Articles by Pam J

EN WE WILL LEAVE HERE AT 3AM 13TH DECEMBER TO GET TO THE CHECK-IN AT THE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOR 4AM SPINE SURGERY SHEDULED FOR 66AM TOMORROW MONDAY 13TH! I WILL SEE YOU ALL ON THE FLIP SIDE SOMETIME AFTER TOMORROW ! I AM TAKING MY I-PAD SO WILL HOPEFULLY BE DROPPING IN TO IPERNITY HOPING TO BE OUT IN THE DREDED SPINAL BRACE IN 3 DAYS I REMEMBER THE BAD OLD DAY WHEN I WAS IN HOSPITAL MANY MONTHS LOVE AND HUGS TO ALL. PAM FR NOUS PARTIRONS D'ICI À 3H DU MATIN 13…

THE PAIN BLOCK INJECTION PROCEDURE WAS CANCELLED BECAUSE INSURANCE DIDNT GRANT IT THE PROCEDURE FINALLY HAPPENED TUESDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER !!!! BUT STEROID INJECTIONS DO NOT WORK FOR EVERYONE. OK YOU HAVE GUESSED IT !!!! IT JUST CAUSED ME EXCRUCIATING PAIN !!! OK.. MOVING ON YESTERDAY 5TH OCTOBER I HAD ANOTHER CHECKUP WITH MY SPINE SURGEON WHO DID MY 1-4 VERTEBRA FUSION SURGERY IN JANUARY. HE FEELS THAT NOW THE AWFUL PAIN NEEDS FURTHER FUSION OF THE NEXT TWO VERTEBRA. ON TOP OF T…

EN TODAY WAS THE THE SPINE DR APPOINTMENT A WEEK AGO I HAD A FURTHER MRI AND CAT SCAN THERE IS A REASON FOR THE PAIN !!! I WAS DREADING VAST PAIN AND NO SEE ABLE REASON. KATRINA MY FAVOURITE PA (SHE WAS SCRUB AND ASSISTANT TO DR BRAILY FOR MY OP AND HAS BEEN DOING ALL MY FOLLOWUPS) SHE SHOWED ME AND EXPLAINED THE MRI RESULTS SHE HAD SAID LAST TIME THAT WHERE I WAS DESCRIBING THE PAIN COMING FROM WAS BELOW THE LAST FUSION. BELOW THE. L2. AND MRI NOW SHOWS A SMALL CYST BOTH SIDES OF…

YESTERDAY 29TH JULY EN I WHENT TO THE APPOINTMENT WITH DR ANDREW BAUER THE NEW NWUROLOGIST SURGEON YESTERDAY 29TH JULY. HE IS WONDERFUL I CAN CERTAINLY WORK WITH HIM OK THE MRI SEEMS GOOD BUT HE AGAIN EXPLAINED THAT THE GAMMA KNIFE TREATMENT WORKS VERY SLOWLY AS WE HAD BEEN WARNED SO HE IS TAKING THE SAME TRACK AS DR CJEEMA MY WONDERFUL ORIGINAL NEURO SURGEON . HAD SAID HE WAS GOING TO TAKE. HE DOCTOR ANDREW BAUER WANTS TO LEAVE IT A LITTLE LONGER AND DO AN ANGIOGRAMME IN JANUARY.CLOS…

I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS BEING SO LONG AND BORING ... BUT I WANTED TO PULL MYSELF TOGETHER ENOUGH FIRST BEFORE I UPDATED YOU. EN I HAVE HAD BIG SHOCK. JAY HAS ALWAYS HAS A PO BOX HERE... JUST USES IT FOR BILLING ETC. SO AND ON THURSDAY (16TH) HE PICKED UP THE MAIL FROM IT.. AND NIGHT (SATURDAY (18TH)SHOWED ME A LETTER FROM OU MEDICAL WHERE I AM TREATED AND WAS OPERATED ON FOR THE STROKE AND WHERE MY NEURO SURGEON IS AND WHERE I WAS DUE TO HAVE THE MRI ON WEDNESDAY 21ST JULY AT 7.30…

EN TODAY WAS THE SPINE DR'S CHECKUP . I AM ANGRY AND VERY TEARFUL HE (THE SPINE DR) WANTS. ME TO DO TOTAL WASTE OF TIME THEREAPY SESSIONS THE SAME THINGS I HAVE HAD TO TRY ALL MY ADULT LIFE AND THEY HAVE FAILED. SIMPLY POINTLESS I TOLD HIM THAT AND NOT FOR THE FIRST TIME. I HAVE TO GO BACK AGAIN IN 3 MONTHS.I HAVE NO RESTRICTIONS. HE SAYS THAT IT WILL BE ANOTHER 3 - 6 MONTHS BEFORE I WILL BE CLOSER TO MORE HEALED AND MAYBE ANOTHER YEAR. I AM SO ANGRY I KNEW THIS WOULD BE T…

