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Yonge Street, Toronto, ON
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Yet another update
Sick of this yet? I am.
Monday they gave me my steroid injection in that messed up L-5. The doc said:
“This could cause more discomfort in the short term. It could take 2 to 3 weeks to reach peak effectiveness in terms of pain relief. It is important to remember that this is not going to heal the damage to your ruptured disk or the apparent damage to the herniated disk adjacent to this one. Also, you may get no relief at all- but it’s better than a 50% chance that this will relieve some pain when it reaches maximum effectiveness. Also, as with the oral steroids, the injection will cause elevated blood sugar and you will need to manage this very closely. Ready? Here we go.”
The worst part was the lidocaine injection. Ouch.
Did I mention that I sprained my ankle on Sunday? or was it Saturday? It was difficult to tell how bad it was until I saw the radical bruising from my calf to my heal on my let foot. I am not picking up my left foot as well as I would ordinarily. It’s hard to notice the weakness in that side of my leg, especially when I’m using heavy pain meds. I heard the pop when I twisted the ankle but didn’t take it seriously. After all, it didn’t feel like much. (01-bad-attitude). Ha ha.
So, 48 hours or so following injection, it hurts more than before. I am mostly getting by on only one 2 mg hydromorphone every 4 hours. Night is the worst. Still can’t sleep well, awake often. Now my right leg is hurting. Makes sense that this would occur since I’m relying on it more than I even realize.
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Today
Hi! Changes that are noticeable as of today: My initial response to steroid shots in the spine have been a very bad night pain-wise, feeling pretty good today (of course, it must be taken into count that in the past 16 I have had 4 mg of hydromorphone every 4 hours along with an unknown amount of vallium), my ankle sprain from a couple days ago has bruises that are quite dramatic to look at but very little pain associated (see above), my spirits are good, I still have a lot of work to do about work, if you contacted me recently, I am still thrilled that you contacted me, I am tracking things rather poorly that involve use of brain functions but I don’t care.
This post is mostly a reposting of something I sent to Katy. Thanks Katy! You are teh roxors!
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Good news/ bad news
The good news is that I have diagnosis and something along the lines of what to expect. The bad news is that I have a diagnosis and a fair idea of what to expect.
One ruptured and one herniated disk.
They tried the oral prednisone, very bad side effects related to blood sugar. I will be getting steroid injections. These will cause some blood sugar problems but shouldn’t be as bad. There is good reason to expect some relief from pain for a while; that is, they are cautiously optimistic.
Bad news is that the damage is severe and will take quite a while to heal. The steroids won’t help with that, they will just, hopefully reduce my reliance on narcotic pain meds. I could be unable to work for months. It could be longer.
I need to very quickly and deliberately find a way to live on a lower income. It most likely will include downsizing my living situation to a room or studio apartment.
I feel good though, it’s not overwhelming right now. Things will be okay, just need to adjust. For once in my life I have no one besides myself to take care of and that makes a huge difference for me in terms of stress.
It’s all good.
Ronald Mc Du Fu
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A female great tits’ (Parus major) appearance is shown to signal healthy attributes in offspring
Can’t make this stuff up. From Science Daily.
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Great pictures of the Beatles, not previously published. Also an excellent blog with unique and outstanding photos.
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A New Chapter in Portland Radio
XRAY FM- on Twitter, Facebook, etc.
Streamed, and broadcasting, newly licensed LPFM community radio. A bastard cousin of Radio23, brainchild of Jeff Simmons.
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Terrific cat, I really like the poem. Lovely. Thank you.
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I am a poetry hog
It’s true.
I have spent much of my life immersed in poetry.
I have had a long and wonderful affair with Chinese poetry of the T’ang dynasty. I studied Chinese in college primarily to learn to read my favorite poems in their original form. I parlayed that and my study of Japanese poetry into a B.A. in Arts and Letters. I also have particular favorites among American and English poets. And, if you are a regular, you know that I am absolutely nuts for Sufi poets like Rumi, Kabir and most especially, the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore.
I’m just sayin. If you want to see something really cool I recommend-
http://leroywatson4.wordpress.com/tag/poetry/
may all be sweet
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