Dear all,
I returned home to San Jose, CA (12 hours in the plane!)Within hours of
my return from Germany, I woke up with acute bronchitis, but no fever. I
am very sensitive to cigarette smoke which is rampant in Germany, and it
finally got me!!! However, I am taking good care of myself and this too
shall pass. It is ironic that I did not need to take any narcotics
after my surgery in Germany, but that I took a demorol pill because my
sternum felt like it was splitting in two from this constant coughing.
It is good that it didn;t happen earlier as it would have placed a lot
of tension on the suture line. I try to keep in mind a Native American
belief that when something bad happens, it is to prevent something worse
from happening. Such as... you fall off your horse and fracture your
leg, but if you didn;t, you could have been in a car accident and had
worse injuries. so, I am going to focus on the fact that my adhesions
are gone.