Tonsillectomy Update...It Ain't Pretty (not for the sqweemish)

[faither]

So I go to bed Wednesday night, still not feeling great but better than after the surgery on Monday. Though not concerned by it, I had felt a dripping in the back of my throat Wednesday evening that I dismissed as I went to bed.

I wake up about 2:30am with the dripping more pronounced. I go to the bathroom, spit into the toilet a couple of times and notice blood. Get my eight-month pregnant wife to take a look and figure I should give the doctor a call. Call the doc and he suggests gargling with some ice water for 10-20 minutes -- he says that often times stops any bleeding that may be ocurring.

After gargling for about 5 minutes I spit-up a golf ball sized clot of blood. After passing a few more of these, the blood starts coming out pretty quickly. I get the doctor back on the phone and he tells me to meet him at the hospital. I ask my wife to call my parents and ask them to come down and be there for the kids in the morning because I don't have a real warm and fuzzy feeling about things.

I get to the ER first (about 3 minutes away) and continue spitting up blood. He gets there, takes a look down my throat and tells the ER nurse to get an operating room pronto.

My wife and father make it to the ER just before I'm beng wheeled down to surgery. That's what you like, a little emergency surgery before sunrise.

Once in the doctor finds that some some veins near the carotid that are still bleeding and summizes that the clots were sort of masking the bleeding. He sutured the bleeders and recortorized the other areas.

After the surgery, the surgeon tells my wife that his job was easy but the anesthesiologist had the hard job. It was explained to my wife that I have a very unusual anatomy -- like after 11 years of marriage she didn't realize that. He says I possess a large tongue, deep voice box, thick neck. Okay, so maybe that wasn't the unusual part she was familiar with.

What had to get done, got done. Lost a bit of blood and was released from the hospital a few hours ago. What a huge pain in the a$$. Literally, after spending so much time on my ass it truly hurts.

Here's hoping we're not having to make another trip back until the baby gets here.

[ialsohaveadream]

Yikes! Also....gross. Hope you recover a bit better this time.

Did anyone else picture a cat hocking up hairballs when he said he was spitting out blood clots? :shudder:

[Jenny]

Ewwwwwww. and OUCH! :( Hope you feel better now!

[hoey222]

It was explained to my wife that I have a very unusual anatomy -- like after 11 years of marriage she didn't realize that.

you have genitalia in your throat??????? :spock:










hehehehe

[ShawnLee]

you have genitalia in your throat??????? :spock: Someone beat me to the punch... :disa: :P

[whitak24]

wow, that's nasty man! i'm glad they could get your fixed up, and i hope you actually recover properly this time.

btw, i didn't know you and your wife were expecting. grats! :cheers:

[nickel]

i think that is why this surgery is more risky on adults? :shrug:

glad you are OK. now you get to have scabs form. yummy :P

[Cubsfan]

Maybe I missed it if you said it, but what kind of surgury was it? Was it normal or laser?

[faither]

Thanks all. Pretty scary bleeding like that. Upon reflection, if I had been thinking I would have photographed the clots. I spit them in the sink and my wife had to use a cup to scoop them out as they wouldn't fit down the drain.

Thanks Whitak, if everything goes well these last four weeks, she'll probably be induced during/after the second week of July.

Nickel, I'll take the scabs over more clots any day of the week. Funny, but I told our daughters before going in to have them removed on Monday, that I was going to ask the doctor to save them and we'd grill them on the barbie. Probably could have made soup or a nice broth with the clots.

Cubbie, nice route of the Astros this week. The surgery was regular, not laser.

[Jenny]

lol that's just nasty. must have felt awful coming out! ick. lol

[oblongmelon]

Thanks all. Pretty scary bleeding like that. Upon reflection, if I had been thinking I would have photographed the clots. I spit them in the sink and my wife had to use a cup to scoop them out as they wouldn't fit down the drain.

Thanks Whitak, if everything goes well these last four weeks, she'll probably be induced during/after the second week of July.

Nickel, I'll take the scabs over more clots any day of the week. Funny, but I told our daughters before going in to have them removed on Monday, that I was going to ask the doctor to save them and we'd grill them on the barbie. Probably could have made soup or a nice broth with the clots.

Cubbie, nice route of the Astros this week. The surgery was regular, not laser.

thats not gross-laotian women who keep and eat their own placenta is gross..lol

[AlpineJay]

Man, I got surgery in 7 days for the same stuff. Hope it doesn't end up being complicated for me...

[Cubsfan]

Man, I got surgery in 7 days for the same stuff. Hope it doesn't end up being complicated for me...
When I had mine out 2 years ago at age 23, it wasn't too bad. Probably about a 1 - 1.5 week recovery time for me. I spit up blood one morning, but I just went into the doctor's office and got patched up. What it looked like was 2 long matchsticks that he used, not sure what they were.

[ufcrusher]

thats not gross-laotian women who keep and eat their own placenta is gross..lol

THere are actually receipes for how to cook the placenta and classes taught. I forget what show I was watching but they showed it and I couldnt believe how many people were doing that. :puke: If memory serves it was either in the US or England that it was filmed.

[faither]

I'll discuss this with my wife but I'm not too sure she'll go for it. Let me know if you find the recipe. :munch:

[ufcrusher]

I'll discuss this with my wife but I'm not too sure she'll go for it. Let me know if you find the recipe. :munch:

Each placenta weighs approximately 1/6 of the baby's weight. Cut the meat away from the membranes with a sharp knife. Discard the membranes.

