tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125354934408472049.post1041866892591342179..comments2024-02-20T00:10:20.214-06:00Comments on KatyDid Cancer: Day 69 ReduxUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125354934408472049.post-68199926284596832692010-07-15T16:06:43.633-05:002010-07-15T16:06:43.633-05:00Man, I'm glad to hear you're going to see ...Man, I'm glad to hear you're going to see a neurologist. Seems logical to me considering what you've described. You know I'm a proponent of meditation and yoga, (and I know how you hate yoga--so sorry, but that's just cracking me up that they told you that) but I'd be the first to tell you both are an acquired practice that won't show immediate effects. It's more cumulative over a long period of time. Telling you to meditate in the middle of a lack-of-sleep crisis is like telling you to eat blueberries with lots of antioxidants to get rid of cancer. At least with acupuncture you're a passive recipient; you're being practiced on rather than trying to figure out what meditation is. It just shows they don't know what to do for you. They're grasping at straws. But yeah, seems like having a neurologist on speed-dial is a good plan.Jennifer Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17916821571244626445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125354934408472049.post-77531470645515887262010-07-14T09:14:25.308-05:002010-07-14T09:14:25.308-05:00Quick update--I slept a few hours last night, mayb...Quick update--I slept a few hours last night, maybe 2 or 3. Not well, constantly woke up, but the humanity has started to creep back in.<br /><br />I am going to see a neurologist/sleep specialist today. Ironically I was referred by my OB, the one doctor who seems to be able to admit he is not an expert on everything. He said, I don't know what to tell you, and I don't know what the problem is, but it doesn't matter. We'll find a way to fix it. You will sleep.<br /><br />I still can't believe that a patient with a history of epilepsy who hasn't slept in a week was referred to an acupuncurist and a social worker. I was told "These are the best things in our arsenal (the drugs that didn't work for me)." Um, it's not your arsenal. You are cancer doctors, not brain doctors. Anyway I will do acupuncture tomorrow and see my GP, then get my head shaved. Fun day!<br /><br />Thanks for reading.Katy Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524508177957058950noreply@blogger.com