Painful to type...

     Sorry for my leaving some of you hanging.  It's most painful to type and use the mouse.  Insurance was denied, as predicted.  Have filed an application for the "high risk pool" and have grand hopes of getting approved effective October 1st.

     Then comes getting my original doc to make me an appointment with the Mayo Clinic in Arizona.  I could request one for myself, but I've been told that one can get in quicker if a doc requests one.  Fingers crossed....

     I spent last Friday nite in the emergency room....for almost 8hours.  They said, after many labs, xrays, 2 CT scans, that I have "some sort of neuropathy".   Gave me another prescription for gabapentin an told me to follow-up with a neurologist.   Whom I called on Monday, they won't see me without me coughing up $2,000 up front.  (since I've no insurance).  So we wait.

     The pain and stabbing in the hands has become constant.  Harder and harder to grasp objects (even the cane, which I find I need more than not lately), keep hold of things once I do get them.  The legs are still numb, hip to toes.  They tire easily, I cannot make it from the house to the truck without the end result being complete exhaustion.  I really and truly dislike this place I'm living in.

     I contacted our health food store last Saturday morning, sent the hubs after a buffet of "herbal remedies".  IntestiNew, NerveFix, Cayenne, probiotics, DGL.  The 1st has l-glutamine - which is purported to heal the gut and aid in absorption of nutrients.   The only thing I can say has improved at all is my stomach - I no longer look 5 months pregnant.  I reckon that's something, right?

     Up until yesterday, sleeping seemed to be the only relief I could obtain.  Last nite, the pain in my hands/arm/legs/feet kept waking me... all night long.  I'm hoping this is is not a prelude of more painful nights.  I may have to bite the bullet and start the gabapentin....have the hubs hide all firearms.  Something has to give, I'm so tired.