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03 December 2008

Root Canals

Right, day two in Hospital.
I spoke to my Nuero team this morning and they are going to give me my second course of I.V.I.G. some time later this afternoon.
One of my symptoms is excruciating back pain that I feel all through my trunk, (the only relief is standing up, I'm not so good at that regardless, let alone in the early hours of the morning), that occurs at 1am and sometimes at 5am, its never consistently at the same time, all I know is it hurts and it happens when you should be dribbling hard sound asleep. I take a pain killer before I go to bed to cope with the pain.
The staff didn't give me any pain killers last night, I let the staff know yesterday during the day and because I find it hard to talk as it is, these incompetence's that keep happening make me feel my efforts are futile.

I got welcomed back to Hospital with a 4th Lumbar Puncture that took 9 goes to get in. It is hard to lie in the fetal position and relax knowing you are going to have a needle hanging out of your spinal column.

I know that this is where lots of well educated people work and no doubt they fix sick people but for me coming here as fun as a root canal. One of life's unnecessary evils. (for me a necessity).


2 comments:

Shona Snowden said...

More like a torture chamber. But if it works, maybe you can escape for a while.

I remember being terrified of the back needle when I had an epidural in labour, but in the end I didn't feel it. Must have been the whacking big contraction I was having at the time.

Nine goes. Unimaginable.

HANNAH said...

unbelievable. and am lost at words. Keep the faith bro.
Hannah (ITALY)