, which revealed I have only an average of 5 minutes of REM sleep a night, and this is caused by a severe sleep apnea, which essentially means I do not breathe in my sleep. I was then sent to an Ear, Nose, and Throat doctor that found that my adenoids and tonsils may be the cause of my apnea, and I had two options: I can have my tonsils and my adenoids removed, or I could be put on a c-pap machine, which essentially 'breathes' for me when I sleep. Considering I am only 16 years old, I would much rather have the surgery than be stuck with a machine for the rest of my life. They believe that removing my adenoids/tonsils will allow me to breathe better, lower my high blood pressure, give me more than a 2 hour a night average of sleep, and maybe even cure my migraines, as they have been known to relate to sleep and high blood pressure.

So I'm having my surgery early in the morning tomorrow, and I will be home, but apparently I'm not supposed to be doing much computing for a week, so I'm gonna be gone for that time. See yah when I get better..
 
I'm sorry to hear that, dude.. :(....
5 Minutes of REM...

... :((
I hope that surgery goes well, dude..
..See ya soon.. !sad
 
Good luck. Even the most routine surgery can be stressful so our hearts go out to you!!

Nuedar
 
Good luck with your sugery man. I hope everything gets better.
We'll all be here waiting.
 
You made a good choice. CPap machines are really noisy and uncomfortable. I had my appendix out about 8 years ago, and if you're nervous you don't need to be! You'll get all the jell-o and ice cream you can eat >:0
 
I'm sorry, I have been home since the day after I posted this (I didn't need to stay in the hospital over night)
but I am still recovering. It's a bit of a b**** right now; my parents said that my throat pain would be the worst, but the thing that's bugging the most is I cannot blow my nose, because there are gels that I have to keep in there for a week, and when that week is up.. I still can't blow my nose. I can't until after a week, which I'm then supposed to dissolve the gels with saline. Also it's been annoying, because I cannot breathe through my nose, and if I don't keep my head at an angle, they bleed like no tomorrow, and wiping up the blood makes them bleed more. I can't wait till the week is up.

I might come online and play one of these days, but due to the fact I have to keep my head tilted and such, I still may not until I have fully recovered, which should be soon. The pain meds help whatever pain is in my throat, and so does pudding. Oddly enough, the ice cream actually hurts my throat and we have to have lots of great, expensive ice cream shops nearby that my parents were willing to go to for me.

Well, at least theres also the jell-o. Haha, a mormon stereotype, is that they looove Jell-o so the families around here that actually care [Unfortunately they also have a distaste for those not in the church, but there are a few families I am good friends with, and in my eye, they are an example of what a christian or a mormon family should be: Friendly, loving, some of the nicest people you will ever want to meet, with good family values that they don't force on other people.] about me have donated lots of homemade Jell-o. Mmm P=

Hehe, I sound like a kid there... 'I had mah surgery just so mah parents would buy the most expensive ice cream!'.

So far, even though it has been a little hard to sleep because of my cotton mouth and the fact I can't breathe through my nose, when I do get to sleep, I have a feeling this surgery will have been worth it. I got 9 hours last night with no disruption, and according to my parents, who had me sleep in the living room for some reason, said I didn't toss, turn or snore. That's more than I've had in at least 5 years..
 
The recovery sounds like a pain in the rear, but it also sounds like you might be on the way to sleeping better. I hope it also helps your migraines. I used to get them more often, but somehow giving birth made them not as frequent (i.e in 4 years I've had maybe 2 mild ones). I would not wish migraines on my WORST enemy!

Eat lots of jello and pudding and I hope you are back to normal soon!
 
Dude, just get better. We'll keep the lights on here for ya. You're going to love getting a good night's sleep! Best wishes . . . .

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