On top of everything that's going on with my tonsils -- and maybe because of it -- my shoulder's been really giving me fits this week after surgery. Yesterday it got REALLY bad and I wound up leaving work mid-afternoon and, after a few phone calls back and forth with Jenny and the Doctor's office, Jenny and I wound up at the Emergency room.
It was the worst pain I had ever experienced and it was just there. It didn't come and go or anything. My shoulder, my upper arm, my back and up into my neck. I couldn't do anything to relieve it.
They gave me some of what they said was the strongest stuff they had and, after a while, I got to a point I could sit still and manage and, mostly, was just drugged stupid. They checked for a blood clot and did an X-Ray to check for damage but found nothing.
Eventually they sent me home and told me to visit my Orthopedic surgeon the next day -- today. I saw him this afternoon and he said that I just got into a situation where everything was swelling up and was putting pressure on nerves and causing some pretty severe pain. Sounds simple. He gave me more drugs to manage the pain, drugs to help me sleep and told me to keep ice on it as much as possible to keep the swelling down.
On the way home my ENT called with Biopsy results. As expected, it's positive. Squamous Cell. Not the best cancer to get but certainly not the worst. They've referred me to Dr. Terance Tsue at KU Med Center and I have an appointment with him on Thursday, Sept 18 and a PET Scan and Chest CT Scan the day before.
Waiting and not knowing is the worst part. Hopefully Thursday we'll get the rest of the answers about what we're dealing with and what the treatment plan is going forward.
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