So tired of doing doctor appointments!! These last 2 made me miss my nap, NOT GOOD. Hadn't realized how much i have to have my naps.
I thot i would have to do another sleep study, but,, Wednesday, my doc told me it had worked great, and i didn't quit breathing once, wearing the first one i had that nite. It stretches around my head and goes into my nose like an oxygen hook up. And the oxygen hooks to it. The second one i tried, i couldn't do, smothered me. It was a mask type with an air flow so strong, i couldn't breathe with it. I'll get it in a week, had to be ordered. Next appointment,,,, 7 weeks...lol
Then yesterday, saw the one here about my hip, which he told me wasn't my hip, and nothing could be done! WAIT A MINUTE!!!,,, A person can't live with pain like this. He is gonna talk to my pain doc and see if he can put an injection into my lower spine, which he thinks is the problem. Meantime, barely can walk, pain goes down into my foot, making it so i can barely use it. (son told me that's how his back had done). Just do something, somebody!!
Today, i'm sitting as still as possible, taking pain pills with THEIR side effects, trying to recuperate.
Son has been in rehab for about 10 days, and is coming home tomorrow, even tho his leg still won't work. They told him it could take several months, and the blood clot was probably what did it to the nerve. He's the type that will overwork himself on therapy to make it work. He'll have a wheel chair, and maybe crutches. And maybe a leg brace he thinks would help a lot. His back is FINE.
I need to go to Walmart in the worst way, too, BB, but just don't have it in me yet. Got a new prescription for my glasses i need to check out there too. Even some shoes maybe.
I swear i heard a cow outside this morning. lololol. I didn't get up to look, (told ya, sitting still). There's some up the street about a block.
My neighbor's mad at me for asking what was wrong with her 3 lb yipping yapping dog... hahahaha. They're the worst. She told me she was gonna trap my cat and have the city pick it up for disturbing her.... HA. Not my cat... lololol. But now, she shuts that (*&^$#Q dog up. How can people stand their own dogs, doing that???
Well, i know it's not much but yall tc, and
HAGD
I use oxygen and just have a hose that I put over my ears and down past my cheeks and into my nose. The hose splits and goes down both sides of my face. I can always tell in the morning which side I laid on. Leaves an indent in my skin, but it goes away fairly quick. My skin is not as resilient as it used to be.
ReplyDeleteThe one that worked isn't too bad, i can handle it.
DeleteDang Trouble, you just don't know how much I feel for you an' your pains. You have exactly what I got, the hip thingy an' sciatica down the leg. My nerve kill'n doctor told me the same thing your doctor tole you...the hip pain is com'n from the spine. They got to kill a nerve. But it's only temporary. Good luck with yours.
ReplyDeleteMy bro just told me he had it for about 3 years, and it just went away on it's own. And yes,i want the nerve killed. Maybe it won't come back, lol.
DeleteI sure hope they give you the shot and it works to give you some relief soon.
ReplyDeleteYapping dogs are the worst thing ever and I agree the owners just seem to not care we have had lots of problems here where I live with this. Finally had to contact Animal Control and boy that sure worked.
Ty Jo. And yep, yapping dogs are. It's like, the owners don't even hear them, and sure have no consideration for others. she's sure been able to stop it now, after i told her i WOULD call about it....
DeleteIf it's not your hip, didn't you ask "THEN WHAT THE %$#@ IS IT!"
ReplyDeleteThat is not an acceptable thing to say without knowing what the reason IS.
I'm being sent to see another doctor next week and it's a pain clinic too. I don't want pain meds~ they just make you lose more of your life in addition to the pain.
If it's not your hip, didn't you ask "THEN WHAT THE %$#@ IS IT!"
ReplyDeleteThat is not an acceptable thing to say without knowing what the reason IS.
I'm being sent to see another doctor next week and it's a pain clinic too. I don't want pain meds~ they just make you lose more of your life in addition to the pain.
UPDATE! I just got back from having a cortisone shot in the bottom of my foot. I pre-warned the doctor that I knew all about how badly they hurt and he said "They hurt if the doctor pokes and prods and takes his time injecting. I * AM * FAST.
ReplyDeleteI yelped, then had to start laughing because he was faster than a speeding bullet. Speed does help, 100%. I'm just assuming that a knee would take a bit of hunting and pecking with the needle. Not sure though.