So I have gone through one week back at school so far. My last first week back ever! I have classes on Tuesday-Friday only. The earliest my classes start is 9AM. I get to sleep in a lot, and truly have a lot of free time. Of course, soon I will be filling this "free time" with papers, projects, and care plans. I'm taking my nursing classes in the areas of family, where I will be going to Joint Camp at Robert Packer, and pediatrics, which I can't wait for! I don't know exactly what RPH will have to offer along the lines of pediatrics. I hope it is interesting, regardless! I'm also in a class called Epidemiology. It seems extremely interesting, and it's only once a week, but I'm very excited for what it has to offer. Last of my classes includes Complementary Health Therapies. That class is crazy and I don't believe in a lot of it, so it may be difficult to get through.
Also, within the first week of school, I went to a foam dance party. I went for the first time last year, and I loved it. So this year I went and saw two of my friends I rarely get to see. My friend Ashley was accepted to Elmira College this year, and I'm glad she's here! Also, as some may have seen earlier, my friend Megan is also going to Elmira College. She is the one with Cystic Fibrosis as well. I hugged her the other night when I saw her, and it was almost as exciting as meeting a celebrity. It sounds strange, but it is the closest I've ever been to another Cystic! I have a feeling we will see each other a lot and get to hang out, yes hang out, a lot this year! How exciting!
Now for the less exciting news. It's been one week back, and I had to ask for chest pt tonight. For anyone who doesn't know, this is a method of clearance where someone beats you repeatedly on your back, sides, and sometimes front to make the mucus in your lungs move. But this is not a good sign. It means that the mucus in my lungs feels thick enough that I am not able to clear it on my own. I'm not sure if it is an infection or if I'm just having a bad couple of days! It worries me a bit, but it doesn't matter. Regardless, I have to get through school and no matter how sick I may get, I don't have the choice of missing a day. I'll just keep pushing through, and getting a lot of rest! Just a quick update, but now I must go do more treatments and possibly more chest pt. I hope this goes away!
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do you mean chest pt as in do you do nebs everyday or just when sick?
like i have my mom beat on me a when i go home... but is still do vest and nebs everday...
im confused... lol
and. im on the disabilities list at my college.... in case i have to go to the hospital mid semseter or soemthing then my professors have to let me make up tests that i miss etc...
just so you know about that
Well usually I'm supposed to do my vest, but I find that it doesn't seem to make me feel any better. So on any given day, I do all of my breathing treatments and clearance like huffing, and when the mucus feels especially thick, I ask my parents to beat on me because I feel like it will never move unless they do that. It's rare that my parents have to do it, and usually only when I feel especially bad.
My college seems to accept my health condition pretty readily. It's a realllly small school, but I will look into that because I'm afraid of what this term may bring in the way of health! Every clinical (day working in the hospital) that I miss, I pay $50 dollars to make it up. SOO, If I'm sick and on IV's for 2 weeks, I miss 4 or more clinicals and ultimately it would add up to paying an additional $200 bucks AND putting in 16 or more hours of hospital experience on TOP of the ones that I still am required to do. It gets a bit hard sometimes.
ive taken incompletes in classes... because i just could't catch up after my two weeks in the hospital...
but I know what you mean aobut how the vest doesn't move mucus sometimes... i do the same thing though and have my parents or boyfriend beat on me lol
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