Health Frustrations

I've written about my health here before at times. I have health problems. In fact, I'm on disability for Trigeminal Neuralgia and several lumbar issues. The pain can be debilitating. Most pain medications don't help. I've had to have a number of surgical procedures to help, but they're limited in scope. I also have severe …

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Resolution

I don't know how my wife would/will feel about me writing about this, but I hope she'll be understanding because I feel like I'll explode if I don't write something about this. Okay. Late last week, my wife got a letter in the mail from a government investigator telling her she was being investigated for …

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Diet

So my wife put me on a diet a couple of months ago. And it's paying off. It's a very low carb diet. Let me back up for a minute. Back in 2010, I didn't know anything about carbs or diets and I got into trouble with my doctors. In December 2010, my doctor forced …

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Been Sick

Man, I've been sick for several days now. Not violently ill or anything. Just sick. As in a bad cold. Or bad allergies. Or something. For awhile now, I've been getting sore throats and earaches. I made an appointment to see my doctor, but they couldn't fit me in for two freakin' weeks, so I've …

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Neurosurgeon

I went to a new neurosurgeon this week upon the recommendation of my pain management specialist for my trigeminal neuralgia. He was considered to be pretty good. I've had TN Type 2 since 2010 and have suffered mightily off and on over the years. During that time, I've undergone many tests and many minor surgical …

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