Feeling much improved this morning. The nights here are sooo cool. I’m taking in the 40’s and 50’s.

In Baltimore and I’m tired. I’ve clocked long hours this week trying to hit forty (40) to leave early enough to drive up here before traffic got completely stupid.
Once again, I was fine until I got to Northern Virginia.

Crossing into Maryland wasn’t any better either. Sometimes I think these people are slowing down to read the traffic information signs.

Went to see Nancy about the way my left arm is hurting. She thinks it may be a side effect of the Zocor I’m taking. Please – Cheryl told me to stop taking that weeks ago because my counts where so high. Nancy thinks not enough time has passed for it to completely clear my system.
I disagree.

Mable Payne-Young

-God Bless

IVIG today. The only drama today is that Kaye needed to use my right hand for the infusion because my arm still hurts.

I’m Baltimore for the Crab Fest (Feast) today and it’s a bit warm up here. We had a good time. I haven’t had crabs like this in a while. Plus, some of the church members put on a comic, dance lessons and the best part was the Tina Turner Review.

My left arm hurts as if I’ve being doing curls.

Happy Father’s Day to all the Real Fathers, Real Men out there.

Riddle Me This

Sex: Female
Age: 45
Height: 5 feet, 5 inches
Weight: 268 lbs
Medications: Skelaxin

Symptoms: Leg / muscle pain and weakness for approx 8 weeks.
Pain is centered around the muscles of the thighs. Left leg is worse than the right.

Left leg will occasionally buckle when she tries to stand. Increased pain upon standing, and is immobile before able to move either leg. When moving, gait is unbalanced. During the past two weeks, pain has radiated to lower leg of left side only.

Symptoms: Arm / muscle pain and weakness for approx 2 weeks. Pain is centered above and below joint on left arm only.

Recent MRI results:
Vertebral body heights and signal characteristics are normal. Disc desiccation with minimal endplate overgrowth and moderate facet degenerative changes results in bilateral foraminal stenosis, mild on the right and moderate on the left.

L4-L5 Mild endplate overgrowth with mild disc desiccation and moderate facet degenerative changes results in mild bilateral neural foraminal stenosis. L5-S1 Normal Impression Degenerative disc disease and facet degenerative changes resulting in foraminal stenosis as described above.

Cheryl’s office called with my test results today.

My CK totals have come down. They are still high, but down is good.

The MRI doesn’t show anything, which in itself is good news; and at the same time, it’s bad news. Nothing on the MRI means that I’m back to “the process”. As in process of elimination. I so don’t want to hear, “I don’t know what it is, but it’s not this”.

Medical science has come a long way and there are times when medical science is great. My greatest irony is this, even with all of these advances, medical science can still suck.

Had the MRI done today. It was just a little larger than the MRI at Rex, but with some creative positioning, it worked.

It was supposed to be a quick in and out appointment. I should have known better. I was there for over two hours. Cheryl found another MRI center (that takes UHC) here in Raleigh and they asked if I could be there at 12.30 on Saturday. I wasn’t about to say no.

That’s it!

I’ve had enough and I’m not taking it anymore!!

I called Cheryl and I have an appointment tomorrow. So much for my weekend.

Today is my birthday!!

Once again, I have much to celebrate.

God Bless me and all of my family and friends.