Wednesday, February 22, 2006
So far, short good......
My Olympic viewing was interrupted by an excellent episode of "Boston Legal", but I did see two of the three Americans in the women's short program skate. The first was Kimmie Meissner. I'd never heard of her, but she skated amazingly well for being just 16 years old. She landed a triple-triple combination and got good marks. I missed Emily Hughes skating, but found out she placed seventh. I did see Sasha Cohen, who skated last. Not only did she skate cleanly, she was vibrant and smiling and seemed truly happy to be there. And to my total shock, she took first place over the favorite, Russian Irina Slutskaya! Her margin is, though, a mere .03 of a point. So it's just about anyone's guess who will medal on Thursday after the long program. Probably any of the Americans who skate cleanly. Can Cohen pull off two great performances in a row? We'll see.
Watched the men's 1500m speed skating. Much was being made of the Shani Davis and Chad Hedrick rivalry again. Both were expected to skate well. I was actually rooting for Joey Cheek, but he just couldn't keep up the pace and came in ninth. But along came Italian Enrico Fabris. He didn't start off all that speedy, but he had an amazing last lap, and no one else could match it. To the surprise of everyone except perhaps the Italians, Davis took second and Hedrick third. Davis at least finished this race smiling and gave Fabris a big congratulatory hug. And the Italian crowd went wild. Good show.
And the Americans took silver in women's bobsledding, sandwiched between ecstatic German and Italian teams.Yayyyy!
In other news, I saw the primary care doc today. I'm gonna go back on the Klonopin, at least until my next appointment with the sleep specialist. I hate how it makes me dopey during the daytime, but nothing else works as well on the nighttime twitches. And the doc said that if the Lyrica stopped working, raising the dose probably won't make it start working again, so I'm going to discontinue it. So I'm back to no daily pain reliever, which sucks to no end. My gastroparesis has gotten so bad that I can't even tolerate Dilaudid anymore, and the Lyrica was the best thing I had found for nerve pain. I still have Skelaxin for muscle spasms, but I've been taking it every day since the FCE, and my stomach is starting to hurt really bad, so I'm gonna have to lay off it for awhile.
I had an hour-long massage today with a new therapist. She's really good, but I think she did too much because I'm really sore tonight (and of course I can't take any medication for it). She was amazed how many active trigger points I had and recommended I not wait too long for my next appointment. Problem is, my chiropractor doesn't work Tuesdays anymore after this week, which was the day I always came in, so I had to agree to see the other chiropractor in order to get the same massage therapist. Also, I have a neuropsyche exam next Tuesday, the dentist the following Tuesday, and the gastroenterologist the Tuesday after that, so I can't get back in for a month anyway. I hope to God my flare disappears before then.
Oh, and I had called my rheumatologist's office to see if they had gotten the FCE report from my long-term disability insurance company? They hadn't and will be requesting it. Interesting. The stupid insurance company practically strong arms my rheumy into writing a script for the exam and then they don't send him the results. Do they think I'm so stupid that I wouldn't try to find out what it said?? Don't answer that.
Soooo exhausted, but I need to stay up at least another half an hour. Think I will avail myself of Icy Hot patches and a moist heat pack before I retire. And maybe aquacise tomorrow will help.
And maybe monkeys will fly outta my butt.
Watched the men's 1500m speed skating. Much was being made of the Shani Davis and Chad Hedrick rivalry again. Both were expected to skate well. I was actually rooting for Joey Cheek, but he just couldn't keep up the pace and came in ninth. But along came Italian Enrico Fabris. He didn't start off all that speedy, but he had an amazing last lap, and no one else could match it. To the surprise of everyone except perhaps the Italians, Davis took second and Hedrick third. Davis at least finished this race smiling and gave Fabris a big congratulatory hug. And the Italian crowd went wild. Good show.
And the Americans took silver in women's bobsledding, sandwiched between ecstatic German and Italian teams.Yayyyy!
In other news, I saw the primary care doc today. I'm gonna go back on the Klonopin, at least until my next appointment with the sleep specialist. I hate how it makes me dopey during the daytime, but nothing else works as well on the nighttime twitches. And the doc said that if the Lyrica stopped working, raising the dose probably won't make it start working again, so I'm going to discontinue it. So I'm back to no daily pain reliever, which sucks to no end. My gastroparesis has gotten so bad that I can't even tolerate Dilaudid anymore, and the Lyrica was the best thing I had found for nerve pain. I still have Skelaxin for muscle spasms, but I've been taking it every day since the FCE, and my stomach is starting to hurt really bad, so I'm gonna have to lay off it for awhile.
I had an hour-long massage today with a new therapist. She's really good, but I think she did too much because I'm really sore tonight (and of course I can't take any medication for it). She was amazed how many active trigger points I had and recommended I not wait too long for my next appointment. Problem is, my chiropractor doesn't work Tuesdays anymore after this week, which was the day I always came in, so I had to agree to see the other chiropractor in order to get the same massage therapist. Also, I have a neuropsyche exam next Tuesday, the dentist the following Tuesday, and the gastroenterologist the Tuesday after that, so I can't get back in for a month anyway. I hope to God my flare disappears before then.
Oh, and I had called my rheumatologist's office to see if they had gotten the FCE report from my long-term disability insurance company? They hadn't and will be requesting it. Interesting. The stupid insurance company practically strong arms my rheumy into writing a script for the exam and then they don't send him the results. Do they think I'm so stupid that I wouldn't try to find out what it said?? Don't answer that.
Soooo exhausted, but I need to stay up at least another half an hour. Think I will avail myself of Icy Hot patches and a moist heat pack before I retire. And maybe aquacise tomorrow will help.
And maybe monkeys will fly outta my butt.
Comments:
Post a Comment
