November 7th, 2007, 01:05
The apparently never ending cycle of good and bad news continues with my boyfriend back in hospital.
Hopefully he'll stay put this time until the doctors tell him it's OK to leave but he does have a habit of discharging himself before he should.
He's been in a lot of pain both from stomach problems and from his head. He's had fluid drained from his head repeatedly but I can't get any explanation of what's causing it. His stomach problems have recured every few months since before he was diagnosed as HIV+.
He's exhausted but comfortable after a very grim few weeks alone at home.
A planned trip to Cambodia together at Christmas is looking increasingly unlikely but I'll wait and see how he is next week. He's horrified at the thought of not going but it's probably wiser not to take him outside Thailand and away from the doctors who know about his condition.
He's shown in the past that he does have remarkable powers of recovery so I'm hopeful he'll soon make progress. Speaking to him on the phone today he sounded stronger than he has been and he's getting the pain killers he needed.
The problem is when he's discharged he returns to rural Ratchaburi and tends to take more of the painkillers than he should and then runs out. He has no local health care available so it's always a long wait and a long journey back to Bangkok before he gets more medicine. If I can persuade him to stay in hospital I'm hoping they can do more to get on top of his problems rather than this constant up and down in his health. How much of this is due to his HIV status and how much is unrelated I'm not clear.
Hopefully he'll stay put this time until the doctors tell him it's OK to leave but he does have a habit of discharging himself before he should.
He's been in a lot of pain both from stomach problems and from his head. He's had fluid drained from his head repeatedly but I can't get any explanation of what's causing it. His stomach problems have recured every few months since before he was diagnosed as HIV+.
He's exhausted but comfortable after a very grim few weeks alone at home.
A planned trip to Cambodia together at Christmas is looking increasingly unlikely but I'll wait and see how he is next week. He's horrified at the thought of not going but it's probably wiser not to take him outside Thailand and away from the doctors who know about his condition.
He's shown in the past that he does have remarkable powers of recovery so I'm hopeful he'll soon make progress. Speaking to him on the phone today he sounded stronger than he has been and he's getting the pain killers he needed.
The problem is when he's discharged he returns to rural Ratchaburi and tends to take more of the painkillers than he should and then runs out. He has no local health care available so it's always a long wait and a long journey back to Bangkok before he gets more medicine. If I can persuade him to stay in hospital I'm hoping they can do more to get on top of his problems rather than this constant up and down in his health. How much of this is due to his HIV status and how much is unrelated I'm not clear.