I've been having really awful back spasms all day long (I'm having one now........................)
I tried walking it off, but it didn't help. I was out in public and had an especially bad one. I thought I was going to fall down. I managed to get out to the van, and I laid in the back seat for a very long time hoping it would subside long enough so I could drive home. It did finally, and I've spent most of the evening on the couch upstairs trying not to have anymore. Tell my muscles that!
--MorelaterZ--
Sunday, January 23, 2005
Friday, January 21, 2005
This was a good thing...
I went for my SSA appointment yesterday and I was very pleased with how it turned out. The doctor I went to see was a psychologist and he was very nice and asked me all kinds of questions about me, fibro, my history, my relationships with people, my family, and even questions about my relationship with the Cajun. I took a whole battery of exams and tests, and I have no idea how those are going to turn out.
He even told me that if I needed anything in the way of assistance from him, to just call and let him know and he'll try his best to assist me.
I don't know if I'll get SSI and disability, but I think I am going to try again to get some kind of assistance from the state. The doctor told me that a professional such as himself has to say that I am disabled and awaiting a decision from Social Security, and I should be able to get some form of help besides food stamps. I'll give that a try sometime soon. Maybe this time, I won't go away frustrated.
I probably should know something about Disability in the next few weeks. If I get turned down again, I'm going to talk to a lawyer. This has gone on much too long.
--MorelaterZ--
He even told me that if I needed anything in the way of assistance from him, to just call and let him know and he'll try his best to assist me.
I don't know if I'll get SSI and disability, but I think I am going to try again to get some kind of assistance from the state. The doctor told me that a professional such as himself has to say that I am disabled and awaiting a decision from Social Security, and I should be able to get some form of help besides food stamps. I'll give that a try sometime soon. Maybe this time, I won't go away frustrated.
I probably should know something about Disability in the next few weeks. If I get turned down again, I'm going to talk to a lawyer. This has gone on much too long.
--MorelaterZ--
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Two more days
until my SSA visit with the shrink mental health professional on the 20th.
Over the weekend, I made out a list of all the changes I've noticed in myself in the last two years, and some of them really concern me. I hope that this doctor actually listens to me and just doesn't blow me (or my concerns about my mental health) off.
On the pain front: the flare I was experiencing at New Years subsided considerably, but I still have pain that Tylenol or Aleve can't help me with. For now, I can't get Celebrex, so I'll have to make do. I only wish I could afford to see a rhuematologist so I can get this under control and live my life as normally as possible. Kinda hard to do when you are exhausted and in pain all the time.
The headaches have been coming more frequently, but that may have to do with my attempt to limit my consumption of caffeine to once a day more than anything else.
It'd be nice to be able to talk about things with someone. Let's hope the appointment on 1/20 is the start of something good and worthwhile.
But, I'm not holding my breath. This is SSA we're talking about here, for cryin' out loud!
In summary: I have pain, no way to treat it because I'm broke and unable to work, and that depresses me more than anyone can imagine (except maybe someone who's going thru the same thing as I am). I hate the way my life is now. I used to be fun, like to have fun, and loved life. Life now, and for the last two years, has been anything but fun.
That list I mentioned at the beginning of this post? I'd post it, but it makes me feel uncomfortable knowing some of the things that are on it scare the shit out of me.
--MorelaterZ--
Over the weekend, I made out a list of all the changes I've noticed in myself in the last two years, and some of them really concern me. I hope that this doctor actually listens to me and just doesn't blow me (or my concerns about my mental health) off.
On the pain front: the flare I was experiencing at New Years subsided considerably, but I still have pain that Tylenol or Aleve can't help me with. For now, I can't get Celebrex, so I'll have to make do. I only wish I could afford to see a rhuematologist so I can get this under control and live my life as normally as possible. Kinda hard to do when you are exhausted and in pain all the time.
The headaches have been coming more frequently, but that may have to do with my attempt to limit my consumption of caffeine to once a day more than anything else.
It'd be nice to be able to talk about things with someone. Let's hope the appointment on 1/20 is the start of something good and worthwhile.
But, I'm not holding my breath. This is SSA we're talking about here, for cryin' out loud!
In summary: I have pain, no way to treat it because I'm broke and unable to work, and that depresses me more than anyone can imagine (except maybe someone who's going thru the same thing as I am). I hate the way my life is now. I used to be fun, like to have fun, and loved life. Life now, and for the last two years, has been anything but fun.
That list I mentioned at the beginning of this post? I'd post it, but it makes me feel uncomfortable knowing some of the things that are on it scare the shit out of me.
--MorelaterZ--
Tuesday, January 04, 2005
Happy New Year. Sorry for being crabby.
I had been in a lot of pain over the New Year's weekend. I also have a stupid cold, which doesn't make me feel that much better FMS wise. However, I am, at the moment, pain free. How long that will last, heaven only knows.
Some good news...since I've had this cold, I've been sleeping well. How messed up is that, that I have to be sick to sleep well? Today was the first day this week that I've taken a nap in the afternoon. I was just worn out! We'll see how well I sleep tonight (says she who is typing this at nine til midnight cst).
I have 2 Celebrex of the lot that Dean gave me a few weeks ago. I wonder, now that Celebrex has fallen under suspicion, if he will be able to get any more for me. Doesn't hurt to ask. Worst he could say is no. Right?
--MorelaterZ--
Some good news...since I've had this cold, I've been sleeping well. How messed up is that, that I have to be sick to sleep well? Today was the first day this week that I've taken a nap in the afternoon. I was just worn out! We'll see how well I sleep tonight (says she who is typing this at nine til midnight cst).
I have 2 Celebrex of the lot that Dean gave me a few weeks ago. I wonder, now that Celebrex has fallen under suspicion, if he will be able to get any more for me. Doesn't hurt to ask. Worst he could say is no. Right?
--MorelaterZ--
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