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ProfessorTomoe
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Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required)
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Good plan. One phone call scheduled for Monday. -
Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required)
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Another day passes with no scheduler call. I have never consciously wanted to go into a hospital more than I do now (outside of emergencies). I can't walk through the house without searing pain on my right side, from my back through the side of my hip all the way down to my foot. I need my cane to get around inside now, not just outside. Good lord, this hurts. -
Had one of my Pizza Hut "non-pizzas" tonight. It was built on a pizza crust, but it had garlic-parmesan sauce instead of tomato sauce. Put beef, meatballs, red onions, mushrooms, and extra cheese on that, and you've got a delicious nontraditional pizza. My son was here, trying to resurrect my eight-year-old laptop (which died with no warning and failed all resuscitation attempts), and he got a slice. Surprised him, it did—so much so that he went back for seconds.
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Drinking jasmine oolong again for my cough. Had some Panera Baked Potato Soup from Sam's Club several hours ago for the same reason. It was less successful. Tasted good, but not so good for my cough.
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There is a massive amount of non-information in this installment. The Dan is having his way with us.
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Didn't their president start the meme? Or, was he just asked about his preference by someone riding the meme?
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Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required)
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Well, 2009/2010 were my multiple Lovelace years. Don't know how this compares yet. At least I'm not being fed intravenously and receiving blood transfusions to stay alive. Doubt that'll happen anytime soon. -
Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required)
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I knew there was going to be another trip to the hospital. I just didn't think that the original pain would return and force the doctor's hand so soon. The scheduler didn't call today. Probably because of the hospital requirement, plus the late-ish hour that this got rolling. Hope they call tomorrow. I want this pain gone. -
Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required)
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Just when you think it can't get any worse ... it gets worse. The nurse talked to the spine doctor. He wants to do cortisone injections into the right side of my spine. Soon. I'm waiting for the scheduling department to call with a date for the operation. Made bloody sure to tell them it's got to be in the hospital and not their outpatient center (damned non-insurance-plan anesthesiologists). -
Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required)
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Change of plans. More to the point, change of pains. My right side has reached the point where it hurts so much that I can't drive myself to the physical therapy place. Appointment canceled. I've called the doctor and reported the problem to his nurse. The doctor doesn't get in for another couple of hours, so I don't know where this is going to go. Anything will have to wait until tomorrow at the earliest, because Mrs. Prof is working out of her office today and can't drive me. Suckage level = 100%. -
Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required)
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Lastday. Physical therapy begins today. My right side is in great pain just sitting here—the Topamax isn't doing a damned thing for it anymore. Plus, I'm still coughing, and I've still got this unwieldy cardiac event monitor attached to me. You wanna know the part I hate the worst? The paperwork. The volumes of gotta-fill-it-out-everywhere-you-go, same-crap-everywhere, they-never-give-you-a-farking-desk-to-write-on paperwork. I've got a bit of a head start on it, thanks to the therapy place e-mailing the forms to me, plus the spreadsheets of medications I take, operations I've had, and allergies/adverse reactions I have. You want to reform the medical system in the United States? Get rid of all of the farking paperwork and centralize everything on chipcards with PINs. -
This is just my personal opinion, but I never did like those "How many differences can you spot?" comics they'd print in the newspapers. Mindfarks. I'll hold my complaints and give Dan his fun, though.
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Sorry, had to leave for a minute. My inside cat jumped up on the sofa with me and started his loud purr fest. That means one of two things: 1) mischief 2) feed me freeze-dried chicken treats. Today, it meant the latter.
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I don't know. He's claimed us. I don't know what would happen if we tried to take him out of what has really become his home. We keep him fed and monthly-flea-treated. He's happy. He's just spoiled. Besides, you'd have to ask Mrs. Prof what his age might be. He might be too old to rehome. Besides, she's perfectly happy to spoil him rotten. I'm the only one who rolls his eyes when he starts his monotone meowing.
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Hearing one very spoiled outdoor colony cat (who really isn't feral) meow incessantly for attention outside our front door. While common behavior for this cat, whom we've named Loudmouth due to the volume and duration of his meowing, it's odd for a colony cat, because the colony feeding area is in the backyard. For some reason, Loudmouth's decided that he wants extra treats and attention at any hour of the night, and he wants them on the front doorstep. We let Loudmouth inside as a test once. He took to the house instantly, so it was obvious that he was once someone's pet. Unfortunately, he was also an alpha male, despite being neutered—he tried to bully our indoor cat. That brought that experiment to a hasty conclusion.
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Actually, not so bad.
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Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required)
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Not really, since it's not lung congestion. It's a tracheal cough, which has several dozen possible causes. Right now, I'm working on the possibility that it might be reflux. I'm taking a course of OTC Nexium along with the Respimat inhaler. That, plus hot, soothing things like soups and jasmine oolong tea. -
Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required)
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Coughing wasn't so bad earlier, but it's bad now. I've already gone the tomato basil soup route, and I can't take my Respimat for another 30 minutes, so I don't know what else to do. Trying to concentrate on breathing through my nose to avoid irritating my trachea. Not 100% successful. To make matters worse, my right side nerve isn't happy today. It's giving me grief down through my hip and into my left leg again. Trying to avoid the extra Tramadol today. Last note: physical therapy is all set. I start Thursday afternoon. I'll be doing a Tuesday/Thursday schedule, for 12 appointments at $30 a whack. Geez—it costs good money to have someone inflict pain on you nowadays. -
An avocado. With lemon juice and fleur de sel.
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Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required)
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Woke up to a coughing fit after five hours sleep. Went straight for my Nexium and my Respimat inhaler. Followed that with a cup of jasmine oolong. I'm on cup #2 now. Learned we'd received some rain overnight, which was a bit of a surprise—at midnight, it looked like the storms were going to split up and pass around us. Anything that feels good can be addictive, to one degree or another. Remind yourself of that when you're in the pain phase, then try remembering how you got to the postdrome phase and the hell that you had to endure. Counter-thought. I'm no doctor, but logic (not Susan's) says it might help. -
Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required)
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Had a particularly bad day and evening of coughing. Mrs. Prof bought more Sam's Club tomato basil soup at her last trip there. Cooked some up in an attempt to avoid taking more medicine. (Had to take an extra dose of hydroxyzine earlier.) Also had trouble with the spinal nerve affecting my right side. It's making my left hip hurt again, and the pain is moving down the back of my thigh, just like it did after I originally hurt it. I've had to take the label max of my Tramadol (one to two pills every 4 to 6 hours - I've been taking just two pills a day for chronic pain management). Tomato basil soup doesn't work on it, unfortunately. -
Hey, Mrs. Prof was behind the camera. She could've told me to straighten it, but nooooooo.......
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I wear a fez now. Fezzes are cool.
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Drinking jasmine oolong with two intents in mind. First, I'm coughing again, and my inhaler didn't really help. Second, I've got stomach cramps for some unknown reason, and I'm hoping it'll calm them down. Have you ever noticed that tea with no additions doesn't hold its heat as long as coffee with creamer does? I remember seeing something on TV about the coffee side of the equation, a long time ago. The creamer, even stirred in, acts as an insulator at the surface, keeping the heat inside the cup. Their conclusion? If you really want to keep your coffee hot, put whipped cream on top of it.
