I have a migraine nerve block appointment which involves a series of injections surrounding my occipital nerve region. ( It’s located on your back left side of your skull just above where your neck connects.) So, I say to the physician’s assistant, can we go a bit lower with the injections because my neck is very inflamed . Her response was the insurance covers specific areas. I look at her and say there’s not anyone in this room but you and I, how would they know your injecting me lower than usual. Her response was she would know. GRRRR!!
So right now, my migraine is numb, but my neck is so knotted and in pain it’s undermining where I did have the injections. It’s frustrating especially when she tells me the earliest, I can have an injection to my neck is a month because of lidocaine toxicity. Doctors monitor the doses closely to prevent brain or heart issues. Which brings me back to migraines. If this toxicity is a problem, why have I had nerve blocks for 13 years monthly without anyone saying they need to be cautious?
And why has there not been other options available offered to me?
“Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, he turned into a butterfly.” —Proverb
Looking at the other craziness of the day, we have more than 100,000,000 people on high alert as Polar Vortex grips the U.S. Since this cold snap begun 43 people have died.
Buffalo looks especially scary to me with the playoff game happening there this weekend. People at the game in Kansas City suffered frost bite from the cold weather. Will Buffalo have better conditions come game time.
A plane from American Airlines slid off the runway upon landing at an airport in New York. The aircraft exited the taxiway while in transit to the terminal due to snowy airfield conditions” and veered into the grass. Those passengers must have freaked out seeing that. I know I did when I was flying on American Airlines coming into Logan Airport back in 2003. We slid off the runway too! I was scared! And then having to depart the plane on the metal stairs and riding the bus back to the terminal. Whenever I fly, I remember that flight. I know it doesn’t make any sense, but I look at every airline’s website, check the prices before I look at American Airlines.
Out in my neck of the woods- Snow in the Rocky Mountains this week has brought some hope for another wet winter to feed the Colorado River. When that snow melts it flows down tributaries of the Colorado River, through dams along the way and eventually into Lake Powell. From there, water is released down the Grand Canyon and into Lake Mead. We need another record accumulation of snow to overcome the megadrought that began in the year 2000. which reduced the amount of water in the entire Colorado River Basin. The climate experts expect that trend to continue — despite last year’s above-average snowpack. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation projections released on Tuesday indicated an expected drop at Lake Mead for the next two years.
Unfortunately, in the Middle East, Pakistan retaliates with strikes inside Iran as tensions spill over. “Iranian state media reported that at least nine people, including three women and four children, were killed in the strikes, while Pakistani officials cited the deaths of “a number of terrorists. The Pakistani attacks, carried out with “drones, rockets, loitering munitions and standoff weapons,” were launched in response to Iranian strikes inside Pakistan on Tuesday that killed two children, according to Pakistani officials.” (1)
Violence between Iran and Pakistan and Israel and the Gaza Strip on the surface seem separate but they both targeted militant groups that primarily pose local challenges. Pakistan has maintained the Tehran has turned a blind eye to militants operating in Iran. Iran accuses Pakistan of seeking Israeli assistance. Thankfully neither country is hostile to each other yet. But if the strikes continue that will change.
Ali Harb and Brian Osgood wrote,” Netanyahu says that Israel must “maintain security control over all territory west of the Jordan River”, despite US talk of “working toward a two-state solution”. (2) Change has to happen before they destroy each other completely.
Today, I finished the F-16 Fighting Falcon. All that’s left is my doctor’s airplane and then the quilting begins. I’m excited it’s gone together so easily. I’m looking forward to giving it to my doctor.
I’ve made four wall-hangings this past year. (Two Halloween and Two Christmas)
“To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.” —Anonymous
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