Posts Tagged ‘depression’

Hello again.  No I didn’t die.  I’m sorry for the delay with this chapter but every once in awhile I have a problem with tendonitis in my arms and have to take a break from typing for them to get better.  I feel better now.  OK,  where was I…………..

I woke up the next morning and was surprised to find that I was still alive.  Not only was I alive but I actually felt better!  I think it was because I had finally slept that night.  For the next couple of days the doctors kept and eye on me to see how far the allergic reaction would progress but it looked like it had stopped and that I might be OK.  They released me a few days later and I went home.  I still had this feeling like something was around the corner and I wasn’t out of the woods yet.   When you have been through so many health issues you start to get a bit paranoid that every little bump,pain or weird thing is another deadly illness.  I drove my wife crazy with all of my concerns and questions during this time.

A couple of weeks later, I noticed that there were what seemed like large bumps in my neck that I had never noticed before. Another question to bother my wife with……. My wife took a look and she said that my lymph nodes were really swollen and enlarged.  We called my doctor and of course she gave me the advice she always did back then………”Go to the Mass General Emergency room”.  My doctors would always give me the line “Considering your medical history you should go to the emergency room………better to be safe than sorry.”

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