Five days out==WOO-HOO! I'm in "ONE"derland! I dreaded this post op liquid phase so bad--but it has FLOWN by and I am actually LIKING my protein shakes! I CAN'T beleive I am saying that. MY scars look like NOTHING and are very minimal and little brown lines on my belly.

Yesterday I woke up and my throat was "scratchy"....and felt kindof sore when I swallowed. By last night 10pm my fever was going up and my tonsils were the size of golf balls and white. The back of my tongue looks like a red globe with white continents--patchy and there are little white bumps covering the whole back of my very red throat. It hurts SO bad to try to swallow. I'm going to the PCP for throat culture today.

I'm still on POTENT meds for pneumonia and everything else. Can't figure out HOW could I get Strep?! Also, it doesn't feel like THRUSH--I've gotten that before and I remember incessent itching and no fever.

I felt "sore" throat after being intubated that lasted about a day--then with some good hard candy--that went away....this CAN'T be from that??

Once I get well from all of these freak illnesses I'll be on mushies! ) Trying to stay positive!

Congratulations Bander! Just caught up on your progress. I'm sorry you've had other illnesses going on...getting pnemonia in the hospital is always a worry and more common than you'd think (I finally got the vaccine after having it too many times). Hopefully the throat thing turns out to be thrush after all...I'm guessing the antibiotics for the pnemonia would have wiped out strep if you have it, but maybe not (sure sounds like strep)...might need a different one. I'm sure they caught the pnemonia early so hopefully you'll be feeling better soon.

You've got a great attitude...the up side is you're a bander now!!! WOOT! Keep us posted and best wishes! -BG

Good news! It WAS thrush!!! So definitely the lesser of two evils! I will be better soon! PCP said NO WORK ALL WEEK--not because it would be too difficult to be up walking around, but that my immune system is too compromised right now and NOT a good time to be around people. :thumbup:| So...today I got YET ANOTHER afternoon nap! After that, I felt really refreshed and alive...coming out of the woods feeling. If my DH will get the treadmill down I will do another 5-10 minutes today. Almost time for another protein drink...and a follow up swish/swallow of the antifungal. After all of this--I could win big $$ on Fear Factor, right? ) Thanks, BG for all your support!

Whew!!! I was so hoping it was just thrush from the antibiotics (my kids got that all the time from being on the antibiotics for ear infections)...YAY THRUSH!!! Glad to hear you're turning the corner...all of this will soon be a blurrrrrrr... Say it with me...'I AM A BANDER!!!!' :-) -BG