Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Updates and explanations.....
The pain med adventure is over. Found out that any narcotic, not just methadone, will shut down my entire digestive system. The gastroenterologist had no further solutions for me at this time.
So I'm back to daily pain for awhile. Have an appointment with my primary care in two weeks to figure out a pain management specialist that would be appropriate in my situation. I'll probably need to focus on reducing pain in a specific area (like trigger point therapy for my hips) rather than a pill to fix it all.
Chip had to wear the funnel collar for longer than expected because he chewed on a couple of his incisions and opened them up. They finally started healing Sunday, so we took off the collar yesterday. He's doing fine now and enjoying going in and out of the dog door as much as he likes.
Got ANOTHER letter from my LTD insurance company last week on the claim I filed in August requiring a 30 day extension! If I don't have an answer within the next few weeks, I'm going to retain a lawyer. This company it seems will do anything, legal or not, to avoid paying a claim.
My SSDI claim has finally gotten to the DDS office. Today, I got the function form, the work history form and the personal pain questionnaire. Eighteen pages to fill out with arthritic hands and have back at their office in 10 days, yippie. I'm gonna start filling it out tomorrow, so I won't likely be blogging until it's finished.
Believe it or not, I DID finish the 4th Harry Potter book. The movie for "Goblet of Fire" comes out on Friday, and I may try to see it with a friend then. My friend did come to my house tonight, helped me cook dinner and GAVE me a copy of "Prisoner of Azkaban"! We watched it tonight. VERY well done. Emma Thompson plays the Divination professor....toooo funny! The dementors were appropriately spooky, I loved the crazy bus ride, and they did a great job with the effects on the animagus. My only quibble is that they left too much of the story out of the Whomping Willow scene. Sirius, Lupin and Pettigrew all know about the Marauder's Map, but it is never explained why they know about it, or why Harry saw a ghost in the form of a stag and knew it was his father. But other than that I enjoyed it very much. I think they should base an amusement park ride on that bus, heh heh. I am way psyched for "Goblet of Fire" now.
Will check back in when I can.
So I'm back to daily pain for awhile. Have an appointment with my primary care in two weeks to figure out a pain management specialist that would be appropriate in my situation. I'll probably need to focus on reducing pain in a specific area (like trigger point therapy for my hips) rather than a pill to fix it all.
Chip had to wear the funnel collar for longer than expected because he chewed on a couple of his incisions and opened them up. They finally started healing Sunday, so we took off the collar yesterday. He's doing fine now and enjoying going in and out of the dog door as much as he likes.
Got ANOTHER letter from my LTD insurance company last week on the claim I filed in August requiring a 30 day extension! If I don't have an answer within the next few weeks, I'm going to retain a lawyer. This company it seems will do anything, legal or not, to avoid paying a claim.
My SSDI claim has finally gotten to the DDS office. Today, I got the function form, the work history form and the personal pain questionnaire. Eighteen pages to fill out with arthritic hands and have back at their office in 10 days, yippie. I'm gonna start filling it out tomorrow, so I won't likely be blogging until it's finished.
Believe it or not, I DID finish the 4th Harry Potter book. The movie for "Goblet of Fire" comes out on Friday, and I may try to see it with a friend then. My friend did come to my house tonight, helped me cook dinner and GAVE me a copy of "Prisoner of Azkaban"! We watched it tonight. VERY well done. Emma Thompson plays the Divination professor....toooo funny! The dementors were appropriately spooky, I loved the crazy bus ride, and they did a great job with the effects on the animagus. My only quibble is that they left too much of the story out of the Whomping Willow scene. Sirius, Lupin and Pettigrew all know about the Marauder's Map, but it is never explained why they know about it, or why Harry saw a ghost in the form of a stag and knew it was his father. But other than that I enjoyed it very much. I think they should base an amusement park ride on that bus, heh heh. I am way psyched for "Goblet of Fire" now.
Will check back in when I can.
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