Last Friday I had my second Radiofrequency Ablaition; completing both sides of 5 levels in my lumbar region. I have two my sessions over the next month for those in my SI area; that area is currently fairly good with the steroid shots I got there is April ( Read more... )

Chatting with a friend recently made me realize how long it has been since I've been active on here. The worse issue with the memory being like it is; the exsistance of this was just not there for most of the last 10 months. Going to try to catch up some and get involved here again ( Read more... )

I don't even know where to update now, health has been challenged and to reduce the load I reordered things and moved and settling is taking its time. We are in a great house, I almost said little but It's like 2500 sq feet and has a double garage, work shop, deck, large front porch, and is sitting on a double lot so little doesn't fit. The best ( Read more... )

Ok, I had my appointment today with the new guy, he's certified in both Psychiatry and Neurology. It was as I figured, I'm atypical-either Depressive or Bi-Polar NOS it didn't really matter. He said I have what used to be diagnosed as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and is an atypical depression. He upped my Neurontin to 2400 (he said that at the lower ( Read more... )

First off, the good news is Peg's 1 year recheck on the MRI of her brain shows no noticable change. I was mentioing it on an Ehlers Danlos list I'm on and reminded to contact someone at NIH about this as he's been doing some research into a possibility of these lesions being related to EDS. I contacted him and he's written me twice this weekend ( Read more... )

I felt the need to update, but feel like there is little to update. I am still exhausted, was without my CPAP a few days and was moreso, but am just so tired it is hard to do anything ( Read more... )

Kit, my 22 year old child, is to have surgery at 7am. They are going to lengthen the achilles tendons on both of her legs ( Read more... )

Wow, the first day in I don't know how long without back spasms. Monday the pain specialist put me on a muscle relaxer and gave me Lidoderm patches. I thought Provigil was expensive, these things are outrageous but do make my back much less painful when it is hurting ( Read more... )

I'm sitting here on the sofa with my cat curled up against one knee and Jim's on the other. Peg's cat is down at her door meowing to be let in. Peg's asleep, so the cat comes to look at me with the question in her eyes, 'won't you open the door for me' I love cats ( Read more... )

I just watched Obama's acceptance speech. I have such high hopes for what is to come. I take comfort in knowing we will have a President who actually knows the Constitution.