manage my health with minimal disruption to my life

to schedule more PT.

and was pleased to find my weight’s down by almost 20 lbs, along with my trigylerides and bad choesterol. All very good for my heart.

At the same time, I finally asked him why I’m waking up in the mornings with one side of my back hurting, jsut above my waist. I was worried about my lungs, but a chest xray ruled out cancer. Unfortunately it ruled in scoliosis—something in my muscles spasming strong enough to pull my spine out of allignment.

Pifful.

I don ‘t even see why that would be happening!!!!

No more arm cast! He did say that it’s not completely healed, but I was going to sock him if he suggested more casting, so it’s a good thing I didn’t.

He says now I live my life. If it rebreaks, well, I go direct to surgery next time. If I don’t have pain from it, I don’t need to come back.

Shish. I still have to deal with the uncertainty.

I go back to the orthopedist to see if I can liberate my arm from this cast. If not, I think I might hit him with it. It’s been mroe than 4 months!

Tomorrow is my annual stent with the oncologist. This week I’ve had a total body bone scan and an MRI. (The are fine—I read my reports)

I barely get any work done in between all this.

I saw the orthopedist guy this week. He said ANOTHER MONTH OF THE ARM IN THE CAST. I haven’t got the strength left to bang him over the head with my cast.

There was one more root canal to be had. That makes a total of 3 in 10 days.

I’m waiting for the locusts to come. There must be a pox upon me.

in two days. Yikes. May it be feeling better tomorrow. Even had to cancel a class. Bummer…..

Went to the orthopedist today, ready to tell him to GET MY HAND OUTTA THIS CAST!!!! He had originally said a month, and it’s been more than that.

Well. Xrays show no healing whatsoever. He says the steriods I had to take for the lung infection would have undone any improvement there was. He cut the old cast off, but promptly put another one on. When I tried to explain that this is creating havoc with my work life, he said too bad….that this is what sick leave is for.

2 more months in this cast. I can’t believe it. I miss you all so much and it feels like I can barely write the outlines of my life. No fun at all.

up by 8:30, got dressed and went to doc’s appt, revised syllabus, made some calls…..and really, really tired!