Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Day 20

Today I went to what I thought was my psych appointment.  It turned out being an appointment with the PA.  It seems to have been a meaningless hoop to jump through in this process.  I had been told that when I went to the appointment all of the other appointments would be scheduled at that time.  I left without even one scheduled.  They said they would mail me another packet within 2 weeks with all of the information in it.  I very much stressed that I really wanted everything to be scheduled quickly so I could get the surgery before the end of June.  I really dislike waiting.  I did, however, leave with the instructions to contact some of my doctors to get clearances so I will not have to re-do tests.  I suppose that IS better than nothing.

Yesterday I stepped down to using only 1 ibuprofen 3 times a day.  My jaw pain is not unbearable, but it is pretty strong.  I am hoping that in the next week or so the pain will lessen.  I also backed down to 2 lyrica instead of 3 (I take that for my headaches).  I am really really really trying to become as medication free as possible.  Before the surgery.

I am in a pretty big funk this evening.  I consider it a victory that I have not turned to food.  In fact, I hadn't even thought about food until just now.  What a big improvement!


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