life: April 2008 archives

Knee Pain

[ rakaur on Mon Apr 28 at 11:40 AM // category: health, life, pain ]

Had some bad knee pain this morning. Could barely put any weight on it in the shower. This is a first.

-- rakaur // 2008.04.28 @ 11:40 AM

Lost

[ rakaur on Sun Apr 27 at 03:49 PM // category: health, life, pain ]

I don’t know what to do anymore. I’m out of medicine and I work in two hours. If I lose my job I lose what little is left of my life. I feel like there’s nothing left but to give up.

-- rakaur // 2008.04.27 @ 03:49 PM

Test Results

[ rakaur on Mon Apr 21 at 11:46 AM // category: health, life, pain ]

Just got my results, c-reactive protein and sed rate were normal. This explains why NSAIDs aren’t really effective. Rheumatoid factor was normal, and I’m HLA-B27 negative. This is good news.

So why do I feel so crappy? I feel as if I’m just that much further from an answer. Without inflammation, what can it even be? Now my PCP doesn’t really believe me, and won’t give me any more medicine. What should I do? I can’t work without the medicine, and I can’t afford to lose my job. I don’t know what I can do.

I feel hopeless.

-- rakaur // 2008.04.21 @ 11:46 AM

Earthquakes May Cause Insomnia

[ rakaur on Fri Apr 18 at 07:17 AM // category: life ]

This was interesting. First earthquake I’ve ever really felt. I remember having earthquake drills in elementary school.

The quake measured 5.2 on the Richter scale and occurred at 4:37 a.m. CDT. It was centered in southeastern Illinois, five miles from the town of Bellmont, according to Timothy M. Kusky, director of the Center for Environmental Sciences at St. Louis University.

-- rakaur // 2008.04.18 @ 07:17 AM

Sleeplessnessish

[ rakaur on Fri Apr 18 at 05:52 AM // category: health, life, pain ]

Didn’t really sleep tonight. Went to bed at 11, “fell to sleep” around two, and woke up off and on from the pain. Finally gave up about 5:30.

I’ll call today to see if those tests results are in. I’m almost out of drugs.

Update: The asswipes are closed until Monday. I’ll probably have to go to the ER if the pain continues as it has today.

-- rakaur // 2008.04.18 @ 05:52 AM

Blood Work

[ rakaur on Sun Apr 13 at 02:00 AM // category: health, life, pain ]

I went to get some blood work done yesterday. My PCP ordered tests for HLA-B27, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, rheumatoid factor, and c-reactive protein.

I’ll have the results by next week hopefully. I’ll update then.

-- rakaur // 2008.04.13 @ 02:00 AM

Elaboration on that Stoner Story (Updated!)

[ rakaur on Wed Apr 09 at 12:39 PM // category: drugs, health, life, pain // comments: 2 ]

When I posted this story, I didn’t really have time to elaborate and share my thoughts on it, so people asked my opinion in the comments. This is mostly a response to those.

Click here to read this entire entry.

-- rakaur // 2008.04.09 @ 12:39 PM

Confessions of an eBay Opium Addict

[ rakaur on Tue Apr 08 at 09:28 PM // category: drugs, health, life, pain // comments: 1 ]

This is pretty interesting. Maybe I don’t need to worry about doctors.

Also, see here.

-- rakaur // 2008.04.08 @ 09:28 PM

Kid ODs on Heroin, People Upset

[ rakaur on Mon Apr 07 at 11:06 AM // category: drugs, health, life ]

This one sounds a little fishy. Obviously the kid’s an idiot, but heroin on its own shouldn’t cause “organ failure.” The only organ that “fails” are the lungs, because respiratory function is depressed by opioids. This is totally reversed by administering naloxone, which any hospital would have done. Besides, that would have killed him when he did it, not two months later. Either it wasn’t heroin, it was cut with something very very bad like colchicine, or this isn’t the full story.