Some Relief

Met the new pain management team and immediately got trigger point injections in my shoulder and back muscles today.  On the path for epidural spinal shots going forward, but this and a couple new meds should help hold me over for the next month.  Supposedly.  Here's hoping.

Actually in a lot of pain tonight since, ya know, we've come pretty far from bloodletting but poking the patient and asking them where it hurts is still the best diagnostic tool!

Still...first time I've met a group of medical professionals this last year that actually seemed to care and relate and have a handle on the situation, so big props and just a sliver of hope for a more productive future.

Also I might be getting a back brace thingy...

Who's gonna call it his Sexy Time Naughty Boy Writing Corset?

This fuckin' guy!

Small Roadbump

 Got COVID for Christmas, so everything had to be rescheduled.  2022 had to get one last ball kick in!

Anyway, better now, seeing pain management in a little over a week, looks like a very nice place, and I think spine shots will come a couple or so weeks after that first meeting.  Pain hasn't been as overwhelming as it was, so that's nice too.  Still there, but not...stuck in bed type of deal.  Bought a split mechanical keyboard to help with my shoulder placement and ability to write propped up in bed or even lying down.  Haven't pulled the trigger on Dragon yet, cuz...that's stupidly expensive.  But if I have no choice I WILL pull the trigger...

Anyway #2...love all of you still sticking with me, thanks for all the kind comments and emails, good luck in your own endeavors at dodging the plague and hopefully you all enjoyed the blue cat people, since humanity has decided that's a thing again!