Wednesday, May 16, 2007

The Surgeon's word

I was waiting for this day-the day when I'd know more about what's happening with my body. Henry took me to see Dr. Gittens, my surgeon, who clarified and validated some things for me. Because of the difficulty I've had with sleeping/night jerking, he offered to make appointments for me with 2 of his "friends": a neurologist and an anesthitician (sp?) who also has his own office like a GP, who I can go to directly and find out how best to "delete" the effects of morphine that are still acting out in my body. Apparantly the morphine is gone but there is still some effect of it and he is the expert in dealing with the aftermath. (I don't know if I understand it or explained it exactly the way he said it.) The neurologist will see why my nervous system seems overactive, day and even more at night. Dr. Gittens said that one of those two, I don't remember which one, owes him a favor and I should expect to see one of them in the next "week or two."
He also said I could drive again so I took myself, by van, to my family doc in the afternoon. He said my blood tests turned out great, checking the balance of things like magnesium, calcium and iron. I'm good, he said. I think he's relieved that I'm going to see the two specialists. I think he's done everything for me that he can.
I'll get through all this -some day.

1 Comments:

Blogger Bekah said...

I had luch today with a friend who I mentioned your detox to, and she said that she had the same jerks when she came off some pain meds too. SHe said it lasted for three months, but it did eventually stop and her brain healed from the effects of the meds...So take heart! Be encouraged that it will eventually stop! I love you, we're praying for you along with our care group.

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