Okay.  I went to a pretty optimistic neurosurgeon’s appointment yesterday and afterward, even though I was completely exhausted, I felt like I was going to progress soon and that life would be slowly getting back to normal.

I was told, like before, that most everything should be pretty well by 8 weeks, which is 5 weeks from now.  That seemed reasonable.  This last 3 weeks has went at snails pace, minis the snail, so I was pretty sure I could endure 5 more weeks of it.

I say all this and then last night and this morning has been awful.  Like beyond awful.  All my little shower, bath, heating pad and other tricks are completely not working.  I slept from 10 to a little after midnight.  And then the day began.  And it is still going.   Yesterday my headache deal wasn’t a 10.  It was probably closer to 8 or 9.  But nope, back to standard now.

I did get another prescription for Perocet, but I’ve been rationing them pretty well, trying to sort of ween myself off of them.  I’ve cut it down to about 4 a day.   They had been pretty great for the headache problem, but add other issues.  The Perocets I took last night and so far this morning have done absolutely nothing for the pain.  Goes to show you that you can rely on the same old medicine at all times to work the same.

So, another 2 hours sleep.  I’m sure I’ll figure out a way to get another hour or so before noon. At least I’m hoping.   I was thinking about going to vote today.  At least I was thinking that yesterday.  Now I’m thinking maybe not.  I guess it all depends how I feel later this morning.

I had thought about maybe trying to go to Louisville to watch the UCI races there this weekend. That ain’t happening.  I can barely sit in a car long enough to get to the doctor’s office.  10 hours of driving on interstate isn’t an option nowadays.

Okay, sorry about this constant whining.  I’ve been pretty hurt quite a few times racing bikes. This one is a doozy.  The neurologist said that I should be absorbing all the extra liquid in my head pretty soon.  The pressure is what is causing the headaches I guess.   If I could just get a few nights sleep, I think I’d be way better off.  It hasn’t been attainable as of yet.  Maybe today? I need to to try to stay a bit optimistic.   It has been a little difficult thus far.

I don’t have any energy to post much today.  The last 24 hours has been challenging.  I really don’t understand it, but hopefully will later today.  I have an appointment at KU Med later this afternoon to meet up with a specialist that deals with issues that I’m having.

I’m not too big on sitting in an automobile an hour each way to the doctor’s office, but this is the person I need to see, I think.   I’m not sure that everyone that has my issues has the same prognosis and needs the same treatment, but this doctor should know the answer to that, if anyone is going to.  I’ve tried to read everything I can on the Internet, but medicine isn’t too helpful for a lot of the problems I’m having.  I’m thinking if I can just get in a few hours sleep at night, I’ll take even 3 or 4, then I will get better.  If not, I feel like I’m just going to be stuck in a bad situation that seems stagnant.

I walked three times yesterday.  Pretty short walks, but at least I did something other than sit in a chair with my eyes shut.  Bill, Trudi, Catherine and I took the dogs out ot the country to run. I ran out of juice just about when we arrived, but Tucker had a great time, even though I was moving 3% as fast or far as he was.  It was pretty nice just sitting out in the country on a beautiful fall day.  All in all, days seem unbelievable unproductive in my current status.

Alright, sorry again about just whining.  It is pretty hard to try to focus on much anything else currently.  It has to get better soon.