hello everyone,

a lot has and is going on. it turns out my pre-op clearance for the c-spine surgery is taking a life on its own. had the labs and urine. that said i had some kidney damage. so i went for a repeat and it's wnl (within normal limits).

had a chest x-ray which was fine. heart size wnl.
showed some scoliosis. then they ordered a bone scan. never mind i had one a yr ago, wnl. they want to see for themselves. it was wnl and showed my arthritis.

so then they sent me for a cardiology consult. so now i'm getting an ultrasound of my carotids and a renal US (ultrasound). then i had a stress test. that was all done today. tomorrow i go in for extremity US's and an echo, which i also had in the past 5 yrs. but, again, they wanted a new one.

God only knows how much this is all going to cost me in co-pays which of course havn't rolled in yet.

next wk i find out all the results. i'm taking a pad of paper, and a friend. i'll let you know how it all works out.

my coccyx pain has been intolerable. i can hardly sit at all. i got it injected last fri and the pain was terrible over the wk/e. it's easing up.

well, that's enuf for now. umfph.