Placenta Cocktail:
1/4 cup raw placenta
8oz V-8 juice
2 ice cubes
1/2 cup carrot.
Blend at high speed for 10 seconds

Placenta Lasagne:
Use your favorite Lasagne recipe and substitute this mixture for one layer of cheese. In 2 tbl. olive oil, quickly saute meat of 3/4 placenta, ground or minced; plus 2 sliced cloves of garlic, 1/2 tsp. oregano, 1/2 diced onion & 2 tbl. tomato paste, or 1 whole tomato.

Placenta Spaghetti:
Cut meat of 3/4 placenta into bite size pieces, then brown quickly in 1 tbl. butter plus 1 tbl. oil. Then add 1 large can tomato puree, 2 cans crushed pear tomatoes, 1 onion, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 tbl. molasses, 1 bay leaf, 1 tbl. rosemary, 1 tsp. ea. of salt, honey, oregano, basil, and fennel. Simmer 1 1/2 hours.

Placenta Stew:
Meat of 3/4 placenta in bite size chunks, 1 potato (cubed), 1/4 cup fresh parsley, 2 carrots, 3 ribs celery, 1 zucchini, 1 large tomato, 1 small onion. Dredge meat in 1 tbl. flour mixed with 1 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp. paprika, pinch of cloves, pinch of pepper, 6-8 crushed coriander seeds. Saute meat in 2 tbl. oil, then add vegetables (cut up) and 4-5 cups of water. Bring to full boil, then simmer for 1 hour.

Placenta Pizza:
Grind placenta. Saute in 2 tbl. olive oil with 4 garlic cloves, then add 1/4 tsp. fennel, 1/4 tsp. pepper, 1/4 tsp. paprika, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp. oregano, 1/4 tsp. thyme, and 1/4 cup of wine. Allow to stand for 30 minutes, then use with your favorite home made pizza recipe. It's a fine placenta sausage topping.



Placenta Roast:

All "food" should be properly cleaned prior to cooking, and all "food" should be properly cooked prior to eating.

This is a good recipe for placenta, which should NOT go to waste:

INGREDIENTS:

1 to 3 lb. placenta no more than 3 days old
1 large onion
1 large green or red pepper (green will add color to the presentation)
1 cup tomato sauce
1 sleeve of saltine crackers
1 tsp crab or shrimp seasoning
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp white pepper
1 clove garlic (roasted and minced)

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Chop onion and green or red pepper in small cubes. Place in large bowl. Crush saltines into crumbs and add to onion and pepper cubes.

COMBINE IN LARGE BOWL:

Placenta, seafood seasoning, pepper, garlic, and tomato sauce. Place into aluminum loaf pan. Cover and bake for 1 and 1/2 hours, occasionally pouring off excess liquid. Retain liquid for gravy base if desired.




Not something I would ever consider.

[Jenny]

That is just OMG NASTY. Bleh

[ufcrusher]

That is just OMG NASTY. Bleh


As I said, its not something I would ever do, but I saw a show on it. Which is why I knew that there would be plenty of literature online if I did a quick search. If memory serves there is even a restaurant that specializes in cooking your placenta for you. :puke:

[ShawnLee]

Dude. That just... ugh... We need a "disgusted beyond any measure" smiley. Though, I doubt it'd be smiling.

[ialsohaveadream]

I smell a Fear Factor episode.

[nickel]

I smell a Fear Factor episode.
you are right - i mean what is left?

[Burzhui]

What a huge pain in the a$$. Literally, after spending so much time on my ass it truly hurts.





phew thank god you explain that one and here i thought they went in trhough your A$$

[gear02]

I don't really understand...what made your throat start bleeding that badly like that?

Also, how the f*ck do you get your doctor on the phone in the middle of the night?? I don't think I could get my doctor on the phone even if I had a sword stuck through me...

[oblongmelon]

I don't really understand...what made your throat start bleeding that badly like that?

Also, how the f*ck do you get your doctor on the phone in the middle of the night?? I don't think I could get my doctor on the phone even if I had a sword stuck through me...
dislodged clots?, sutures that burst? capillaries that missed being cauterized..loads of reasons..

[Nija]

Also, how the f*ck do you get your doctor on the phone in the middle of the night?? I don't think I could get my doctor on the phone even if I had a sword stuck through me...

Maybe because he's doctor likes him :P

[faither]

I don't really understand...what made your throat start bleeding that badly like that?

Also, how the f*ck do you get your doctor on the phone in the middle of the night?? I don't think I could get my doctor on the phone even if I had a sword stuck through me...
Obby wins!!

Dislodged clots on some big bleeders. Looking back on it a week later it still scares the crap out of me. Lost a lot of blood. I could feel the blood pooling so quickly I wouldn't lie down as they wheeled me to the OR -- I was worried about choking on it.

As for the doctor. He returned my call within five minutes and made it to the hospital within 15 minutes of my getting there. Thank you Dr. Davis!

[nickel]

hey, he could smell the lawsuit :P

no actually, he probably is a great doc - there are a lot of them out there.

[gear02]

hey, he could smell the lawsuit :P

no actually, he probably is a great doc - there are a lot of them out there.

and I need to find one :D