Dear Readers, I was going to post 📫 something else! Perhaps an inspirational Thanksgiving quote ✨️ 🤔
However, upon having to call an ambulance again yesterday (and unfortunately getting one dose of iv torridal and then being once again sent home without any pain medication or pain control) 😬
I was staring at the hospital walls looking at their pain scale chart for several hours,
and surprisingly when searching for a quote I found this pain scale Thanksgiving T-shirt ⚖️ 😅
I thought perhaps, it might give any chronic pain sufferers a quick laugh 😃
However, I did find this quote from the Bible as well, perhaps it makes sense 🤔 as we navigate through the holidays….
Do you or your family make any special dishes for the holidays?
Hi 👋 everyone this is Max the cat 🐈 my human is a little under the weather so I thought I would write ✍️ a short daily prompt for today 😀
In the last few years, our tradition has been a turkey TV dinner 😀 In my kitty opinion they are actually pretty good 👍 😄 it’s one of the only times during the year that I get turkey 😀 because every other time of the year my human says I am not allowed to have it!
Anyways there are always mashed potatoes 🥔 with gravy 😋 as well as cranberry sauce depending on which dinners my human gets 😋 Sometimes she buys all three in separate containers 😀
And then there is always dessert 🍨 and I usually get some 😀 I love pie 🥧 it’s one of my favorites besides sugar free cookies 🍪
I like apple 🍎 pie crust! Yummy 😋 and vanilla ice cream 🍦
Hey im a cat 🐈 don’t expect the best punctuation 🤣
That is all for now, wishing you and yours a puuurfect holiday 😊
It has been a challenging week, so many things have been occurring. Dealing with them all, plus handling the pain has been quite rough. 😬
Unfortunately, I was back in the hospital again over the weekend. Upon arriving home, I recieved a visit from adult protective services with the state of Florida, apparently someone had called due to my frequent hospital visits and expressed concern 😟 to the state which was quite stressful and shocking 😲
I have also been attempting to hire a certified nursing assistant as well as trying to get home health care which requires quite a lot of hoop jumping as well as making a lot of phone calls which can be exhausting. 🙄
I’ve also been trying to arrange care for Max the Cat 🐈 😻 as well as recieve visitors such as a new social worker and a one time nurse. I was also hoping to connect with a neighbor, but I am finding it difficult to explain to her my condition 😔
Simple things can take a lot out of a person. (I am finding it difficult to keep so many things straight) all the while battling the pain 😢 as well as concern over Max the cats weight 💔 😢 and my own medications. 😬 and mental state.
However, as any of my readers who face challenges know we must keep pressing forward to the best of our abilities….
We all must keep going 💪 and remember that we are strong 💪 ❤️
Max says…Sadly, reading had become to difficult for my human in her current condition 😢 because it aggravates her facial pain 😢 😭 However, if she could read 📚 I think she would enjoy Steven King 🤴 (as she likes horror movies) However, as a cat I don’t particularly like them myself.
I am more into books about fish and birds 🐦 😀😀😀 especially tuna! books about tuna are my favorite 😍 😋
My human doesnt particularly have any favorite authors, she tends to just read about subjects that interest her, fiction or non-fiction. 😀 Perhaps, history, stories about family, mystery, relationships.. etc..
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Oh yes, I do remember one book that she read about cats 🐈 like me, it was called Making the rounds with Oscar. it was kind of sad… but a good read 📚 👌 and I also remember one author she liked his name was Wally Lamb i believe… and a book called She’s come undone..
Hey, I am a cat dont expect puuruufect punctuation 😀
Well, I have to go eat now, time to wake up the human!
What part of your routine do you always try to skip if you can?
Hmm……well I don’t particularly have a routine. I sleep 😴 when I am able and eat when I am able…..etc…
So perhaps 🤔 I should say I tend to put off things such as light housekeeping (if that counts) 🤔
The usual things such as washing the dishes or taking out the trash 🗑
Actually though, the more I think about it, I usually should clean Max the cats 🐈 litter box 📦 by the time he howls for food in the morning 🌄 but a lot of times I wait and do it a little later!
I was back in the hospital 🏥 over the weekend, unfortunately due to severe pain as well as severe constipation. I did not necessary want to go, I called an ambulance to check me out but unfortunately was forced to go with them (something I didn’t realize they could do)
I have been having issues with medications for pain. The hospital actually didn’t really prescribe anything except torridal (I hope that’s spelled correctly) which is a very strong NSAID (like advil) used for inflammatory purposes. It actually has stopped working for my pain but I do not have very many other options. I do have some leftover vicoden as well as oxycontin from other visits…
It is a mystery why they do not work, however I still take the torridal which is consipating and very hard on the stomach. It is due to this that I am in a endless cycle if I don’t take the medicine the pain is to great but it causes severe constipation and then I right back where I started.
On another note the hospital wanted to try the drug neurotin for my pain. However, I only took it for a few days as the sedation effect was so great, I could barely lift my head from the pillow. They want me to continue the drug but I have not quite decided. I started with 100 mg and it would take a much larger dose to be helpful and would also take a great many weeks to find out if it is effective 😪
Thirdly, the doctors at the hospital once again blew off my pain. (Something I am no stranger too) They neurologist there was quite nonchalant and frankly callous (telling me to go find a pain management doctor because my tests keep coming up negative) He had no answers for me (neither did the head doctor who I told about the pain being so bad I was having a tough time functioning) He said take the neurotin and that should take care of it and he left the room.
After going on 4 years of this I don’t quite understand why just because your scans come back negative the doctors don’t believe that you are still in great pain (it’s a big mystery) 😪
Unfortunately, as of now the cycle seems to be a revolving door, constant hospital stays, consipating medicine (which doesnt work) and negative scans which doctors sont take seriously)
If any of my readers have experienced anything like this please feel free to comment.
God bless yall thank you for reading and have a wonderful day
Name the most expensive personal item you’ve ever purchased (not your home or car).
I would imagine that I’ve spent a massive amount of money on my teeth for crowns and cavities etc..unfortunately 😬 which possibly could all be undone due to my inability to keep good dental hygiene due to chronic pain..
In the past, I also spent quite a lot on some tattoos. Before my chronic pain hit my ex-boyfriend and I went down to Los Angeles so that I could get a memorial tattoo for my mother 👩 In the image of a ceramic angel that I gifted her.
Earlier, in my 20s I got several Kanji tattoos on my legs and ankles. Kanji are Japanese lettering. I have a very large one here on my leg.. Unfortunately the message is not a very positive one. . It reads Empty Soul… The one on the ankle is more positive and reads courage..😃
So much has happened lately 😕 I sure would like to start writing about it soon, however my pain has worsened and right now I am really uncertain what will happen to me or Max. There is still a possibility of moving into a place where I can get better care, however I am not sure how that would go and I don’t know how Max could go with me, so I have some very valid and worrisome concerns. I just thought I would let yall know, thank you for reading 📚
P.S. one change is I removed my nose piercings at the request of my dentist the other day which I have had for many years. The dentist wanted them removed siting perhaps they were contributing to my pain. I do not believe so, however I did remove them, even though they had been a strange part of my identity for many years. I now look totally different!.Lol.
The dentist also said that I did not have a tooth decay infection as was previously thought to be contributing to my pain, but that I still have severe TMJ but failed to recommend anywhere to go for help 😢
It was also suggested to me by a new psychiatrist that this issue was all in my head 😑 (frustrating but not surprising)
LIVING WITH CHRONIC PAIN WITH ANNA AND MAX 