6/7/23

My left eye is better, but my right eye is not. It is so discouraging. I go back to the ophthalmologist on Monday. Driving at night is now impossible.

I canceled my back procedure today. I’m not going to do it anymore. It’s a long story but I’m not going through all of that again to have the same results I had10 years ago.

I got the results of my sleep study yesterday. Apparently, I stopped breathing an average of 15 times every hour. Each of those sessions averaged 22 seconds. That’s not good for my heart issues, among other things. So, they have ordered me a CPAP machine. I will give it a try.

I saw my oncologist on Monday, and she answered a lot of questions. First, and for most, she took me off my blood thinner. I am very grateful for that. She saw the bruises on my torso that were caused by my pressure suit for my lymphedema. I told her the suit was hurting me. She told me to stop wearing it. My red and white counts, both, are still low, but they have gone up a tiny bit, so that is good. I told her I was having trouble in my attempt to lose weight, and she said to forget about it. It’s not going to happen. Because I’m getting steroid injections, she said I was fighting a losing battle. She said I was lucky I was not gaining weight. That was disappointing, but I need the injections for the bursitis in my hips. My pain is really getting me down in the dumps and stopping me from doing the things I love. She asked me why I stopped taking fentanyl, and I told her it was because all the preferred places my insurance covered, would not stock it. I have since changed insurance. My new pharmacy will cover it and she put me back on it.  Today will be my first day with it. It worked well previously, so I have a high hopes. MD  Anderson in Houston put me on it, and I could go to Houston to get the drug, but not here. I guess too many stupid people abuse it, so people like me get denied. It’s a patch, and I put one on every three days, so no pills. 

My back cannot be cured, so I’m just trying to control the pain. It might help with my hips, too. My torso is giving me a lot of grief these days, so maybe that will go away, also. My next step is trying to find someone to take my back stimulator out. It’s not working, so I don’t want it in there anymore. Going through airports will be a lot easier, that’s for sure! So will having MRIs, etc.  I will let you know how the Fentanyl works.

I asked David if he could tell me what the female version of a “man cave” was. He said it was “the kitchen”. 

Ha, ha.

Did you know that an ordinary sofa can be turned into a sofa sleeper simply by responding with an answer like that?

It’s miraculous.