It's Getting Better

Last week I went for a check up with Nurse Lois Anne to see how my abscess was doing. She told me that it was much more shallow (which I wouldn't know because I actively avoid looking at it) and gave me a cream with silver nitrate. The cream helped cauterize the inside of the hole, which basically means it made the inside less soft. Since I started using the cream, the hole has healed at lightning speed. There isn't anywhere for the gauze to go at this point!

I've been having tons of cramps lately because I had a series of inadvisable : banana cream pie, tomatoes, chili flakes, cream cheese, and alcohol (for my 21st birthday). I then went on a "BRAT" diet consisting of bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast. I feel better but not as well as I did before I went on my delicious food binge. It's hard for me to sleep at night because for some reason when I lie down I start having cramps. It's also hard for me to sleep in because prednisone gets me up early even if I'm tired. I know that it takes a long time to feel 100% better - about a year. It's tempting to start imagining the surgery didn't work or I have pouchitis, especially when I'm so used to waiting for the other shoe to drop. I just have to hold my horses and see how I feel in one month.