That is very good news! Oh what a relief you must feel. Yes less thing to worry about.
hoping that you have a wonderful st. pattys day meal, sounds delicious!
We are going to a friends house for dinner toight.
she makes soda bread too in a black skillet.
I am not dieting (though I should be ) so will try it, I did not eat any last year.

have a great day kay.
(((((HUGS)))))
bizi

My final substance abuse appointment was more like a social call. It was very pleasant. She was very happy that I will be going to the club and thinks it will be good for me. Apparently she likes to attend some of the events they hold, and she still wants to attend a DRA meeting once they become more organized again, so I will keep her informed. She's going to finish my paperwork on Saturday and mail it to drunk.org the same day. I will also get copies in the mail.

I hope when I get the copies of my driving record I'm able to use them for both trips to the MA DMV (within a 30 day period), but I don't know how fast or slow the process will work once the NH DMV gets my completed file. I think it makes sense to request my driving record once the NH DMV gets that.

I took an early nap when I got home from my appointment. I'm glad I did because I had so much to do in the kitchen. After I put the corned beef in, I had to carve the rest of the chicken I roasted Wednesday (for wraps today) to make room in the fridge. Then while my corned beef was cooking, I made coleslaw. Peeling the onions, carrots, and potatoes are a bit of work, and so is trimming and cutting the corned beef. Then making the hash and doing the clean up afterwards is a lot of work too. Corned beef is one of Rocky and Buddy's favorite foods so they get a little obnoxious when I take it out to cut it. But it was all worth it… dinner was wonderful and we will have excellent leftovers already prepared that are completely different than the boiled dinner. I slept in a little this morning.

I have an appointment with my PCP today. I'm not looking forward to it. He's going to lecture me about the accidental OD. I know that the ER doc believes it was accidental and sent him a note, and I have taken steps to avoid that from happening in the future. I hope that helps.

Rocky's been hanging around the bathroom this morning, continuing his studies on how the toilet works again… he hasn't done that in months. They all go through phases of where they like to sleep and what they like to do… they just crack me up. They do some weird things sometimes. :)

Your dinner sounds delicious. My friend cooked a great meal too.
good luck at your appointment today....
((((HUGS)))))
bizi

My PCP didn't give me a hard time about the mistake I made with my meds. And I got a few things accomplished while I was there…

I still have that cough after a month and a half, so he told me to take delsym and allegra (I hope it's not too sedating) and he ordered a chest X-Ray just in case there's something infectious going on.

They did an EKG when I was in the ER and the doctor told me I have an abnormal heart rhythm. Apparently I've had it since I was in the hospital after my s/s attempt in late 2004 when my intentional OD put me in the cardiac unit (yes, that was part of the s/s attempt too). It's the same hospital, so the ER doc was able to compare the EKG from when I was discharged in 2004 to the one I just had done and I guess they're the same. I don't know why nobody thought it was important to tell me I did permanent damage back then… Anyway, my PCP is going to get a copy of the EKG and see if I need to go see a cardiologist.

I did talk to him about the "major depressive disorder" diagnosis he made after our last appointment and the conversation went smoothly. He was happy with my mood… I was having a good day… the amantadine was helping. He was pleased to hear that I'm open to talking about any concerns about my mental health and that he has my permission to talk to pdoc.

It was in the mid 50s and sunny yesterday and the outpatient services center isn't too far from my PCP's office, so I walked over there to get my chest X-Ray. It was a little ambitious, but I made it. I need the exercise.

wow that was quite a day!
bizi

Not really… just a doctor's appointment and a walk.

I have no doubt chest X-Ray will be fine.

I worked on medical/surgical floors in hospitals- never in telemetry. So I know very little about cardiology and when the ER doctor explained what was wrong with my EKG I was on a ton of seroquel, so I don't understand and don't remember what he was saying. I've been walking around like this since December 2014, so I know this isn't an emergency situation so I'm not going to freak out about it. I'll wait for my PCP to investigate. I am worried though.

I've been in a pretty good mood lately. Aside from the above, things have been going well, I've been a little more active, and I've been getting out more (even if it's been because I've been going to a lot of appointments). I'm looking forward to getting my license back soon and am trying to be optimistic that there won't be any major roadblocks in the way to that goal :)

yes kay, day by day, each block you scratch off leads you one day closer to your goal.
I hope you have a nice sunday.
bizi

I have one appointment a week until April 13th. Ugh. No rest for the wicked.

I see my neurologist today. I'll be reporting back about my experience with amantadine. I am seeing some better days, but it's not helping in the afternoon. I'm going to ask him if I can increase it to 100mg to see if I can get better results. It hasn't been stimulating at 50mg. I think he will let me increase it.

We were supposed to get a big Nor'Easter, but most of the storm has gone off shore. They were still talking about pretty big snowfall totals in Boston, so they started closing schools last night, but the highest snowfall total this morning in MA was 5" in some random town. We live about 20 minutes away from Boston and will probably get less than that by the time the snow stops falling around 11am.
The last time I had an appointment with the neurologist it was snowing heavily and I had to call around to find a cab company that was still running and would bring me home. I'm glad it's just the light stuff today.

how did it go today?
bizi