I'm Back

I've decided to start back blogging again.... most of the posts will be photos that I've taken lately, with a headache update thrown in from time to time when/if something changes. As far as how things are now that I'm back from Philly, things have kinda gone back to normal. My headaches are back and pretty much as bad as before. I'm supposed to go back to Philly in a couple weeks for a follow up appt, so we'll see how things go.

What's Going on These Days...

Sorry my updates have been few and far between. There's not a lot of news headache wise.... I was scheduled to go back to Philly tomorrow, but after a last minute trip to PA last week because Stephanie's sister had to be hospitalized, I decided not to go back.... well I've actually decided not to go back to the headache clinic at all. They were running out of different medicines to try, and so the next step was to go to a pain management center.... well I don't need to drive 7 hours for them to tell me that, so I went ahead and made an appointment for the pain management center, it's on July 22nd and will be in Roanoke. I've also started tapering myself off of the headache preventatives, as they haven't been helping, so I don't see a reason to stay on them. I also don't have the money to spend on drugs that aren't doing me any good. So we'll see how the pain management center visit goes....

As far as what's going on with us as a family.... we've been living at my parents' house for the past several months, waiting to buy a house. Well we had an offer on a house a mile up the road, but the deal fell thru when railroad said they needed more paperwork and another physical exam before they could decide on my disability. We were depending on that money with Stephanie's pay to get the loan, but since we didn't have proof of my income, we couldn't get approved. So I'm still waiting to hear on my disability claim, but they said it would probably be denied because evidently migraines aren't on their list of things that they see as a disability... even though I have letters from 3 doctors saying I'm unable to work. We did however find a nice house in Rocky Mount that we are going to rent, with the option to buy it if we decide that it will work for us. It's in a nice neighborhood, and I think will be a great house for us. The people we are renting from are so nice, and are doing so much to help us out. We're still in the process of getting all of our stuff moved, but should be in for good by the end of the week or so.

So I guess that's about it for right now... please keep us in your prayers with all that is going on in our lives. I will update again after my pain management appointment and let you all know how that goes.