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Harry Potter

Ok, so I didn’t used to be a Harry Potter fan. Stephanie was. I hadn’t even seen any of the movies until Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. So I course the night before I saw it I had to watch the first two with Stephanie. And I liked the three movies but I still wasn’t really a fan.

I didn’t get into the books until I bought Stephanie Half Blood Prince, but of course I had to quickly read all of the books before I read that one. And predictably the books hooked me. So the last book is already preordered, hope I can last until July. 🙂

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Another Year

Well, I haven’t blogged it a while. Lots of stuff happening, trying to get settled into the new place in South Knox County. Also trying to get into a rhythm with the new job. And going to doctors.

In the midst of that Christmas happens. We decided to spend Lisa’s first Christmas with as much of the family as we could, which was stressful, but worth it. But that was a week of solid travel and I don’t think we’ll be doing that again. 🙂

My job has been in slow motion almost since I started thanks to new university wide web templates that were supposed to be done in November. After much delay the templates should be released next month. Added to that there is some question as to what department I should be reporting to in the library. But hopefully that will be resolved soon as well.

I think I’ve finally got the right combination of doctors, we seem to be making progress in improving my health. This is thanks to finding a family doctor who listens (purely by luck). He in turn is referring me to good specialists.

Once my life settles a bit more, regular blogging should resume….. (I hope)

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Update on work, life etc.

We’ll I’m moving to South Knox County, extreme south, almost in Seiver County. Stephanie has more on that. We’ll be moving in the next week or two. Work is okay, still attempting to carve out my territory, a problem with any new position I guess.

My health stinks at the moment but at least I can afford to go to doctors now. In fact I’m going to the doctor tomorrow afternoon. I’m getting tired of this, I haven’t felt well in months, except for a few days here and there, like the last time I posted. I just need to string more of those days together…

Maybe I’ll feel like blogging more sometime soon.

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Update on my drug habit…

Thought I’d use that as a title to see how many people would read the whole post. 🙂 I’m talking about baclofen, what were you thinking?

Anyway, the switch back to baclofen appears to be going well. Aside from being skin and bones, which I’m working on fixing, I’m in better health than I’ve been in several months. I can eat again and I’m probably moving around that best I have since before the the wreck. (3 years ago and some change for those keeping track) So far far so good…

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Back on Baclofen

Well it’s been a while but I’m back on baclofen. My previous experiences of 18 to 24 months ago didn’t go all that well, so I’ve been hesitant to try it again.

I tried dantrolene, but it can cause liver damage and while it didn’t make my sleepy like baclofen might again, it really messed with my GI tract. So I’m back to baclofen. I’m going to be a lot more careful with it this time, slow and careful to try to figure out a good dose. I went a little crazy last time with doses. Baclofen overdose is bad, baclofen withdrawal is worse.

A few months after the wreck, January 2004, the neurosurgeon who fused my neck, suggested a baclofen pump. This puts baclofen directly into the spinal fluid which minimizes side effects. But it’s costly and sometimes dangerous, even life threatening if the pump malfunctions or you accidentally run out. In any case the pump is only a good idea if you don’t respond at all to the pills, so I think the neurosurgeon was jumping the gun just a bit.

Anyway we’ll see how baclofen round two goes.

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