breaking free!

Tuesday was my last day of IV antibiotics. Thank god.  I think breakfast was my hint that I had outstayed my welcome....

Toast that bends?  yum yum.  Served with bran flakes and cranberry juice.  What am I?  80?  Geez.

After my pathetic breakfast, I cleaned up my office (when did i become such a workaholic) and handed over the reins to the manager covering for me.  I'm not sure she was too impressed with the 5 pages of notes I had written so she knew where i was up to with various tasks and projects!

I got dragged out of the hospital for lunch - real food! - with a couple of work colleagues. Unfortunately, I still had the revolting metal taste in my mouth, so I could barely get through half my meal.  Then it was back to my room to get my last dose of IV antibiotics, and to be set free from the needles!

Then it was home on pass to wait for the phone call that the city was ready for me.

Oh - funny story.  Total blonde moment and god, I wish I had gotten a photo!  So I had two IV's at one point - one for the CT in my right ACF with enough tape all over it, that I'm sure I could have wrapped a few years worth of Christmas presents with it! Anyway, when I had the giant CT IV removed, I had a rash on my arm where a chunk of the tape was. It's not unusual for my skin to be very red after getting tape removed, but it usually disappears after a few hours.  Not this time - it developed into a very angry looking rash, almost to the point of looking like the skin was breaking down.  Great - all I need.  To develop a sensitivity to the bloody tape at the START of my treatment.

So I was talking to my HR advisor, and I told her about my arm, and we were having a bit of a laugh how I was having a run of bad luck.  And I said, I should totally send you a photo of how bad it looks.  And as I was looking at it, I thought something didn't look right.  So I went back to my room to get my antibiotics, and I asked my nurse if she had some spare alcohol swabs on her.  She passed a couple over, looking a bit confused.

I told her - this is either going to be really funny, or I'm about to totally scream.  And I proceed to wipe the alcohol swab over my 'allergic reaction'.  Thankfully I was right - I proceeded to clean my allergic reaction off my skin.  The nurse is looking at me like I had lost it!  I said what happens when you take tape off?  Oh! You're left with sticky skin right?  And what colour sweater am I wearing??   Oh look, its red - just like my 'rash'  HAHAHAHAHAHA  God, I'm such a dork!  And thankfully, still allergy free  :)