I’m finally gaining some ground with painting, but of course, it’s slow going As usual.
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Healthcare, Waiting, Art, Frustration II
Believe it or not, I am still waiting to make an appointment with a neurosurgeon/interventionalist! I have to wait until they call me because the doctor reviews all the referrals before you are even able to make an appointment, even if it’s urgent, like in my case. I have a mind to call my insurance company about it and complain, but I am going to try to be patient.
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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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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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I saw my primary care doc the other day, and it went well. (Finally!) Turns out my echocardiogram looked good. What a relief. I only have to get through tomorrow’s stress test (yuck!) and a couple of other tests to fully see how my heart and lungs are doing, but so far, nothing is too horrible really.
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