Trials and tribulations Updated 5/10/18 4:00pm
April 26, 2018 2:00pm Back to In the Beginning Phew, been a hella couple of weeks. With the arm pain starting up the second week after the treatment, then followed by leg and hip pain. Ultimately found out that I have a hairline hip fracture that showed up in a CT. Likely due to the metastasis there. Scheduled the biopsy for the third week, but Dr. Kassahun wasn't available so Dr. Finklestein from his practice was scheduled. Also got to see Dr Kunal Parikh, a pain specialist who is a friend of my kids. He prescribed Gabapentin, Tizanadine and Morphine. Still haven't gotten the insurance approval for the morphine, but should be soon. Have had to take hydrocodone with the other two just to keep the pain at a tolerable level. Down to my last pill though. His pain chart makes so much more sense with the descriptive line under each emoji. On Apr...