Staying the Course.

Again, I slept pretty good last night. Extended my meds to every 6 hours, so only had to wake up at like 12:30 & 3:00, then 6:00 (which is pretty close to getting up time anyway). After I took my 6am dose, I did end up going back to sleep until about 8:30.

I am back to my old freaky dreaming ways. The first dream I had was either about Trace Adkins or Kenny Chesney (which one it was I have no idea since I don’t like country music anyway). The second one was about me working for a daycare in Sullivan located in the old Marathon gas station (which my sister and ex-brother-in-law used to own and I worked there for a short period of time) and there was a tornado coming. There was a secret underground area that you could access from the 3rd locker located between the gas pumps (totally not true, but real in my dream). If you know me and you have heard about my dreams, you know that my dreams go on all night long and are very vivid and very active. I wake up and can remember 90% of the dreams I have had and can recall them in detail. That is part of my sleeping problem. I spend all night dreaming and not enough time in the deep sleep. The doctors will tell you that REM is the most restfull sleep, but if you sleep like I do, you wake up exhausted because you have lived out your dreams all night long. My brother has the same problem and takes multiple drugs to overcome dreaming. Isn’t that weird that he and I both have the exact same sleeping problem? I don’t know if my dad was that way or not. I don’t think he and I ever discussed it. I’ll have to ask my brother if he and Daddy ever talked about it.

Bryan took Spike to the Vet today. Spikey was so excited to get to ride in the van, but by the time they had passed Steak N Shake, he was already starting to pant heavily. By the time they were in front of Linnea’s school, he had figured out where he was going and had started to shake and shiver. Poor Spike, he doesn’t like going to the vet. Every time he goes there, they either cut off his balls or stick him w/ needles. Do you blame him? Bryan said by the time they got there, he was so scared he could hardly contain himself. He always gets him out of the van and lets him go potty before they go in and Spikey thinks it is his last chance to escape, but he finds the end of the leash everytime! Zoinks! He just got his shots today and nails cut and filed. He was pretty worn out when he got home. But they all say he is a wonderful little dog.

I got the call from Dr Sharkey’s office today. She can’t see Kai on the 16th when we are down there to see my surgeon, Dr Moon, but she can see him on the 15th and we can stay overnight. So, 2 more days of work for Bryan to miss and the cost of another overnight stay. She also wants to see Linnea since it will have been 6 months since she saw her last. Both will get another Echo before they see her. Kai is able to start ½ days at school starting on Wednesday the 24th. I am not sure how many days for ½ days until he can go full days. They were going to call the school to get a fax number to fax something over to them so I guess I will call the school tomorrow and see what they have received and what it says. He is to still be out of PE and no lifting/carrying of books. Kai is happy about being able to go back to school.

Dr Braverman’s office called me today and said he said he doesn’t need to see me for 6 months, so I asked, “6 months from the last time he saw me in the office or 6 months from surgery?” She wasn’t for sure so she was going to ask and let me know. He wasn’t available the week of Spring Break, so it looks like for that visit, I will have to have someone lined up to be here for Kai and Linnea.

I didn’t get my walk in today. I walked out to the mailbox and it was just too hot. By the time I got back into the house, I was worn out and huffing and puffing. I’ll try again tomorrow.

I ordered a refill of my Cozaar today and they said it would be an hour. I had Bryan go to pick it up 3 ½ hours later and he calls me and says I need to call them and find out why it won’t go thru. They are telling him that Dr Braverman is listed as an “unauthorized” doctor to prescribe medications. OMG! I am so sick of this crap. I just went thru this the last 2 friggin months and they agreed to put a permanent override on this prescription so I wouldn’t have to go thru it again. A lot of good that did. I sure hope Merck approves the request for free medication. I’m sick of going thru this crap. I guess I will be making another call to Health Alliance tomorrrow. They need to authorize my visits and prescriptions to Braverman for a year at a time. I just don’t have the patience to deal w/ this pettiness anymore. No wonder I have high blood pressure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish I had more money than I knew what to do with and that way I could go to whoever I wanted to go thru and not have to worry about having anyone approve or authorize anything and I could have prescriptions filled by any doctor I see.

Well, now that I am all worked up, I am going to get off here, so I can try to forget about this and settle down before it is time to go to bed. Maybe a little meditation is in order…………OHMMMMMM, OHMMMMMM, OHMMMM.