There are days that I wonder if it is "baby brain" or "fibro fog". I wake up in the morning and forget what day it is in what season or month. Yes that bad.
At yesterday's ultrasound I had difficulty getting the right words out when talking to the tech. Could be the TBI too for all I know.
I did forget to mention what else was found in the ultrasound. I still have that scar tissue, cyst, growth or what have you that rests behind my left ovary. I was 4.5 cm before pregnancy and is now 9 cm across. It looks like it has been squished down to about 2.5 cm. I did ask about the length measurement but forgot to ask about the height.
If I remember I'll ask my doctor about it at the next appt. No sense in writing it down because my next appt isn't until Feb 11th and I'll probably lose the paper I wrote it on. I will write it in my calender book but that doesn't guarantee that I'll remember to look at it to ask that question either.
Too tired yesterday after the ultrasound and labs to go shopping for groceries so I went this morning. Thinking about food just pisses me off. I hate grocery shopping but right now I have another reason.
The reason is that I got an email from my spouse.
He said, " After that, there was time to find the chow tent, with rice, peas and carrots and some kind of beef strips in thick gravy. Just in time too, because SFC came to ME a couple hours ago looking for MREs, apparently the ones we were issued for movement have all been used up, and only now are they delivering real food, and that apparently only once a day, but at least we're eating."
Just lovely! Not only is he going through sleep deprivation but almost starvation too. I hope they find more food for them soon.
I love how Congress keeps proposing budget cuts to the military. The latest two are getting rid of the food allowance and housing allowance and instead forming some sort of COLA (cost of living allowance). The food allowance is so the soldier can go eat at the DFAC or have food money to get food, not for the family to spend. I always allow J's full amount of food allowance for his own food intake each month. It isn't for me.
The second thing Congress is proposing is cutting the Commissary budget so that we would end up only having about 24 commissaries and the food cost there would go up. Now how is that going to save the soldier's money when they have to pay more for groceries and they won't be getting a food allowance? I guess that 1% raise they got this year is going to pay for all the little things that the government is taking away from them?
Sorry but this just burns my bippy!
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Friday, March 18, 2011
Weather Or Not I Have Pain
My lower back is hurting along with my pelvis today. I ache so bad that bending over to lift the laundry baskets causes me to suck in air.
Yes I'm whining. I can't even get comfortable sitting in front of the computer. Thus this blog post today is going to be really short.
I thought at first this morning's pain was because the humidity is rather high today. Its cloudy with a high chance of rain but how is that any different from most days here in Washington state? That is when I realized I'd better step on the scale. Sure enough the pelvic pain is being followed up by two pounds gained and my lower abdomen is quite swollen. It is the clomid and its given me another cyst.
With me being 10 days past ovulation I was rather hoping for a good sign of implantation, not the pelvic pain that I now have. Unless of course it really doesn't hurt all that bad and its just my fibromyalgia that is magnifying my pain factor. It can do that. Unfortunately I'm not allowed to take a pain killer stronger than non-asprin while trying to conceive. So this is why I'm complaining here about the pain. If I can't take pain killers I'm going to complain.
I have housework that I need to get back to whether or not I really want to do it, it has to get done. I'm expecting company in the next hour so I'd like the house to be presentable of which it usually is since I stay on top the housework each day.
May tomorrow bring better health to us all.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
No Appointments Available
Okay so no appointment for me. My husband was at PT this morning as most soldiers are at 0700hrs. So I walked the one mile in the rain to the Emergency Department. I left a note for my husband on the kitchen counter with the light on telling him where he could find me if need be and the reason why of course. Yes, I did walk there and no I didn't take my cane with me. The cane would have slowed me down. Yes I got talked at for not using my cane when I got there.
At 0830hrs my husband shows up at the Emergency Department looking for me. I was willing to walk home. I know that he has a class today and I didn't want him to be late for it. But he called his first line and told him the situation. They guy was nice enough to let my husband be late to class today so that he could take me home.
Thankfully within ten minutes of my husband arriving I was discharged. Off to the pharmacy. Luck was on my side with the pharmacy this morning and I only waited ten minutes to get my medicines. Levaquin, Isolep, Mucinex D, and Tylenol were prescribed but of course they don't dispense all that and I'm smart enough to keep the over-the-counter medicines on hand at home. I don't like taking Levaquin as it messes up my stomach but I'm allergic to three types of antibiotics so I just deal with it. The Isolep mouthwash is a new one on me. It contains Diphenhydramine and Lidocane, they compound it themselves at the pharmacy. Hopefully I'll be able to sleep tonight. I was diagnosed with Acute Sinusitis.
My instructions for discharge were to secure an appointment in 2-3 days. So when I got home I called the appointment line again. Still no luck. Seriously? I mean I just got out of the ER! One would think that would put me at a higher priority but no.
Tricare really needs to be revamped. I'm not sure what benefits it does allow now since I'm being denied appointments and haven't seen my Primary Care Provider in a year.
Men and women sign on to the military knowing that if they have family members they will be covered by insurance through the military. But what they aren't told is that the family members don't get the care that is necessary and often go without diagnostic tests because of budget cuts. Tricare no longer allows yearly Pap exams ladies. If you have had two negative Pap exams in a row you are now put on the every other year list for Pap exams, they did this to me just this year and there is cancer in my family. Nor is the Pap exam done by the OB/GYN any longer, its now done by the PA or Nurse on duty, unless you are active duty then you get to see the OB/GYN. This would not be tolerated in civilian medicine. Too many budget cuts to our medical have caused the family members to go untreated.
A year ago they found just one cyst on my thyroid. This year I now have two and they've decided I can go three to five years before I'll be seen for it again. What is wrong with this picture. My cyst multiplied. I had an aunt have to have her thyroid removed. Hello, family history. I should be monitored once a year.
On my EFMP paperwork it states I should be seen by my Primary Care Provider once a month, not the PA or Nurse. It also lists the specialists I'm supposed to see and how often. Why is it so hard for me to get the proper care?
Why are there no appointments available for family members within a reasonable amount of time for urgent care?
I follow the rules and avoid the ER and according to their slide show I try to make an appointment with my Primary but to no avail. Sheesh!
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