Still chugging along. The winter weather has been murder on my spine and joints, as is to be expected. I had another temporary back shot yesterday to tide me over until I can get another in May.
* Rheum appointment went well – In trying to find out where this weird tic is coming from, he’s sending me for a breathing test. There’s also a link between pain and less air. Which makes sense. I don’t think that’s my issue but it’s one more box to cross off.
* Spine appointment also went well – Temporary back shot, of course, but he’s also very concerned about this stupid tic. I expressed concern about the state of my spine, and that maybe one of my little spurs is poking my spinal cord. He says it’s unlikely, mostly due to the vocal nature (as well as physical) of my tics. So I’m going to see a neurologist. Yes, we all knew it was coming: My brain is broken! Which it may be, or not. No worries either way. Just waiting for an appointment time.
About those tics, yeah, they’ve gotten pretty bad. My better half has politely described me as a crow. And not so politely described it as a goat on a treadmill. In any case, it’s starting to occur in public. I was surprised that it actually showed up in the doc’s office. We all know how this usually goes – you go to the doc and your ailment gets shy. Not this time. Yikes!
Everything else is about what I’d expect. Sore, cranky, but coping okay.
Doing okayish. Some pain – back, hips, joints. Dealing with a flu-ish/ body ache thing. Went to the rheum doc yesterday to follow up on that weird twitchy thing that I’ve been going through. He’s going to send me in for a sort of oxygen test usually used for sleep apnea. Apparently, people with lower oxygen levels feel pain more sharply. That makes sense I suppose. Anyway, I have to wait to hear back about a time and take it from there.
Hopefully that 7 will be temporary! Went outside on Monday-Tuesday and paid a yucky price for it. On the monday, upon leaving the mall, it felt as though my hips would just stop working. They felt full of shattered glass and I had to concentrate on making them move. Very painful experience. Tuesday wasn’t nearly as bad but it did further settle in, making for a miserably painful yesterday. It’s tapering off today so I hope it goes back to ‘normal’ soon.
Yes, 2. At least, as long as I’m careful not to push it, I can manage to keep the pain to a minimum. Also, I’ve managed to ditch the tylenol, ibuprofen and gravol. Hoping to ditch the sleeping pills next. Can’t talk about it much right now but it’s nice to finally have something for this.
Yesterday, I had a bit of an emergency meeting with the spine doc (not the surgeon, just the spine specialist) due to my latest spinal injection not really taking. I had an emergency shot of something or other in my back so I feel quite a bit better. At lest the peripheral pain is greatly lessened. I hope to cut that pain number in half today, after a walk. I see the pain clinic on Wednesday, so we’ll take it from there.
Pain. I Has It. 