Yesterday's Doctor appointment

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Hi all,

I hope u all started the day pain free. I only woke

up with sciatic pain in my hips....Which is good, most

mornings i wake up with severe back pain until the

meds kick in.

Anyway, i saw my Orthopedist yesterday. It went well.

I informed my Doctor that my Lawyer said at this time

i cannot do Epidural shots (Not enough for the 12

Thousand dollar course of shots) in my settlement. So

my Doc and i decided to try another round of therapy.

I know it won't work, but i will give it a go and it

will also help my case.

He was so great, when i walked in i was crying because

of my dear patsy dying (One of my dearest pet rats),

and he said " Oh, i had a rat.....i'm so sorry " I

asked him questions about what happens to a body when

it dies, how it shuts down, if she suffered and

stuff...he explained a little to me, he could see i

was grieving. I did find some comfort in one thing he

said, that animals are Cognitive , we are rational.

So they deal with pain/suffering and death

differently. And that she probably didn't feel as

much as i thought or think she did at the end.

So i then told him the Valium we were on a " try and

see " faze with wasn't working and after 5 days the

affects of the medications stopped (someone on this

group told me how fast it builds up in your system), i

told him about that, and asked if i could just go back

to Soma, and he said sure, but he changed it to Twice

a day rather than one at night, and told me to keep

taking my Vicodin HP. I didn't sleep well sense my

patsy took ill, but when i took that Soma, i finally

got a decent nights sleep, the valium didn't help me

sleep at all, so i am physically feeling better today,

emotional....well, i am still grieving. But one must

keep the body strong, i tend to not eat or sleep when

i am upset, and this was the case the last 5 days or

so, lost 10 pounds. So i am glad i got the rest i

needed (probably need a bit more catch up sleep), and

When i took the soma about an hour later i actually

felt like eating for the first time in days.

So basically i cannot get my back treated till after

my settlement and i can get private insurance, i will

have to wait yet another 6 months for the new

insurance to treat a pre-excising condition. I hope i

can make it through all that. Once my case is

settled, i won't this Doc anymore and for 6 Months i

will be without pain management. UGh, not sure what i

am gonna do about that. Might just have to go

throught he state, but that don't really like dealing

with pain management and narcotic pain relievers.

Maybe the Therapy will help.

Anyway, that's how my Doc Appt went yesterday. Oh and

my Lawyer wanted a receipt (print out of all my

prescription's sense the car accident), The pharmacist

printed it and it had a total at the end. Me and my

grandma have dished out just over 2,100.00 Dollars, i

almost fainted LOL. But at least i will get most of it

back.

Well, Take care and have a wonderful day.

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