Archive for November, 2007
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Swollen Eyes
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Well, I think I actually got a decent nights sleep last night. I went to bed with a headache, but I had been given so much pain medication I didn’t want to take anything else. But I feel pretty good right now. I had a headache when I woke up but I […]
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Gamma Knife is Over!
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Well I just got home from the hospital. I had the gamma knife procedure today. It went well, they zapped all 4 tumors so now its just a matter of time. After the holidays I will have another MRI to see how the tumors are doing. Best case scenario they are […]
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Anxiety, Insomnia, and Two Days to Gamma Knife!
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So I only have two days to my Gamma Knife procedure and I think the waiting has really gotten to me. I have been an emotional wreck the past couple of days, crying over every little thing- and it has nothing to do with what time of month it is. I am still […]
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Another Bill
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I just got some paperwork from my insurance company regarding my last surgery. It says I am responsible for $8000 to the neurosurgeons. I can’t wait to laugh at that bill when it arrives! I haven’t worked since Sept, how the heck can I pay $8000? Craziness!
Oh and last night […]
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Please Let Me Sleep!
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I have not been getting much sleep lately. Even taking Tylenol PM isn’t helping. I wake up every couple of hours, not for very long, but I am still not sleeping thru the night. I never had this problem to this extent before. I have had insomnia before, but this is […]
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Medical Bills
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One thing I haven’t touched on is medical bills. I just spent the day going thru all my medical paperwork, bills from docs, insurance company papers, etc… It took me hours. I couldn’t find some of the bills on the insurance paperwork and I couldn’t find bills for some of the stuff […]
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More Side Effects
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So I have been noticing lately that I have been having really strange dreams, sometimes nightmares. I wonder if it is because of the meds- I am only on Keppra- because of the tumors- I do have 4- or because of the waiting and being scared. I mean these dreams are […]
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My Bad Foot
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After my first surgery I couldn’t move my left leg at all. A couple days later I was able to start moving my leg, but had no real control over my foot. It took a couple months before I was really able to move my left foot. Then after my last surgery […]
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Support Group
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So yesterday I went to my first support group meeting. it was the first meeting of the group. When I first got there I felt a little weird. The group is mostly older than me, I am unusually young for so many and such aggressive meningiomas, and most of their stories […]
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Waiting…
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Not much going on lately, just waiting to have the procedure and trying to keep busy. I bought that new CSI video game and played it nonstop. I only had it for 26 hours and had it finished. It was very cool. The day I went to buy it, Sunday, was […]
