Sandi reminded me as she headed off to bed early tonight a couple of hours ago that I had not done this in a few days. Pretty much everything is the same with her. The only news is the trainer came today to show us how to use her new INR monitoring machine. It works pretty much like the one does for her diabetes so training did not take long at all. Her first reading today on it was a 2.1 so that made the folks at the doctor office very happy.
The real benefit to this is it will allow her to monitor her cumidin level here at home without the hour trip each way down to Medical City Dallas Hospital. That is a huge help for her as well as me. It also allows for a quicker reaction for a medication adjustment as we can do it here at home as much as they want us to test each week. She goes in next Friday for bloodwork as well as an office vist and taht will allow us to double check the machine here as she will need to do a blood test here before we leave for the hospital.
As to me, I had a doctor appointment with a neurosurgeon a couple of days ago. He reviewed the MRI that was done of my lower back last month and discussed my issues. Long story very short--he believes there is nothing he can do to assist me. He will be referring me to two other doctors, possibly a third, as the hunt for help for me continues.
So, that is where we are at in this new year with our same old medical problems.
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Did the neurosurgeon at least indicate the nature of the problem?
Nope. He was totally focused on whether or not there was anything he could operate on to help and his conclusion was there was nothing he could fix. They will be referring me to a neurologist as well as a pain specialist for sure and possibly a hip doctor.
Fooey dang. I was so hoping you are fix-able, you know. You've lived with this so long..
Well, this guy didn't see anything severe enough to go in and tinker with. It will be four years come March.
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