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Recovering... from Surgery

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     Last week I had a tonsillectomy. This was my third surgery, and my second in the surgery center. I had frequently been having problems with my throat over the past year, which I originally thought was due to working at a school with many sick students and staff. This may or not be the cause, and I am not sure if I will ever know what is the reason behind it.      I went to a PCP for the first time in September and mentioned having tonsil stones to him, to which he asked if I saw a dentist regularly and suggested that it was plaque build up. Of course, the next time I went to the dentist, I asked and the hygienist told me that what the doctor said was a bunch of crap and that lots of people claim that mouth wash will fix everything, however, she said she didn't think it was plaque.      In April, I went to an ENT for the first time regarding these issues. He informed me that tonsil stones are harmless, and as I had read on my own, are calcium deposits. He said that they are

On Faithfulness

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     Last weekend we moved into our new home, a townhouse in the city where my husband has a job for next school year. He and I drove the three and a half hour trip on Saturday, with me driving the whole way down and my husband driving majority of the way back.      We decided on this driving arrangement because I had been getting extremely nauseated lately, primarily due to motion sickness. Whether this is for some unknown reason, due to my ED, or lingering from migraines that I had recently (also due to an unknown cause), I don't know, but any way, I was not risking getting motion sick again while we were spending six to seven hours in the car.      The next day, my husband and his mom drove down and my dad drove he and I while hauling my in-laws trailer. I was worried that I would get sick any time that I was not driving, but remarkably, I did not.      I was also anxious that the logistics of moving would not work out or go smoothly, especially since I had many problems w