Not So Hysterical

Well, I finished the West Valley Fiction painting last night and started working more on the self-portrait I’m calling “Sucker.” Here is the completed West Valley Fiction:

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West Valley Fiction V.10 (Almost Done)

Calling the neurosurgeon’s office the other day paid off, as they are scheduling me a tad earlier than August 5th. I’ll be going on the morning of July 28th instead. And, I’ll be seeing the surgeon instead of a PA. I feel a lot better about that. 

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Healthcare, Waiting, Art, Frustration

Got my referral to the neurosurgeon/neurointervention-thing. I have a referral for both doctors, but one of them has a dual specialty, so I’d rather go with him. He’s in Rancho Mirage, which is about an hour away. The other guy is in Riverside (about an hour away in the other direction). I don’t know if it matters which direction I go, but I’d rather hit two birds with one stone.

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New Health Rant

A short while back, I wrote about the incredible headaches I was having. I had them every day for about three months following walking pneumonia. After months of both issues (since the beginning of the year), I only got back to work a few weeks ago. This is because my new neurologist found a migraine drug that worked. It’s called Qulipta. I take it every day, and then Nurtec as a rescue medication. Compared to before, I hardly have headaches, and when I do, they don’t last as long as they did before. Whew!

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