What Up?

A little bit of this, a little bit of that and whole lot of reading and television.

Life's been more than a bit bitchy with me lately. Blah. And I often wonder why when one thing goes to shit a whole bunch of other shit insists on following suit. So annoying.

Healthwise, I've been a big ole mess. First, there was my shoulder. It started out rather mild, just a constant throbbing pain in my left shoulder/neck area but that, unfortunately, didn't last. My left arm started going numb, my fingers started tingling and the pain got so bad I couldn't turn my head without wincing (let me just say--OUCH). I figured it was time to visit the doc and see what the hell was up so I buckled and made a bloody appointment.

Second, the afternoon before my doctors appointment I started feeling a bit off (you know, tired and achy and cranky and flushed) and by that evening I had a temperature of 104.2. Why? Who the hell knows? The doctor drew blood, took urine, checked ears, nose and throat but couldn't find a thing wrong, well, other than a pinched nerve (or so he suspected) that was causing the issues with my shoulder. He precsribed Prednisone for the shoulder and rest, relaxation and plenty of fluids for the fever and sent me on my merry way. The fever lasted three days before magically disappearing (for which I am extremely thankful). The shoulder, on the other hand, didn't want to cooperate so imaging studies were ordered and it appears I have arthritis in my neck. Ooh, what fun. Physical therapy was suggested which I squashed because really, who has the time or the money for that nonsense. Drew has been helping me work it out and while it's no where near 100%, it is better.

And Third, the dratted kidney infection that sent me to the ER last Monday afternoon. Gods, I can not clearly tell you how much pain I was in. Miserable, miserable, miserable. Sadly, the ER was a mess so I spent three and a half LONG pain filled hours in the waiting room before they finally plopped my ass in a room. They, of course, did all their silly tests (cat scan, varied blood tests, urine tests, blah, blah, blah) to confirm that it was, in fact, a kidney infection. The doctor was very sympathetic to my pain and told me he'd have the nurse give me something to suppress it pronto. He was as good as his word because the nurse came in shortly thereafter and gave me a dose of oxycodone (that'd be Percocet) intravenously. And it killed the pain, no question about it, but the whole not being able to move without wanting to vomit was certainly a pisser. Anyhow, they administered Levaquin intravenously for the infection and discharged me at 3:30 AM with a prescription for 10 days of oral Levaquin and 3 days worth of Percocet for the pain (which, considering I ended up vomiting in the bushes outside the ER and couldn't eat or move suddenly without wanting to vomit for a good two days afterward, I wasn't fucking touching!! And, you know, since they wouldn't allow me to take Ibuprofen it was just Extra Strength Tylenol for me--bummer). So, I have one more day of Levaquin and I'm pretty sure the infection is all gone. Thank the gods.

Everything else is going alright, I suppose. There's money issues, of course (there's always money issues). Sigh. Between the ER Co-Pay, the Prescription and the Co-Pay for Cameron's Psychologist I spent somewhere around $350.00 on medical bills alone last week so it's safe to say I'm hurting a bit financially this week. Sucks, sucks, sucks.

And that's really all there is at the moment.