the silicon chip inside your head has switched to overload

[phinnia]

today:

appointment with orthopedist. he could not do anything for me directly (his words: "i'm a tumor and arthritis guy") but he DID actually LISTEN and is going to suggest that my primary care guy (who i'm seeing on Wednesday) put through a referral to a rheumatologist, who will actually perscribe me pain meds meant for daily use that may actually WORK (omg!) instead of riding the not-terribly-effective NSAID train until it CRASHES AGAIN. *eyeroll*

house cleaned. omg, I have a floor.

appointment with one of seaners' two pshrinkologists. He suggested manipulating the dosage at first to .75mg AM and .25 at bedtime; I'm okay with trying that and see if it helps. (Apparently it's not based on milligrams/kg like I thought, so they want to keep him on as low a dose as possible because the alternatives to respiridal don't work as well.

ankle full of flames and agony

child currently playing with a squeaky blue spotted frog

cats re-collared (neko lost his) and with new dishes. petco sent me small-dog-chews and samples. Do Boone and Pip want presents? There's some kind of bone-with-a-meal inside and some kind of minty dental chew thing.

so tired. want to write some and then collapse.

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[recrudescence.livejournal.com]

Now I'm playing Tori Amos's cover of "I Don't Like Mondays."

Also, *hughs!*

That was supposed to be *hugs*, but I like the idea of barraging people with lots of miniature Hugh Lauries as a picker-upper.

[gizmometer.livejournal.com]

I'll be interesting to hear how your rheumatology visit goes (if it does). I have tried rheumatologists before without much success - they went "um you don't have an inflammatory process so our NSAIDs failed oops" and sent me home for acupuncture. (seriously.) The internet tells me that they're supposed to know about more things than inflammation (they're rockin' the arthritis, but, should be able to do more), but I haven't really seen any sort of evidence of that. Mind, I routinely get screwed over by medical professionals and my attempts to interact with them, so! I await your results, o exploratious one!

[shutterbug-12.livejournal.com]

omg, I have a floor. LMAO. I know how that one is. The next time I'll see my floor, I think, is when we move out. LOL

And, of course...*nice warm tea and fluffy pillows for you*

[awils1.livejournal.com]

Looking forward to seeing if your referral to a rheumatologist spawns positive results; it is good to see that somebody is somewhat supported by medical professionals. So many doctors (and their evil brethren, the specialists) are like: “You ache for some unknown reason. Use NSAIDS like candy”.

house cleaned. omg, I have a floor.

Ah, you had to get my mind back to the housework of evil death :(

*hugs*

~ Amy

[eleri.livejournal.com]

Ask pshrinkologists about risperdol vs abilify. Miri moved from one to the other, and we have fewer side effects (like the OMG MUST EAT NOW one, which added the weight gain, made for a very round Miri)

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

Good to know. I'll ask when we go back in August. <3 Are there any side effects at all to be aware of?
Thanks!

[eleri.livejournal.com]

like a lot of that category of drugs, it can cause tics, and most docs will want bloodwork every 6 months or so.

Who are you seeing? We've been playing phonetag about a doc at Children's Bellvue.

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

We're seeing Drs. Henry and Crawford at Children's main campus: nice people. <3