Tanks for your insight
Josephine.
I dont have much choice where i can go for an OS had appt tomorrow had to cancel, no money, no co-pay, and they are only a kaiser(my insurance for now, which is awesome BTW, but not their affiliates).
Kaiser is billing me for my co-pays, and one time free med as my lung disorder is acting up again. kaiser has a financial aid program, that i will prob be approved next week, until I get approved for SSDI and SSI.
Sorry so long to reply, have been moving, divorce is finally final and i can file for government and state help.
Now live on farm with hay is killing my lungs, my poor kitties now have to be indoors, so litter cleaning the dust is also killing lungs. But not around ex who would smoke, so that's a plus.
i cant totally knock him, he is paying my rent til i can get government help, and he buys me everything i need until again have money from help from the government.
I do have on longstanding friend for about 8.5 years, of whom i initially met on a interstitial cystitis forum for my bladder.
She is actually originally from Michigan and as luck would have it, she met a man online who lives in GA, where i live, so i have had opportunity to see her several times, she not close by though.
Last time i saw her was at Myrtle Beach last year, as we were both by chance on vacation there at the same time, but we chat online daily, we support each other, so next to God, she is my only real emotional support system.
Oh my the left knee looks like a deformed something from a sci fi movie.
the marble size spur now looks golf ball sized , very red and swollen and painful. but until i get assistance i cant do anything??
So any prayers out there for government assistance would be very welcome.
Also sorry I haven't been on to encourage other with their surgeries, just been busy moving.
I am going to kaiser(my insurance) today for the lungs, and i get a one time freebie on the meds til they approve me for financial aid, going to try and get all i can, new script for fioricet migraines, Zofran= nausea,antibiotic= lungs, albuterol liquid= lungs, imitrix = migraines, medrol shot and medrol pack= my body is beaten to death from illness could stand a medrol pack, havent had in 14 years, so should help some with weakness.
I have come to the conclusion hand prob was not nerve related as never numbness or tingling like u get with sciatica.
It just lost strength, after 5 weeks of self pt i have it at 90 percent. but now other arm and hand are losing strength too, this is a muscle issue not nerve, i am losing strength, as i can feel the limbs (arms) perfectly well, no numbness tingling etc.
Have neuro appt on July 1st, gastro appt in June as i vomit almost daily.
And hopefully new PCP since I moved will provide some knee braces as when my hand went dead they braced me, and they were not a OS just PCP so hopefully they can better brace me til i can see OS.
I am positive that at the very least left knee needs tkr asap!!!
I hope the new PCP with kaiser is as through as old one, need lung x-ray marked stat, so i can having breathing treatment while waiting for technician to give results on lung x-ray.
I will keep posted. and hopefully one day sooner than later i will get my poor knees(s) taken care of.
Righty not looking so hot these days either, but far better than left.
God Bless everyone, I hope u all with upcoming surgeries do well....Sheryl