Having many of those over the
years has not been good for me with any of them at all!
Most all of us, I am more
than sure, have experienced them at one time or another… with the same conclusion of no fun that can be had by any of those protuberances.
Lumps, bumps, clumps and
chumps…no how did that get in there?
‘Chumps’, rhymes, but hardly
belongs in that grouping, how odd?
Oh well, that is how my mind
works, sometimes… Oh, I know, about the ‘chumps’ reference I have known some,
me and some other naive ones way back when, mystery solved, but still has no
place there.
Any-who, the others fit and
so I will discuss the lumps, bumps and clumps tonight for your viewing
pleasure…huh?
Okay than mine…
Lumps, who hasn’t had them if
they bumped a body part like a knee or elbow or hip or head, hmm?
Bumps refer to rash type
occurrences on the skin, due to allergies, or contact dermatitis or some other
such thing.
Clumps could be a bunch of
bumps in a cluster with a weird bruising happening above or under the surface
of the skin or no bruising at all.
For me, it is where my neck
and head come together in the left back of my head position is where the lump
seems to be without bumping and I have found icing it has been helping me as long as I continue
fifteen on, fifteen off.
I have once again found the
need to wear my soft cervical collar, on and off for last night and today, mostly due
to that Cervicogenic headache is how it began… Still know enough not to leave
it on too long due to the fear/knowledge of weakening my neck muscles.
Oddly enough the pain center
called me again the other day because my neuro sent another referral for this specific issue the cervical
stenosis and she told them that my MRI was to follow, that is to be sent to
them, now that old thing, the MRI, is ten months old!
I never called her back to
say that they did not offer anything new for me to try or anything that I
wouldn’t have a negative reaction from.
Maybe I should call her this
week or wait until I see her next month.
My cervical collar does seem
to help and so does the ice, I will not allow those needles in my neck! Too scary!
I was nearly killed with heavy narcotics, opiates, shot into my back thirty years ago,
when in traction in the hospital! I was coded! I already discussed the drug
protocols they use at this center and no they’re not anything that hasn’t been
tried, interesting that those narcotics are still being used.
Am I so wrong?
Maybe I am too much of a pain
in the neck for my doctor and this is a contrived method to get rid of me,
permanently? KIDDING!
Although, paranoia resembles
me and often, it was a joke, you can tell by me saying, "a pain in the neck",
consequently what my problem is, ha.
I am sure she has forgotten
all about my issues with heavy duty drugs.
Mine are not narcotic, just
too many!
In fact I wish there was a
way to be weaned off of the ones that I am on now, such as the Gabapentin,
Neurontin is its non-generic name, for my spasms, although I sleep better these days. It says if you cut
this one off abruptly you can have a medical emergency. I had to slowly increase
the amount per doctor’s orders from the 900 MG to the 1800 MG. over a two week
period, I wonder if I could do that in
reverse? When I see her next month.
Oh get this?
I found out that the IV
steroids that is the doses of 1000MG. of Solu Medrol that I had four times in
four years for three day intervals were more than likely the cause of my
hypothyroidism and therefore my obesity… not my stomach medication, although it
said it has an affect on the thyroid too as the Gabapentin does also! As well
as the steroids with diabetes! You see, why I want to get off of them all! The
cures are worse than… who knows, how I would have been without them all… oh, all
right, I did have very nasty spasms with just the Baclofen even at a high dose
and so incorporating the Gabapentin was a big help… but I wish there was another
way… I feel like a drug addict some days! With my shot of Copaxone daily, and
all those blood pressure, cholesterol, thyroid and anti-spasmodic meds etc!
Of course I take vitamins:
Centrum for over fifty, Calcium with D, and super B complex too, eighteen pills popping in all!
Sorry for my rant tonight.
But it has been one of those
nights and days where I have seen better…
On those notes of forgive me
please, allow me to be the very first to wish all of you a very happy good
night and ask you to kindly count all your blessings and share all those
overages with you know who and we will too!
And next time please be here
or be square, ya hear!