What. A. Week. Tonight I’m officially calling the end of the week and tomorrow is a new week and a new start. Started with Tuesday morning, went to train at the gym and found the workout was like I had rowed the length of the Thames, not just 1000metres. @mikedonnanperformance was incredibly supportive and quite rightly agreed that training was NOT a good plan. Drove home shaking like a leaf feeling like I had been hit by a bus and went to bed. Woke up at 4pm and was back in bed by 8pm. Totally floored, felt like it was hard work to take the stairs. Wednesday I had bloods done to check nothing off is happening and in the evening had an MRI to check out what the cause of this ongoing spleen pain is. For those who have had an MRI you will know it’s not an ideal way to spend an hour and the dye contrast doesn’t feel particularly pleasant. I always thought I was quite good at swimming a length of the pool under water but actually holding my breath for 15-18 seconds after exhaling isn’t easy! As soon as I had the procedure the gentlemen called the consultant who advised he would come and write the report up that evening. Well, of course it was super efficient, but it got me panicked. I worried all night and all day today until I was physically sick. The pain I have in my spleen since my neutropenic sepsis is best described as having an ember coal from a barbecue, taken off the grill with tongs and carefully rammed up inside the bottom left section of my rib cage so it slowly burns for days on end. It’s made worse after eating and after I drink alcohol and sleeping on my side burns. Some nights the pain wakes me up. Tonight I went back to the gastro consultant who told me the scan was clear. What a huge relief! But... what is the pain? Well, apparently it’s nerve damage caused by the inflammation when I had sepsis, and the only way to manage the pain is with ongoing medication. I’m slowly getting my head around that but if anyone else has any light they can shine on splenic plexus/nerve damage and how to manage it then I really appreciate it. So tomorrow I’m starting to NOT worry... #spleenpain #splenicplexus #splenicpain #spleen #bloodclean #mentalhealing
