Medications

Well you probably have read about my medications and getting them right. Last night I wanted to see if I could cut my medication back a little bit so I did it. Needless to say I never got my medical degree so I was up the majority of last night. So I will go back to the regular dose. The reason I cut back was because I am lethargic in the morning until I get going for the day. I guess that is going to be part of my new normal. I was told by my neurologist to challenge my mind so the wife suggested sudoku and now I am addicted. I could do them all day long, I think I may need a 12 Step Program to help me scale back. Very busy day today and I am tired.

Wonderful day

Well though it has only been a few days since my last posting I have a lot to update is some ways. I think, at least I hope I did, say that I broke my big toe on my left foot. I had it taped as I was told to do and two days ago after eleven days I took the tape off. Well after no tape for two days the toe is hurting me again to walk on so back to the tape. I was told to keep it on originally for six weeks or more.

Today one of the things I did was go out and start up my Trans AM and drive it out of the garage and back in with no brace help. My brother helped me work it up so I could still drive it. I get so much happiness and enjoyment when I drive around and just cruise. I have only about two weeks til I begin teaching again which I am looking forward to.

I have noticed my leg not seeming to have as much strength as it use to have. Of course I have not been exercising with re hab any more as it is not necessary per my medical coverage. I will see what I can and have to do so I can do as much as possible to keep as much use as I can with it.

Sunday evening

Well here it is a normal Sunday and so much to say. I was talking to someone and they told me they did not understand what I meant by my medications being leveled out. My left leg muscles, all of them, are in a tense mode 24 / 7 . So when I would go to bed at night I would have a hard time falling asleep due to random muscle spasms or they were so tense that I would wake up after three hours of sleep and the pain in my leg was so much I could not go back to sleep. This being the case I went to my neurologist for medications. Just like it is with depression (which I am familiar with) it is trial and error unfortunately. So on our third try we hit success so I have two medications I take now, one is to help relax the nerves to fall asleep and the second one for pain in case I wake up during the night. It is working fantastic for me right now. So all in all things are going well in a lot of ways.

My private practice is scaled back to just a single office, I once had a nice waiting room with about an office the size of two. I still have no shortage of clients though, new or old. On a more personal issue I am not sure why but I just feel like I am in the middle of a cloud today. Not up but not really down. One of those where you just cannot put your finger on it. So as I have learned I will put one foot in front of the other and soon it will all be behind me. School starts soon and I will be part time again, and I love the students plus seeing them learn. That is fulfilling.

Summer time

Well my neurologist is great, as is the surgeon who removed my tumor. I firmly believe God directed me to them both. In dealing with my neurologist we have, mostly him, found medication that allows me to sleep the night through about 95% of the time and to control my pain. While all of that sounds great the down side to it is that I am back to pushing and doing too much. Today trimmed nine rose of Sharron bushes and put the trimmings out front for pick up tomorrow, painted up the shutters and hung a few, ran to college campus to prep for the Fall semester, and did a few more chores around the house. I will admit it was over board but I felt so good. My broken toe is healing nicely though as things go. All in all life is grand it really is for me.

On the down side my morning started by finding that some youngsters went through the cars last night and took what they could. What happened to the days when trust was an automatic and not something you had to hope for.

Another Day

I had planned for today to go a certain way and that was not to be. Some would think by now I would have learned by now. To start my day this morning I rolled my big toe on my left foot completely under my foot. I found out what they do for a broken toe, nothing. I tried to keep my day on track so off to grocery shop. When I got to the car I reached down for my phone in the case and felt that it was empty. Panic set in quite quickly as I headed back into the store. My first stop was customer service to see if maybe someone had found it and turned it in, which they had not. I re-traced my steps through the store starting from the end to the beginning, and then I reversed and did it from start to finish. As I was looking I said a little prayer and kept looking. When I got to the end I felt the urge to look at the cashiers area where I checked out and there it was. Thank you God. With phone in hand I headed home. That was only up to 10:30 in the morning.

New week

Sorry I have not written anything in awhile. The medication continues to work fairly well for me I have only two nights since taking them that have been interrupted sleep. The two nights that were interrupted were only for a small time frame each less than one half hour. It is nice to rest and sleep through the majority of the night. I do wish I could have physical therapy continue. As I said earlier I have no idea how the insurance can honestly state that my left leg paralysis is not caused or due to a medical condition. I get to plan and set up for my fall classes this week too. Over all life is good.

Medication update

Well I have now had six nights on my two new medications for sleeping / pain reduction at night and pain management during the day. I only had one night where I was up for less than an hour before going back to bed for the night. Walking around the house seems to help ease the pain for a short time. That gave me five nights of sleep which is something I have not seen in quite awhile. My pain level has also been a lot lower. Though quality of life has changed for me it has not dropped as far as I look at it. I was able to help my brother paint some on his house, which was nice seeing how he was so helpful to me on painting my house. I need to enter the final phase soon though which is selling what I got.

Two out of two

Well I took the new medication the doctor gave me to try for sleeping and it has worked that last two nights. What a thrill that was. Now that I am sleeping through the night he said I can begin the medication to try and control the pain I feel as an almost constant through out the day. I took it for the first time yesterday and today it seemed to work pretty good. I figure tonight will be the third night on the sleep and if i can do three in a row I am convinced it will work. It is so nice to go up to bed and fall asleep and be able to stay in bed for the entire night. Nice very nice. Though I am not thrilled with taking that amount of medication it is what it is and I will do that so I can have a quality of life.