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 What the heck am I doing today? Shenanigans, General Tomfoolery or What? You never know |
Doctor's Visits, Yesterday & Today Yesterday I saw my Oncologist, a regularly scheduled appointment. He is very pleased with this body's response to the Oral Chemo drug I've been taking for almost five years now. He is a little worried about the level of pain I've been experiencing for months now. He did say I could take the Corticoid Steroid Dexamethasone twice a week (One 4 mg tablet each time). He also said to take two pain medications at night. It would be Tramadol, Tylenol III, or Tizanidine. I would not mix them, it would be one of those medications at bedtime. No mixing/matching for me! Today I saw the Neuro-Surgeon, the same man who performed my back surgery in October. Let me say that I have lived in pain almost 24/7 for months now, before the first back surgery. It affects my sleep, sleeping more than 3-4 hours at once is a dream to me. He showed me the MRI results from last week (that's pretty interesting if you ask me), the sad thing is I think of the software required to get those views, I don't focus on the views themselves. Anyway, I've been in pain almost 24/7, and sleep an average of 2-3 hours/night, usually on the Love Seat instead of the bed due to the pain experienced trying to sleep in bed. To cut to the chase, I am now scheduled for more back surgery on March 18th. At the L5/S1 vertebrae, a nerve is really pinched. This is the same area he worked on in October, it's just a different nerve. He plans to remove the remaining disk material (It's a bit herniated), insert a spacer (he called it a cage) in its place to lift the vertebrae off the nerve. He will also place two screws in the vertebrae (maybe a third one on the far side), and use pins to keep L5/S1 separated. This will most likely require an overnight stay in the hospital, I'm left wondering how or when I'll get those daily tasks done. More importantly, how will I create the daily post in "Smile! (Groan?) You Know You Love These!" . As I love to say, Only Time Will Tell, huh! |
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