Day 27: Fell Off the "No-Solid-Food" Wagon

First of all I apologize for not posting yesterday. There were no significant, or even minute, changes so you didn't miss much. I did have a couple beers with my dad and a friend. They hit me harder than I'm use to again. I'm glad to have stopped when I did.

As for today, I woke up with a little bit of pain. After visiting family friends who tend to make me laugh, talking, and some more back-to-school shopping, this little bit of pain had graduated into a significant amount of pain and discomfort. I was very tempted to take some Vicoden but luckily I held off long enough to give the Ibuprofen time to kick in. It relieved enough of the pain that it no longer really bothered me.

I did cough up more blood today but only a little bit. And I didn't seem to keep bleeding so it didn't bother me that much.

Later in the afternoon I went to a newly opened grocery store with my mom. I walked by their chinese food, which I absolutely love, and immediately began salivating. I made it all of about a half hour until I convinced myself I could handle the plain fried rice, and orange and sesame chicken. I got it to go and dug in once I got home. I was able to eat it without any chewing after cutting the chicken up into small bites. This is one of the foods I had been craving for so long and it tasted so good to finally get it.

In the mail today came the final bill from the oral surgeon's office for the surgery. The bill was for the amount that we owed after insurance paid their part. It was less than we thought it would be so that made my parents happy, and what makes them happy-makes me happy.