Over the past 7-10 days I have discovered that the only way to keep my sciatic pain in check (pending that back procedure that I can't reschedule until COBRA gets their act together) is to spend 23 hours a day flat on my back. The only time I get up is to sit on the side of my bed to eat or to hobble the few feet to the restroom.
The drawback to this us that my knees ache more and, if I don't keep at least one of th bent at all times, the lower back pain really kicks in.
So.... Does anyone know how long it takes someone to get bed sores if they stay in bed all the time?
In a side note, the MRSA abcess that I have on the back of my left arm is finally coming to a head do I can drain it some and relieve some of the pressure from it. That helps relieve some of the pain as well. I probably need to get it looked at now but I may be forced to wait until my COBRA insurance cards arrive.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
When it rains, it Pours
Just before betdime I found out that, prior to being sale to get percriptions filled or my back procedure pre-certified well apparently have to wait on new insurance cards arriving. Meanwhile I am stuck using meds that dont seem to work at all. I only got 3hrs of sleep last night and hoped, based on my cyrrent exhaustion and the additional meds I took at bedtime, that I would be out for the night I was..... For 3 hours....
To make matters worse, I now have what seems to be a MRSA Staph abcess behind me left arm. I will have to wait until the new COBRA cards arrive before seeking medical attention from thevdoctors that treated all my previous ones. By then I will probably have lost half the muscle in the back of my left arm.
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To make matters worse, I now have what seems to be a MRSA Staph abcess behind me left arm. I will have to wait until the new COBRA cards arrive before seeking medical attention from thevdoctors that treated all my previous ones. By then I will probably have lost half the muscle in the back of my left arm.
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
Wasted Month
Despith the fact that I filed a letter of intent to continue my medical insurance through COBRA when my employment at SKZ ended almost 45 days ago, the wonderful folks at BCBS of GA still haven't gotten my medical coverage renewed.
It took almost 4 full weeks for them to get the correct paperwork to me and get things set up for me to access my account correctly online and, despite the fact that I made the payments online 2-3 days ago, my coverage still isn't in effect.
What this means fio me is a lot of sleepless nights since I am forced to use cheaper and less effective meds for pain (or rather to help me sleep through the pain) at night at well as having to postpone a much needed back procedure until I can get it pre-certified with BCBS.
All this adds up to a long month of August. Despite the financial hardship it placed me in I was forced to not only pay for coverage for August (even tjough it is thr 28th and i still dont have coverage...) but also pay for September in advance just so there would be no further interruptions in my coverage.
Before ladt week I never realized how much I would miss that little blue pill I took every night.... (Not THAT pill, Silly! I'm talking about Ambien!!!)
It took almost 4 full weeks for them to get the correct paperwork to me and get things set up for me to access my account correctly online and, despite the fact that I made the payments online 2-3 days ago, my coverage still isn't in effect.
What this means fio me is a lot of sleepless nights since I am forced to use cheaper and less effective meds for pain (or rather to help me sleep through the pain) at night at well as having to postpone a much needed back procedure until I can get it pre-certified with BCBS.
All this adds up to a long month of August. Despite the financial hardship it placed me in I was forced to not only pay for coverage for August (even tjough it is thr 28th and i still dont have coverage...) but also pay for September in advance just so there would be no further interruptions in my coverage.
Before ladt week I never realized how much I would miss that little blue pill I took every night.... (Not THAT pill, Silly! I'm talking about Ambien!!!)
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Change of address
It is after 6:00 AM and it is obvious that the Sand Man no longer resides at this address. Does anyone know where I can get a Change of Address Form in a cituation like this?
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Will someone please pay the ransome?
Yep, Mr. Sandman has gone missing again. Due to a lapse in my insurance (still waiting, after 3 weeks, for Blue Cross to get COBRA set up...) my doctor called in a cheaper substitute to the Ambien CR that I had been taking. (can you believe that they want over $250 a bottle fir that? That's like $$8.50 per nught's sleep!!)
As you can tell, it is almost 2:00 AM and the pain is winning this arm wrestling contest. It looks like a lot of sleepless nights ahead. Maybe a percocet will even the odds some. I know the loratab I took an hour ago hasn't ....
As you can tell, it is almost 2:00 AM and the pain is winning this arm wrestling contest. It looks like a lot of sleepless nights ahead. Maybe a percocet will even the odds some. I know the loratab I took an hour ago hasn't ....
Where have all the towers gone...
The last time I got enough if a cell signal to receive a text message was 4 days ago. I feel like I am gradually loosing contact with the world. Is one lousy bar too much to ask for?
If I only had a brain....
Can someone please direct me to the Yellow Brick Road so that I can find the Wizard of Oz? Between the 60 Mg of Baclophen and the 3000 Mg of Neurontin I am thking (not to mention the Loratab 10 and Percicet 10 I am taking through the day and even during the night at times...), it is all I can do to string a sentence together - depending greatly on the iPhone's ability to auti-correct spelling.
It is difficult to even string 2 words together however. For example, when attepmting to spell the word "someone" in the first sentence of this blog entry, I tried to start the word with a "c".
Hey- when you say the name of the letter, doesn't it start with a "s" sound?
I even routinely swap one word for another. It is taking me a few weeks but I am working on a 2-page doc containing all my medical info. In it I described my pain as "secure" instead of "severe". Just what is secure pain?
If I only had a braid....
(No.... That last comment was not intentional. That us a prime example of how my brain is working at the moment...)
It is difficult to even string 2 words together however. For example, when attepmting to spell the word "someone" in the first sentence of this blog entry, I tried to start the word with a "c".
Hey- when you say the name of the letter, doesn't it start with a "s" sound?
I even routinely swap one word for another. It is taking me a few weeks but I am working on a 2-page doc containing all my medical info. In it I described my pain as "secure" instead of "severe". Just what is secure pain?
If I only had a braid....
(No.... That last comment was not intentional. That us a prime example of how my brain is working at the moment...)
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