Post Surgery

Well, I thought I would post what has happened since surgery and how things are going now.  

The polyps are gone, yay!  What was thought to be a 8.5 out of ten in severity turned out to be 9.5 out of ten.  The doctor mentioned to the nurse that this was one of the worse cases he had seen and pulled out so much that he needed a larger than expected container for those pesky polyps.  It was between a cup and a half to two cups of junk.  Anyway, i am on the mend.  In three days it will be two weeks since surgery and as of today I am feeling mostly normal.

There are two photos here.  The first is just before surgery and the second was right after.  I had just been asked on a scale of 1-10 how was the pain, I said 15.  I do not remember this but the photo says it all.

I am breathing better than ever in my life.  I did not know it was normal to breath out of both nostrils at a time.  I am tasting and smelling food like never before, the experience is intoxicating at times.  I am breathing deeper without labor and sleeping deeply and well.  I am grateful to the doctor, nurses and the friends and familiy that prayed for the success of the operation.

And now that I am on the mend I am looking forward to fixing the dryer yet again, making sure the homeschooling of the kids is on task and that I am prepared for teaching the next term which starts next week for me.

In regards to this last point it was mentioned that we have been given a larger student to teacher ratio as there are not as many tutors to keep up with the growing number of Bahá'í students that have been denied education in Iran and now have to go through the BIHE.  I am up for the challeng as this is to be my second full term of teaching and I have a better understanding of what is expected.  I asked for an additional group so we shall see how that goes.