EN YESTERDAY WAS THE 2ND CHECKUP WITH THE SURGEON APPOINTMENT. I SAW HIS P.A SHE WAS HIS ASSISTENT FOR MY OPERATION.I LOVE HER.. SHE IS A SUPER LADY. SHE IS PLEASED WITH ME BUT AGREES WITH JAY MY HUSBANDTHAT I AM DOING FAR TOO MUCH.!! BUT APART FROM HER WANTING ME TO STOP AND SLOW UP FOR A WHILE SHE IS VERY PLEASED ! I MAY NOW USE THE HUGE BELT LESS BASSICALLY USE IT WHEN I FEEL THE NEED . PAIN MEANS I SHOULD STOP... SIGH... I JUST WANT TO..... SO MY NEXT APPOINTMENT IS IN 7 WEEKS WHEN…

LOVE AND HUGSSSSS THANKYOU SO MUCH FOE YOUR ALWAYS KIND AND LOVING THOUGHTS. SO YES... TODAY WAS THE FIRST CHECKUP DAY!!!! AND THE REMOVAL OF AND THE RMOVAL OF TONS OF STAPLES AND STITCHES HE BARBED WIRE IS GONE ! THE DR IS HAPPY WITH ME. SAME RESTRICTIONS APPLY FOR NOW. I AM STILL VERY HURTING THE NERVE PAIN IS STILL VERY ACUTE. BUT CANT RUSH THE HEALING. NEXT APPOINTMENT IS 5TH MARCH. I MADE A DOZEN CARDS I WAS SO HAPPY THEY LOVED THEM. ITS JUST A SMALL WAY I COULD SAY THANKYOU…

LOVE AND HUGSSSSS PLEASE BE WELL THIS IS THE BEST UPDATE I CAN MANAGE FOR NOW LOVE AND HUGSSSS JAY CAME TO COLLECT ME ON SATURDAY. THE MASSIVE SPINE OPERATION WAS ON THURSDAY I AM HOME NOW BUT AM IN EXT REAM PAIN. I HAVE TO WEAR I A LARGE SUPPORT BELT.RATHER LIKE WEIGHT LIFTERS WEAR !!!!. I HAVE VERY STRONG PAIN KILLING MEDICATION BUT THE PAIN DOES BREAK THROUGH..W.ALSO ON SATURDAY NIGHT THE DR ORDERED BLOOD DRAWN AND MY VEINS S SIMPLY COLLAPSED.IT TOOK 20 PLUS. "STICKS" AND THEY STILL…

HELLO FRIENDS. LONG TIME NO WRITE... BUT YOU MUST ALL BE TIRED OF MY WOES !! BUT I WAS ASKED VERY RESWNTLY TO DO A QUICK UPDATE. SO HERE IT IS THE STROKE DAMAGE IS SHOWING MORE IN SMALL WAYS. THE LEFT-SIDE-NEGLECT IS IT SEEMS GETTING WORSE. MAYBE MY TOLERANCE OF IT HAS WORN OUT . I GUESS I AM JUST TIRED OF IT. TE DIZZINESS ALSO PERSISTS I CANT DO MUCH BY WAY OF REAL PHOTOGRAPHY. BECAUSE OF THE AFFECTS OF THE LEST-SIDE- NEGLECT AND MY SIGHT NOT FOCUSSING . STILL I WONT TAKE MY…

EN TODAY MONDAY 32ST AUGUST I HAD A DOUBLE DOCTOR APPOINTMENT DAY. THE FIRST WAS WITH DR CHEEMA MY BRAIN SURGEON AT 11.4AM THEN DR GUNTER THE GAMMA KNIFE DOCTOR THAT DR CHEEMA TEAMED WITH ON 22ND JANUARY FOR THE GAMMA KNIFE PROCEDURE en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiosurgery#Gamma_Knife WHEN THE GAMMA PROCEDURE WAS DECIDED ON IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS NO INSTANT FIX AND THAT IT WOULD TAKE 18 MONTHS TO TWO YEARS FOR THE AVM IN en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arteriovenous_malformation…

