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Back to Black.

Here is an excellent blog that I think everybody who thinks they want to write a public blog should read. She has excellent photos, wonderful recipes, and right now she's telling the story of how she moved from the big city to a ranch for love. I have blog envy.

I taught at school for the first time since my accident. The first time since my speech class ended in June. Although that class was like eight people with six that showed up. So this was my first real normal sized class since April. I was a bit shaky at first. Classroom lecturing isn't really my strong point. I am not hugely fond of powerpoint although I probably should have used it today instead of my random fleeting thought hand outs that I seem to do. I can usually put together a decent class on a topic with a beginning, middle, and end. Today's was a bit a different. I would put more in the category of organized scattered.

I talked to some students afterwards. I guess no one hangs out upstairs anymore. It's very quiet up there except for Stater nights. I signed some people up for more classes. I tried to clean my desk. I was distracted because of the hip pain. I was going to try to make a meeting but I didn't really need to attend so I opted to leave because of the pain.

I finally caved and got my Lyrica prescription. It's an expensive drug even with insurance. It's a difference of night and day with the pain level while I take that medication. It really helps keep the hip pain to a dull manageable roar. It's not a narcotic but a drug that works on nerves and pain receptors. I think many doctors use if for Fibromyalgia, Diabetic Neuropathy and other non-specific pain that is caused by nerve damage. It is only approved for use in Fibromyalgia, Shingles Pain, and Epilepsy. I hope my insurance company keeps covering it because I think it is a horribly expensive drug if I have to pay over $50 for it with my health insurance. I am also a bit scared because Lyrica can cause your limbs to swell. That happened last week and was fairly frightening. It can cause you to gain weight. That is also frightening. I need to fit into my clothes when I am done with my brace. I wonder how long I will have this sort of pain.

Otherwise I watch the show ER morph into a sort of Grey's Anatomy thing....they had one of the surgeons have hot office sex with a new ER doctor. It was out of character for the show right now but then I remember back in the old days when they would have people making out in the lounge or exam rooms. They also have a story line about multiple myeloma. You know that disease that I had. Or may still have. It's sort of weird how topical that is.

I hope the producers and the writers settle soon so that the spring television season isn't totally ruined.