Better Day, Yay!

This morning was little rough, but things got better as the day progressed and now I feel positively happy with not having that searing pain I had yesterday and this morning. I think it is related to my kidney stone - that mysterious pain that I get every once awhile that makes me really have to moan and groan out loud.

I had to call my stupid primary care physician today. I called to get a referral for a pain management specialist. I know Dr B is my doctor, but I need someone local who I can feel like is on my side and only about the pain (and not the cancer, etc). So she has her assistant call me and ask me if I was calling to see her, because she hasn't seen me in so long she really doesn't know the details of my case anymore. I told this assistant that I was sure that Dr E. was keeping up with the reports my oncologist has been sending regularly, and that if she needed to refresh herself, she could reread them.  And that I wanted an appointment with a specialist, not her. The assistant was so sure that I would want to see Dr E before seeing the specialist, and I would have if that was the price to get to the specialist, but I don't think I will have to see her. I am not sure I would be able to be gracious with her anyway.

I spent most of the morning lying on the couch, moping. I was in pain and that makes me really grumpy. I dozed, but didn't knit like a thought I might. Maybe I did knit, because looking at my project pile I see that Matilda's hat is done and Stella's is started. Knitting in an altered state, I guess.

I had a long and luxurious lunch with Ruth. We went to the bookstore afterwards, and just hung out. It was so much fun, I just didn't want the hanging out to stop. I think this is when the big pain started to subside. Anyway, then I went to pick up a very grumpy Bennett who had to have her hair washed at school because she and her friend Estelle decided to rub frosting in their hair. She thought it was hilarious and got grumpy when I did not think it was funny. Sometimes I've just to be the hard-ass.

Today was Pat's first day teaching the new semester at Hamp. Bennett and I had a very nice evening together and now I am going to do a little knitting and TV watching. I did try the Oxycodone last night. That stuff is very strong and makes me super loopy. I think I will only take it at night until I have other directions from my new pain person. Let's all pray that I get a good one, quick.