EN WE HAD TO LEAVE AT 9.30.. THE APPOINTMENTS WERE AT OU MEDICAL CAMPUS OKLAHOMA CITY. THIS IS WHERE I WAS TAKEN WHEN I HAD THE STROKE, MY FIRST APPOINTMENT WAS WITH DOCTOR CHEEMA AT 11.15 ( MY BRAIN SURGEON AND WHO HAS SEEN ME EVER SINCE THAT FIRST AWFUL NIGHT.. AND HE DID THE SCKULL CUTTING MY SECOND APPOINTMENT WAS WITH DR GUNTER RADIOLOGIST AT 1.00PM WHO DR CHEEMA TEAMED UP WITH FOR .. FOR THE GAMMA KNIFE PROCEDURE ON 22ND JABUARY THIS YEAR . MY THIRD APPOINTMENT WAS WITH…

EN HUGSSS WE GOT HOME ABOUT 3PM THIS AFTERNOON. . HAVING COLLECTED THE THEM HAPPY DOGS ON THE WAY HOME YESTERDAY WAS A LNONG DAY STARTING AT3AM SO WE COULD GET ACROSS TO THE OU MEDICAL CENTRE FOR 4.50AM. I HAD GONE AND HAD THE BLOOD DRAWING AT THE LAB THE AFTERNOON BEFORE WHEN WE FIRST ARRIVED ARRIVED. WE HAD A LAYER lOF SLEET AND SLUSH. I WAS SO GLAD WE HAD DRIVEN UP THE AFTERNOON BFOR. AS SOON S I ARRIVED AT THE HOSPITAL I WAS TAKEN OFF FOR AN MRI. THST DONE WITH IT WAS TIME FO…

EXCITING UPDATE ON 2ND JANUARY APPOINTMENT! ,, MISE À JOUR PASSIONNANTE SUR LE RENDEZ-VOUS DU 2 JANVIER ! ,,SPANNENDES UPDATE ZUM 2. JANUAR-TERMIN! EN TODAY WAS THE DAY OF THE VERY IMPORTANT APPOINTMENT AT OU MEDICAL (WHERE MY BRAIN SURGEON WHO TREATED AND OPERATED ON ME ON THE NIGHT OF MY STROKE ON 7TH SEPTEMBER 2018 IS . AND WHERE I HAD THE CRANIAL ANGIOGRAME www.healthline.com/health/cerebral-angiography A FEW WEEKS AGO. THAT WAS SO HE COULD SEE AGAIN THE AVM en.wikipedia.…

EN OU MEDICAL(THE HOSPITAL I HAVE BEEN TREATED BY FROM THE VERY START OF THIS STROKE NIGHTMARE) RANG AT 10THIS MORNING OFFERING A CHOICE OF 2 APPOINTMENTS.. WITH THE RADIATION ONCOLOGISTS. FIRST WAS DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS 26TH DEC AT 9.30 PM... REMEMBER HOW FAR WE HAVE TO GO AND HOW LONG IT TAKES. THE SECOND WAS THE DAY AFTER NEW YEAR 2ND JAN AT 1.30PM !!! WE HAVE TAKEN THE 2ND JAN AT 1,30PM. IT IS A MEASURE OF HOW SPECIAL THIS MAN IS AND HIS KNOWLEDGE OF RADIATION OMCOLIGY THAT…

EN GOT THIS THIS MORNING(WEDNESDAY) FROM MADISON WHO IS DOCTOR CHEEMAS ASSISTANT (MY NEUROSURGEON). ""GOOD MORNING, A REFERRAL HAS BEEN SENT TO DR. OZER ALGAN WHO IS A RADIATION ONCOLOGIST. HE WILL EVALUATE HER (ME) AND HIS NURSE WILL SET UP A DATE FOR THE GAMMA KNIFE, AND DR. CHEEMA WILL PERFORM THE PROCEDURE. THANK YOU, MADISON BENNETT, LPN"" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOW WAITING FOR THE APPOINTMENT FOR THE EVALUATION AND THEN THE APPOINTMENT FOR THE PROCEDURE I AM READY TO SLUG…

EN vDEAR ALL OK... WE JUST HOME NOW . IT IS 10.21 PM IT HAS BEEN A TERRIBLY LONG DAY A WONDERFULLY SUCCESSFUL DAY I AM VERY SORE FROM THE PROCEDURE AND HAVE A LOTS OF DO NOT DO FOR A FEW DAYS ! BUT !! EVERYTHING THAT WAS A DISASTER LAST TIME WAS PERFECT THIS TIME .. YES... ALL WENT PERFECTLY. DOCTOR CHEEMA MY BRAIN SURGEON GOT TO SEE THE AVM https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/brain-avm/symptoms-causes/syc-20350260 UP CLOSE WITH THE CATHETER . BECAUSE OF TH…