The Typical Crap

I didn't want to do another of these posts, but I should get it over with.

My sister went to a doctor today about her neck. This wasn't the normal doctor, she had to go through a big hassle in order to get a referral. The result was exactly not what we wanted to hear. After all this time, and after her shitbag surgeon would refuse again and again so see her, saying she's completely fine, she is the opposite. Her neck is still broken. Two vertebrae have fused, one is in the process, but the other hasn't even started. This whole time she was told she was healed, but her neck was still broken. Needless to say she's back in the brace, and I'm sure for her that's a nightmare come true. She now has an appointment with a surgeon, to see what she could and should do. I believe she also has an appointment with a lawyer, to see what we can do about the obvious neglect and endangerment from her original surgeon. From what I've heard, my sister is hardly the first case like this from that doctor, but alas, he's the only neurosurgeon in our area, so we had no choice.

As I posted before, my dad had his surgery, which went very well. He had to go back to work within the week, though. In turn he acquired walking pneumonia, so he is extremely worn out, and on a bunch of meds, but still has to work. His boss just recently had him take over someone else's job too, so how he's lead mechanical engineer, as well as lead optical engineer. It's great that he's genius enough to do that, and he enjoys it, but that's a ton of work, and he hasn't gotten a raise in pay. So he's doing two jobs for the price of one, while being very sick. That will change in the near future, hopefully, as my dad is the heart of that company, and if he wants a raise, then he should be able to get it. We just need to get him back to his normal feeling self.

Also, my mom's Trigeminal Neuralgia came back. An Explanation of TN from the site:

"TN (Trigeminal Neuralgia / tic douloureux) is a disorder of the fifth cranial (trigeminal) nerve that causes episodes of intense, stabbing, electric shock-like pain in the areas of the face where the branches of the nerve are distributed - lips, eyes, nose, scalp, forehead, upper jaw, and lower jaw. By many, it's called the "suicide disease". Something as simple and routine as brushing the teeth, putting on makeup or even a slight breeze can trigger an attack, resulting in sheer agony for the individual. Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is not fatal, but it is universally considered to be the most painful affliction known to medical practice."

Her pills to keep it away have worn off, and we're desperately trying to find some that work. If none do, then it's brain surgery. Also, she has to get a tooth pulled tomorrow. Not exactly a good time for her, atleast she got over the flu she had for the past week.

All that and my computer giving up on me, 2005 is shaping up to be a winner of a year. All I need now is a girlfriend to keep telling me how useless I am, then fall for a missionary.

Ok, now that I vented a bit, I should be back to normal asinine posts. Rejoice.