I just had surgery on my tear duct a few days ago, and I have a new perspective on some of the medical issues my wife deals with on a daily basis. I’m currently taking strong antibiotics, Methylprednisolone, and Hydrocodone for the pain. I’ve had to sleep sitting up for the last few days, so there hasn’t been a lot of sleeping. My head is so fuzzy from all the medicine. It makes it difficult to function.

This is nothing in comparison to the amount of medicine my wife takes each day. I’m amazed she is able to get anything done at all.

I also have very little memory of the procedure at all, which is ironic because last week I was reading this post by Marilyn about memory loss during anethesia.

I’d like to start by thanking everyone for their support in getting this site moving in the right direction. I’ve learned so much from from your comments and from the research I’ve done for the articles here. I was feeling pretty discouraged about the site and the lack of readers and comments, but I think we are now going to be able to make this site a valuable resource for lupies and their friends and families.

I’ve finished the second chapter of Living With Lupus: All the Knowledge You Need to Help Yourself by Sheldon Paul Blau, M.D. with Dodi Schultz. Remember, I’m reading the first edition, so if you have the second edition, it may be slightly different. I also found that a good deal of the book is available in a preview at Google Books.

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