Friday, February 15, 2013
Healing
I'm finally off of constant pain medication and my leg is starting to feel a bit better. Here's how it looks today - still pretty ugly!
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
A Fumble
I'm so annoyed. Last Thursday, I accidentally tripped over a curb and fell on my side onto cement. It wasn't immediately obvious, but I actually injured my hip quite severely. After spending 8 hours at the ER on Saturday, I learned that nothing was broken and I had no clots, but I was experiencing extreme pain from an 8cm hematoma in my hip region. I left with some strong pain meds and the hope that I was on the road to recovery.
As of today (Tuesday), the pain has not improved and the meds have only somewhat helped. I am awake every 30 mins or so at night because of the pain, yet so tired at the same time because of the medication! I came to the hem/onc clinic today for a blood count check, where they discovered that my hematocrit (red blood cell) count had dropped to 19. (Normal range starts at 28+). The drop is due to the bleeding in my hip area. So I am receiving a transfusion today, as well as tomorrow, to bring this up. Transfusions really are no big deal except that they take a couple hours to match the blood plus 4 hours to receive it, so it'll be long days here at UCSF. So, the combination of the transfusions and a temporary stop on my blood thinner should improve the situation. It's an acute situation, and will be fixed, but annoying (especially that I did this to myself) in the meantime! While I'm not at UCSF, I'll be lying around at home, groggy from the meds!!
As of today (Tuesday), the pain has not improved and the meds have only somewhat helped. I am awake every 30 mins or so at night because of the pain, yet so tired at the same time because of the medication! I came to the hem/onc clinic today for a blood count check, where they discovered that my hematocrit (red blood cell) count had dropped to 19. (Normal range starts at 28+). The drop is due to the bleeding in my hip area. So I am receiving a transfusion today, as well as tomorrow, to bring this up. Transfusions really are no big deal except that they take a couple hours to match the blood plus 4 hours to receive it, so it'll be long days here at UCSF. So, the combination of the transfusions and a temporary stop on my blood thinner should improve the situation. It's an acute situation, and will be fixed, but annoying (especially that I did this to myself) in the meantime! While I'm not at UCSF, I'll be lying around at home, groggy from the meds!!
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Four Cheese Gnocchi with Spicy Sausage, Spinach, & Pesto
Our dinner this evening was to die for. We basically used this recipe from Real Simple, but added some pesto. Also, Jonathan picked up some four cheese filled gnocchi from Lucca Deli in the Marina, which was definitely the KEY ingredient. We saw a tip on the container of gnocchi to sautee it rather than boil, and it was great. Jonathan also added some red pepper flakes and deglazed the pan with white wine after sauteeing the onion and sausage (right before adding the spinach). We love Lucca! (PS this is very indulgent!)
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