And the spinal stenosis trauma goes on.

First, for those of you who don’t know about yesterday, a quick rundown: I have to chose between doing nothing (not a fan favorite with my sisters), having surgery or radiation. Doing nothing is easy, with no down time, but the prognosis is grim. Having surgery has the highest success rate in getting rid of the tumor (80%), but comes with a 2 week to 2 month down time. Radiation (a special, high dose, directly focused variety) has a 70% success rate, but has basically no down time. There’s way more to the story, but even I am bored with it. I ain’t no Solomon. I’ll probably flip a coin to decide. Does anyone have a three sided coin I can toss?

Today reminded me why I like my doctors in Portland so much. No one was rude. No one spat on my face. No one called me a whiny little brat. But they lacked the compassion I have found in Portland and with my primary care physician here in Hood River.

The doctor thinks I may have some nerve damage. But, he knows where to start with the medicines and where to do the injections. And he wants me to have another nerve conductivity test! Damn, those are so much fun!!!

Now, I wait for insurance approval to set the appointments.