Keep a personal wellness journal on DailyStrength to track your health and communicate with friends. http://dailystrength.org/people/49449/journal Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:03:26 +0100 DailyStrength RSS 0.11.3.0.6833 (FeedCreator 1.7.2) http://dailystrength.org/images/comprofiler/avatar/49449/1213248329.jpg http://dailystrength.org/people/49449 http://dailystrength.org/people/49449/journal/1293799 Hi everybody, how's it goin?  Sorry for any typos.  I can't type on a laptop.The back pain has returned along with some neck pain.  Not as bad as before but I'm worried. i'll try to be better about getting on here from now on.  I have NO time during work... Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:47:23 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/49449/journal/1265389 Hey peeps!  Sorry I haven't been on in a while.  This new job keeps me quite busy!  It's nice, tho, b/c the days fly by.  Not a whole lot of neck pain since the surgery.  I guess the aneurysm is what was causing a lot of it.  Still having the flu-like aches, but... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:16:30 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/49449/journal/1204350 Not much to tell...everyone (almost) in the office knows I'm leaving.  My last day is 8/8...maybe my lucky number should be 8. Kinda have a thumping headache on and off....not too bad. I'm really tired today, as if you couldn't tell. Hope everyone is doing well! ... Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:50:51 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/49449/journal/1201474 Hi guys.  Surgery went fine. It took about 4 hours.  Not sure how much it's helped the pain, yet.  Time will tell. I DID get the job!!!! Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:42:17 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/49449/journal/1182090 Ok!  The 2nd interview went great!  One of the managers walked me to the elevator and told me she thought I was a great fit for the job.  It's probably more high stress, but I'd actually be working in the field that my degree is in (Information Technology) and it will be $4K t... Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:30:47 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/49449/journal/1179369 I've been feeling pretty darn good the past few days and yesterday afternoon, WHAM!!!  The neck/shoulders/head start up.  I couldn't sit still.  I didn't think it was EVER gonna let up.  It did at about 4am.  I know (hope) it's temporary, but it was quite dis... Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:07:43 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/49449/journal/1175179 Lamictal is for bipolar disorder, which I didn't realize I had until recently.  I have rapid cycling bipolar II.  So the psych doctor keeps me on Cymbalta and adds Lamictal.  25mg a day for the first 2 weeks.  50mg a day for the 3rd and 4th week.  50mg on the 5th we... Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:00:27 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/49449/journal/1172905 No blood clots!  The clip that they used to close my artery was causing some major inflammation.  I'm doing ok, besides the normal pain and a raging headache.  Nobody seems to be concerned about that, so I'm not going to be, either.  Surgery is next Monday....UGH!!! ... Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:13:51 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/49449/journal/1160290 I'm having an ultrasound tomorrow to make sure I haven't thrown a clot.  Apparently, that could cause the weird black-outs and pain in my leg where they made the incision and the pain shooting down my inner thigh.  Will try to update tomorrow afternoon when I have the ultrasound re... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:37:25 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/49449/journal/1157933 Ok, last night Paul and I are sitting on the couch talking, and all of a sudden I get double vision, dizziness, nausea, and I can't get any words out.  I'm trying to get, God knows what, out of my purse and I can't even do that.  I couldn't talk.  I have a call in... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:05:29 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/49449/journal/1146802 The surgery has been pushed back to 7/14.  Our fiscal year closing ends 7/11 and my boss was in a tizzy about me not being here the last 3 days. Not much I can say about that without getting nasty... Les Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:14:19 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/49449/journal/1143911 So I had the 4-vessel angiogram yesterday.  It sucked, in general.  I felt like I'd been abducted by aliens that were checking out all my parts, from the groin up.  It hurt.  I was awake.  The medicine sucked.  It just sucked. As I'm being wheeled out of th... Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:37:11 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/49449/journal/1135186 So I'm checking into the hospital at 6:45 Monday morning for a 4-vessel angiogram.  They'll run the thingie into both carotids and both vertebral arteries to see the extent of the dissection and what alien life form has taken over my cervical spine.  I'll be given conscious sed... Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:47:07 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/49449/journal/1130910 TO answer some of the responses from my last journal: That WAS the second opinion...lol.  The first one told me I was a breeding ground for cancer and asked me which kind I'd like to have?  Jack ass.  Of course I can't get the neuro to call me back.  The surgeon was ... Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:08:23 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/49449/journal/1128278 My appt. with the neurosurgeon finally arrived yesterday.  I had such high hopes ( my first mistake).  I should have known it was going to go to shit when the surgeon walked in and said, "Do you know why your neurologist sent you to me because I can't fix your back."  It... Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:49:18 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/49449/journal/1112633 My dad gave me a loaner car off his lot to use until we figure out what to do with mine.  The second day I drove it, it died.  Someone, please, take me out in a field and perform and exorcism. Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:07:01 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/49449/journal/1110212 I took a vaca day friday cuz I was completely stressed and had been having dizzy spells.  On the way home, Thurs, I get soooo dizzy I have to pull off the road at the otter creek exit and immediately start non-stop puking.  The whole world is SPINNING!  A state trooper pulls up a... Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:28:22 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/49449/journal/1094387 So, I get a call from the chick that hit me last Wednesday.  She wants me to get an estimate on my car and just pay for it out of pocket.  Hmmmmm...I'm going to need a new bumper, a new trunk, and a new tail light.  My tail light went out a couple years ago, and when I contacted t... Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:22:06 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/49449/journal/1083892  Ok, so my house got broken into last Tuesday.  Sunday, I was walking out the front door.  I had flip flops on and didn't quite clear the brick steps.  Took the meat right off the back of my foot.  Kinda worried about that with the diabetes thing.  Today, I got... Wed, 28 May 2008 16:03:18 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/49449/journal/1070241 Hello my peeps.  Long time, no see.  I figured it was time for an update. My house got broken into Monday.  My neighbor saw 2 guys parked across the street, carrying bags of stuff out of my house when none of us were home and didn't think it was odd.  This was in the mid... Thu, 22 May 2008 09:38:19 +0100