Showing posts with label neurologist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label neurologist. Show all posts

17 June 2009

News from the Front Lines

Four of my books are live on Amazon and four more will be, by next week, probably. Then another five will follow within a month. Then I can start working on the books I've had to put on the back burner to do all those final edits. I've also gotten out of my groove with the writing because of everything else that required my full attention. I'm anxious to get back to it. It's such a part of me, that when I don't write, I start to feel a little empty.

Am on schedule for my relocation to Colorado. My disc is almost healed--no thanks to the stupid neurologist who told me I absolutely had to have surgery.
As usual, i question authority, so I did my own research. It is common knowledge among 98% of other doctors, that surgery is an absolute last resort, and those who have it are messed up for life. More scar tissue, more surgery, more alignment issues because your spine does not function well with metal plates in it. Conservative treatments are always the first choice, but he tried to railroad me into scheduling surgery....(he didn't show me the MRI or the x-rays and even talked down to me as if I could not possibly understand the situation. He sorely underestimated me). I know now, this could have ruined my life. I don't have anyone to help during something like that anyway. Not to mention that they would have gone in from the front of my neck, which would likely damage my vocal cords--no more singing.... It could have been a nightmare....and so I smell the pungent odor of malpractice. I'm going to file a complaint and hope they investigate how many lives he's ruined--he should NOT have a license. I have fantasies of waltzing into his office and doing a jig on his desk and then telling him I'm going to ruin him, and kicking him in the nuts on my way out.

{okay, deep breath, and back to my happy space....}

I am so excited about moving. I've had good luck selling stuff and will have a yard sale too in the next few weeks. My house is becoming more and more empty....less and less to load and move. Yea! Oh, and i have a possible volunteer situation to load the trailer (can't do anything like that anymore)--and I have a backup guy that I will pay to do it if the other thing falls through. Just trying to stay under budget.

I've already made some friends there I'm going to hang out with. Erin will be meeting me upon my arrival to help me, though I plan to have someone hired by then to unload. I did promise to take her to dinner, though, because she was so supportive while I was here alone with this crippling neck injury. She's very sweet. I'll try not to take advantage of her. hehe.
Okay, maybe a little.






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07 May 2009

Herniated Disco: Lies & the Lying Doctors Who Tell Them


I am on new meds and using neck brace and neck pillow and things are doing better. I also just discovered yesterday that the neurology doc LIED to me. I'm about to go after him through certain other channels at the VA. But he told me surgery was my only option and didn't even mention other treatments. I have since found those resources and am pretty pissed that he just decided to tell me that surgery was best for me--he has a responsibility to tell me ALL my options. I was being railroaded. Now I've got up to 6 months to do other things that 95% of the time solves the problem. Can't tell you how infuriated I am. But glad i didn't cave in and believe him.

I have felt a lot better the last two days, with minimal pain. Just the few changes I made as suggested on medical sites has given me that...So I've got everything i need near my bed, including my computer, so that i can still do research and take care of bills and my writing and everything in the meantime.

And a friend of mine is interviewing for a job up here and is planning to move in with me. That will help us both, as I desperately need help, and she desperately needs to get out of the area and away from the people in her life there, and wants to start nursing school. There's a good one here, She also says she's moving to Colorado too at the same time I do.
It was so nice to hear someone say they were going to be here to help me. It's been so hard and I've been so emotionally and physically drained. So...win-win.


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