My apologies to the Eurythmics. I hear this song a lot when my pain starts to build. I am a child of the 80's. I have seen almost every single John Hughes' movies. My personal soundtrack is a mix of 70's and 80's rock and pop. Most days I have my headphones on as I rock out to the 80's station on I Heart Radio while I work after I listen to Bob and Tom of course. Got to have my daily dose of funny.
I grew up spending a lot of my weekend nights at the roller rink. I used to be both a skate guard and a DJ way back then. That was way before my back decided it was going to self destruct. I grew up on The Six Million Dollar Man and Fantasy Island and The Love Boat. Now when I think of Fantasy Island I dream I will get a new back and can resume my life before my back went out. If I think of The Six Million Dollar Man I think of having a bionic back. That sure would come in handy even if I couldn't run 60 mph or punch through concrete walls. I did have one really warped question that still bugs me about that show and the Bionic Woman as well. Did they ever get together and do it ? Just what did they use for lube ? Motor oil ? Okay I said it was warped. I bet I am not the only guy who was wondering that back then. But that was back in the days of 4 or 5 TV channels. there sure wasn't much choice but the programs did seem to me to be better than what we have today.
Sometimes I take a trip down memory lane. Sometimes it is a song or just something I see that sets me off. Back then at the dawn of the computer age when the internet was still being developed by Al Gore. Maybe Bill O'Reilly was there working on it too. Who knows ?
Back to the title. Here comes the pain again. I have this every 4 hours out of 6. My meds are wearing off and my pain now builds. This is so much freaking fun ! I just love this. Time to take a bunch of ibuprofen. Maybe I can keep it away this time. Don't think so but I can hope. At least it is a gradual return of the pain. This is so much fun. I can feel the pain level rising as I can feel the pressure on my spine building. It is as inevitable as Spring following Winter. What can a guy do besides scream and eat some more ibuprofen like candy. That's not good for you. The dragon lady made the most idiotic comment to me when I flat out asked her what the hell I was supposed to do. This is AFTER I told her that I take ibuprofen and another prescription NSAID to get from hour 4 to hour 6 and my next dose. After I told her that the amount of Ibuprofen was 20 pills between hour 4 and hour 6 Here is her most wonderful response: Take some ibuprofen or aleve. This is less than 20 seconds after I had said I take 20 ibuprofen and she had said That will kill you if you keep it up. Am I the insane one here or does anyone else think she has to be nuts ? SMH. So she refuses to change the dosing to four hours but wait that is not all, there's more. She also told me she will never ever up my dose again. Seems she has made up her mind about my treatment. Then she goes on to state we are just trying to get you to 50 then we will implant a pain pump. My first thought is Why freaking wait ? So I asked her and she ignored me. No answer not even a bogus non answer. I tried a different tack. How about those implantable stimulator thingy they put in to shoot electrical impulses into the spine ? I asked her next. Hey I admit that isn't the greatest way to put it but I am not a doctor. Once again she ignored me. How the freaking hell am I supposed to participate in my treatment when the dragon lady refuses to even answer basic questions ? How am I supposed to make informed decisions when I get no information at all from her. I tried one last question. This wasn't one I had been planning on asking but since I had the information I figured I would give t a shot. Is this pain pump one of the ones you are doing trials on? She turned since she was just about out the door. "Who told you that information ? How do you know we are doing trials ? Then she spun and stalked out the door. Wow didn't expect that reaction. I had found out about them because I had been doing research online about pain pumps. They work pretty well except they do have a tendency to become infected when being filled.
So let's jump down or crawl carefully down whatever you are comfortable doing belw that orange jungle gym and see what else comes out of my mind.