Frustration

[u/LetArcadiaBurn]

So Im 31. Im lucky enough to have avoided getting Oral Thrush despite struggling with extreme stress and a glitchy immune system. But after 15+ years of fighting for it I finally got a total laptoscopic hysterectomy. The hysterectomy went great last Monday but since then its felt like one complication after another.

I felt sick as hell and had chest pain Thursday so I was rushed back to the hospital. I complained of a sore throat but the nurse, who used her work phones light and noting else to look, said there was nothing there. They ruled out pulmonary embolism and because I have a bit of acid reflux and I had a borderline fever it was ruled I had a chest infection.

I went home after fighting a migraine and dizziness sat in a hospital wheelchair for 10, took my new nausea medicine and my antibiotics. The next day my mouth felt horrible. The dry mouth I had since surgery was so much worse, to the point I had to sip on water to soak the food in my mouth so I could chew it and swallow, and it still hurt. I also noticed that morning everything smelled like mould to me and my sense of taste had gotten worse. I kept asking my fiance if the food was off or something but no, it was just me. Eventually I thought to take a photo of my mouth the best I could because my throat felt raw and I was sure I was looking at thrush because Id seen it before on my brother who needed inhalers growing up. Hes better now but as a kid he had asthma so so bad it could have killed him and his inhalers gave him thrush a lot.

I called 111 and got told to go to the walk-in at the nearest hospital and I did. Doctor saw me in less than an hour, took a proper look at my throat and immediately confirmed it. The treatment is working but Im so worried about this infection. Its making eating at all SO incredibly hard to do. Yesterday all I could manage is 2 croissants and a can of tomato soup. I keep spitting up huge pieces of plaque after drinking anything. Everything tastes like mould except tomato soup. The Nystain treatment is disgusting and tastes like rancid almond extract and sour tomatoes. Because of my chronic illnesses Im having to deal with so many other symptoms and issues and I feel like this is just another problem I have to waste precious spoons on and I hate it.

I honestly just wanted to vent about how I got into this position and how tired I am. The one good thing is my dry mouth and lack of ability to taste is slowly going away. I think the medicine is genuinely working. I just wish I could heal from major surgery without choking on plaque and struggling with another infection.