Medical Update
Well, unfortunately I am still having problems with my back. Seems to be on ongoing issue lately. I missed one day of work lat week, and 3 this week. Not good at all. I really am not enjoying my unwanted time off from work either. Nothing like spending two hours laying on the kitchen floor with your legs up against the wall crying because you are in so much pain that you can’t stand it anymore. That was the day I had yesterday. I tried going in to work, but they took one look at me and sent me on my way knowing I was going to be no use to them. I spent ten minuets in the back of the car laying down before taking the trip home, went directly to the bath tub upon getting home and there I sat for probably close to an hour before I was decided I was just too uncomfortable in that tiny tub and got out. The Ultramm that was prescribed for my back at my last doctor’s visit, did NOTHING. I mean, absolutely nothing at all. I think I could have taken nothing at all and would have been in just as much pain as I was.
Today I had a doctor’s appointment. Yearly Exam. Yeah. That was fun. I lost another 5 pounds. Concern. Sheez. I’m still fat. She said that the doctor would most likely prescribe me something to make me have an appetite. I told her NO!!! lol. I would like to get down to about 140, if it’s not an issue. (It’s an issue the NP and doc are constantly arguing about it, lol) I’m not trying really hard to loose weight, but I’m not not trying either. I feel good now that I have lost all these extra pounds and would like to continue to do so, at least for a little while longer. It’s not like I’m loosing 30lbs a month, although I wouldn’t mind if I did. Heh.
I also had labs done, t-cell, viral load, and all that. I have to go back in two weeks for lab results, and to get a prescription for a “narcotic” muscle relaxer called Flex-All. I think that is what she called it anyhow. The NP can’t write prescriptions for narcotics, and the doctor is on vacation, so hopefully I won’t have any bad muscle spasms between now and then. (Yeah, right.) I have some Laratab left over; however they have been making me so sick lately that I can’t even keep water down. Course I’m not in pain either, but at any rate neither is fun. I would prefer obviously for the problem to go away entirely. The NP would like me to get a MRI to make sure there isn’t anything “major” going on with my back, but, alas, I have no medical insurance, so it’s not going to happen. I never had muscle spasms before I threw my back out last year, so I’m guessing it has something to do with that. All I know is that it hurts, I don’t like it, and I can’t afford to miss work!!!! Unfortunately, she said that I shouldn’t work if my back is hurting me that bad, and I had no business even tempting to try and work in that condition. I got the old finger shaking thing, and the “You need to take better care of yourself! Work is going to be there tomorrow” and then when I said I can’t afford to miss work, she said “Can you afford to be laid up in the hospital for two weeks in traction?” Ok, she got me there. Message received.
I got my new prescription for my cholesterol problem. I don’t know how something so tiny is supposed to do so much damage to your high cholesterol. Actually, it would be great if all my medicines were that small, be a snap to take, instead of these horse pills they keep giving me. I think I’m supposed to have my fasting lab next month, although she didn’t mention it, so it’s possible they are going to put it off until I have been taking the Pravacol for a couple of months.
NP said that she wants to do a new genotype on me to make sure the med’s aren’t what’s causing my weight loss, but then said that she couldn’t do it if my viral load was as low as it was last time because there just isn’t enough virus to test. Heh. As for the mammogram, she said she wanted to hold off to get the results from the pap I had done today before moving forward with all those other nasty tests. That pretty much covers everything, I think. I gotta get up now, back is still sore and I want to TRY and make it in to work tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed. My next check is going to suck. Donations anyone? Just kidding. I'm out.
Today I had a doctor’s appointment. Yearly Exam. Yeah. That was fun. I lost another 5 pounds. Concern. Sheez. I’m still fat. She said that the doctor would most likely prescribe me something to make me have an appetite. I told her NO!!! lol. I would like to get down to about 140, if it’s not an issue. (It’s an issue the NP and doc are constantly arguing about it, lol) I’m not trying really hard to loose weight, but I’m not not trying either. I feel good now that I have lost all these extra pounds and would like to continue to do so, at least for a little while longer. It’s not like I’m loosing 30lbs a month, although I wouldn’t mind if I did. Heh.
I also had labs done, t-cell, viral load, and all that. I have to go back in two weeks for lab results, and to get a prescription for a “narcotic” muscle relaxer called Flex-All. I think that is what she called it anyhow. The NP can’t write prescriptions for narcotics, and the doctor is on vacation, so hopefully I won’t have any bad muscle spasms between now and then. (Yeah, right.) I have some Laratab left over; however they have been making me so sick lately that I can’t even keep water down. Course I’m not in pain either, but at any rate neither is fun. I would prefer obviously for the problem to go away entirely. The NP would like me to get a MRI to make sure there isn’t anything “major” going on with my back, but, alas, I have no medical insurance, so it’s not going to happen. I never had muscle spasms before I threw my back out last year, so I’m guessing it has something to do with that. All I know is that it hurts, I don’t like it, and I can’t afford to miss work!!!! Unfortunately, she said that I shouldn’t work if my back is hurting me that bad, and I had no business even tempting to try and work in that condition. I got the old finger shaking thing, and the “You need to take better care of yourself! Work is going to be there tomorrow” and then when I said I can’t afford to miss work, she said “Can you afford to be laid up in the hospital for two weeks in traction?” Ok, she got me there. Message received.
I got my new prescription for my cholesterol problem. I don’t know how something so tiny is supposed to do so much damage to your high cholesterol. Actually, it would be great if all my medicines were that small, be a snap to take, instead of these horse pills they keep giving me. I think I’m supposed to have my fasting lab next month, although she didn’t mention it, so it’s possible they are going to put it off until I have been taking the Pravacol for a couple of months.
NP said that she wants to do a new genotype on me to make sure the med’s aren’t what’s causing my weight loss, but then said that she couldn’t do it if my viral load was as low as it was last time because there just isn’t enough virus to test. Heh. As for the mammogram, she said she wanted to hold off to get the results from the pap I had done today before moving forward with all those other nasty tests. That pretty much covers everything, I think. I gotta get up now, back is still sore and I want to TRY and make it in to work tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed. My next check is going to suck. Donations anyone? Just kidding. I'm out.
posted by Mrs. T at 6:11 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Links to this post:
Create a Link
<< Home