Saw my neurosurgeon yesterday

April 19, 2006

and we started the appeals process to get my surgery approved as

quick as possible. Once my insurance (Tricare) gets the faxed info

then they have 30 days to give me an answer.

We also talked about the pain that is spreading in my back and down

my leg. He says that the increased pain in my back is a combo of the

DDD and the arthritis and the pain will continue to get worse until

something is done to stop the DDD from destroying what is left of my

2 discs that are affected most by it. He feels that the pain in my

left leg that is getting worse is due to the imbalanced chemicals in

my body since the discogram showed that there was no herniation of

any of the discs which means there is no nerve being pinched. He

said alot of the pain I am experiencing in my leg is due to lots of

inflamation along my spine that is refusing to be treated by meds.

I have been taking hydroco/apap 7.5-750 6-7 pills a day and now he

has put me on endocet, generic for percocet 10-650 mgs 3x a day as

needed for the pain that the hydroco is not touching. I am also on

carisoprodol generic for soma 350 mgs 2x a day. He does not want me

increasing the Soma at all. Celebrex 200 mgs 2x a day, this is for

the inflamation, so I need to call the nurologist in the morning and

see if I can increase that from twice a day to possibly 3 or 4 a day

to help with the inflamation. I am also on amitriptylin 100 mgs at

bedtime for tension headaches, fioricet 50-325-40 mgs 1 every 12

hours also for tension headaches along with fexofenadine 180 mgs

once a day also for tension headaches. I am also on xanax .5 mgs

every other night for anxiety. All these drugs I have to take

everyday and its all cuz of my back. This does not include the 2

drugs for my high blood pressure and the 2 drugs for my diabetes.

After having my blood sugar numbers under good control they are now

out of control again and its all cuz of the stress of all my pain

and now this mess with my insurance. I got put back on the diet pill

that I was put on to help suppress my apetite so i could lose some

weight before surgery. I managed to lose 16 pounds so far.

That is the latest info I have to give. I will keep you guys posted

as I go through the appeals process.

in Utah

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