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Ripple Effect Continued

Some of this is redundant for those of you who haven't been able to keep up. So, I've done a bit of a recap along with the most current updates on my situation and conditions. It does get to be a little bit long, but it should go by very quickly. As always thank you so much for your inquiries as to how I've been doing, as well as for your wonderful words of support and encouragement. If you're ever stuck for what to say, cat pictures, cat videos, and music are always helpful! Please stay away from anything sports-related.  Those of you who know me know I work for an online sports broadcasting company even though I don't like sports... Shocker! Lol! More on that one of these days. Meanwhile, here's a fun update. It's not really "fun" but I have to inject some humor in the ludicrousness of what I've been dealing with these last 3 weeks. Monday, January 15th , I started a new medication to help me function with all my chronic pain issues....

The Ripple Effect

Here's a bit of an update. If you haven't read what's going on you can find that  here Last Monday, a week ago, I changed to a new medication to help me function with all my chronic pain issues, even though the old medication was working. I was very nervous because this change was something that was because of an insurance company decision and not my or my doctor's decision. The goal is to be functional and while I will never be pain free I do expect a level of management that I can cope with. Functional means the ability to get out of the bed, take care of myself, work from home, and manage my household. Monday's symptoms weren't too bad. My pain was being managed but I slept through a lot of it. That was to be expected. I was nervous mostly about allergic reactions but I didn't have any of those. Tuesday, I did okay. The fogginess and grogginess lifted. I still didn't feel quite like myself but the pain was still very manageable! For the first tim...

About me... the struggle is real!

The title of the blog may be a bit understated, but I felt like I had to put something in that space, and since I'm getting to know quite a few new people here online who have seen me mention my medical issues in passing, I thought I would elaborate here so all of you would know more about what my struggles are. There is quite a bit going on and I can't promise not to overwhelm you. If you know me, you know my habit of using 500 words when 50 will do, lol! The main problem is a degenerative disease in my spine for the last 20 years that results in a whole host of other maladies such as spondylosis, spinal stenosis, radiculopathy (just to name a few) those are all just fancy medical terms for severe pain in my neck and weakness in my arms. With the disc deterioration in my neck putting my spinal cord in jeopardy, I had to have an emergency double cervical fusion in 2003 complete with a bone graft taken from my hip. I was in the hospital for almost 3 weeks, followed up by 6...