12/1/13 - Sunday
I had to travel for work and so suffered through this pain
during the trip (usually between a 3 & 5 on my pain scale) without any pain
relief.
During the week the pain was minor enough that I didn’t
require any pain medications. I kept my
activity to a minimum and did no running.
12/4/13 - Wednesday
I awoke feeling terrible with nausea and pain. I took a Norco (hydrocodone + acetaminophen)
and a Bentyl (dicyclomine) and stayed in the hotel room until I had to leave
for the airport. After I got to the airport
I took a full norco and another bentyl.
That kept me comfortable during the flight home. By the time I got to my destination airport,
about 7 hours had elapsed and I was safe to drive again but I also began to
hurt again. I remained uncomfortable for the
next couple of days.
12/9/13 - Monday
I traveled again this week and in general felt better than I did the previous week. I ran on Monday and again on Wednesday
evening.
12/12/13 - Thursday
This morning I felt
terrible again and stayed in my hotel room until I had to leave for the
airport. By the time I had to leave, I
had just begun to feel better. I was
comfortable during the trip and didn’t require any pain medications.
For the rest of the week I felt OK.
12/14/13 - Saturday
On Saturday, I started hurting again and I had to take a
norco for pain again. Saturday night I
started feeling very cold while my family didn’t feel cold. For me, this is a sign of a fever, so I
started taking my temperature. My
temperature went up to 100.5 F.
12/15/13 - Sunday
On Sunday, I woke up feeling bad again. That night, I started feeling very cold while
my family didn’t feel cold. For me, this
is a sign of a fever, so I started taking my temperature. For several hours I had a fever of up to 101
F. Over night I experienced a moderately
bad night-sweat.
12/16/13 - Monday
I felt bad again but didn’t require pain medications. I was able to work from home and kept my activity to a minimum. Monday night I developed a fever of 101 F
again.
12/17/13 - Tuesday
I felt bad again and realized that the pain I was
experiencing felt different from a normal bowel obstruction. My distention from bloating wasn’t as bad as I experience
from a normal bowel obstruction. Instead
of radiating the pain was extremely localized.
As I told my wife, “it feels like it would be better if they could scoop
it out with an ice cream scoop.” I also
told her that the pain was about the size of a ping pong ball.
So I went to the doctor’s office. She examined me and decided she needed blood
tests and a CT scan. The blood tests
showed decreased kidney function and elevated white blood cells and neutrophils
(signs of infection). The CT scan showed
a large abscess about 2 inches by 1.5 inches in size.
The doctors prescribed a 2 week course of 2 types of
antibiotics (Flagyl and Ciprofloxicin). During this time I
intermittently required norco for pain.
I had to remain relatively inactive (no running) because even light activity (such as walking in store) rapidly caused pain and a feeling of unwellness.
After getting approval from doctor I tried light activity (10 minutes on
an elliptical).
12/31/13 - Wednesday
I completed my antibiotics and went back for another CT
scan. The scan showed significant
improvement (the abscess decreased in size).
The doctor prescribed another 10 day round of antibiotics.
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