Day 105 - Recovery Hiatus

There's a chance that I may require keyhole surgery to resolve a recently diagnosed hiatus hernia. To confirm my safety in undergoing this procedure, I was sent to Northern General Hospital to test my windpipe. Unfortunately, I have so many things wrong with me that although unrelated, they are starting to obstruct the resolutions to one another. A deviated septum has caused my left nostril to be crooked to the point of basically closure and the other nostril to be inflamed, meaning that because the windpipe test was via the nose, the attempts were fruitless. One side was impossible and the other extremely painful. 

Awaiting the next step on an undisclosed timescale, I wonder what comical hampering my body will decide to throw my way next. The backup option to the windpipe test will probably involve swallowing cat hair and tree pollen with use of my inhaler or antihistamines prohibited for 24 hours. Or constant ingestion of deep fried vegetable oil. 

The positive is at least there has been some form of diagnosis (I also have an inflamed oesophagus). The bad news is there's a slight concern that now I will just know what is wrong with me, but helpless to do anything about it. 

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