An Interesting Day, With Interesting News

Alright, I finally found out yesterday that my Medical Leave claim was approved. Up to yesterday (at the time). So, while it sucked that they only approved me up till yesterday, at least I get paid. They called and told me this at 8am yesterday (remember, I work nights. I don't like to get up before noon). So, back to bed I went. When I got up and got around, I headed over for my massage therapy session. And boy was that crap ever painful. She made me do stretches that made me want to cry, hit all the normal pressure points, as well as the areas that are currently causing intense pain. Then came the ultrasound treatment. Yeah, that was fun. The good thing that came out of that is that the Therapist thinks she found what the problem is. A nerve behind the ear. This came after I mentioned that when the headache throbs, I get a metal taste in the back of my mouth, nearest the pain. That, and whenever she touched that spot it just got worse. And the ultrasound, yeah, fun times. She had to stop after about a minute becouse the throbbing was so bad. But, after all that, we talked a bit. She's gonna talk to my Doc (who works in the same office) and give the Nerve news, as well as seeing about getting diff meds that might actually help and not just let me zone out and not care.

After that, I headed off to my Eye appt. The technician there that set me up for the doc was pretty cute, too bad she had a HUGE rock on her finger. The eye doc and I talked about the migraine for a bit, and she agreed it really had nothing to do with my eyes. So, we did the exam, and my eyes havent changed. Same prescription as two years ago. Then came the time she needed to look in the back of the eye. You know, the part where they have to dialate them and then I'm stuck wearing sunglasses for the next 8 hours? So we chatted about that, and how glasses only make the pain worse (from where the frame sits behind the ear). Luckily, they have a new machine that can take a picture of the inside of your eye without dialating them. Problem: This new machine is not covered by insurance yet. Another $30. Normally, this would be no problem, but I'm on supremely limited funds right now. But, the Doc understood and gave it to me for free. I like her. And those pictures were freaking cool! They seriously get the inside of the entire eye, and then the Doc explains just what is what and if anything is wrong. She also had a bunch of pics of what bad things would look like. But, I'm all good in the eyes.

Then, I get another call today around 10am. Still want to sleep, but I answer. It's my Medical Leave place, wanting to give me a survey as they see I'm scheduled to return to work. What? Um, No I'm not. I explain the situation, and they give me another week, but say that after I see the neurologist, I need to have the docs fill out more crap stating that I still cant go back to work and that my Leave needs to be extended. The only good part of this call is when she tried to transfer me to the survey people, she cut me off instead. So I went back to bed. Only to find that the RatDog had thrown up right where I had been sleeping. Great start to another wonderful day.