A JOYFUL NOISE

............what do you do? Many of us has encounter opportunities and had to make the decision "should I" or "shouldn't I". Either can affect your life in a little way or a dramatic way. I encountered a unique opportunity a couple of weeks ago while spending time with relatives. A few weeks ago my cousin and I got into a discussion of Buddhism. Now, don't be alarmed, I am in no ways changing my religious beliefs. We got into this discussion because my aunt had brought a beautiful piece of glass artwork by a famous Chinese Artist. It was a beautiful glass "picture frame" that was surrounded by glass carved dragons on the sides and on top. Inside the "picture frame" was Chinese writings, which I couldn't read. I was commenting to my cousin how beautiful it was and my cousin commented on how open minded I was. I wasn't sure why she said that, but I eventually found out that the artwork was ac...

I realized I haven't had an update since my last doctor's appointment which was with my ENT doctor. Today I had a follow-up appointment with my Pain management doctor. The previous medication I was put on was Neurotin which gave me several horrible side effects, one was I was feeling worse than ever. Today we talked about other options to help manage my pain. The doctors really want to push in trying all sorts of medications before opting to go for surgery to remove my appendix and possibly gallbladder. There are really no definite signs of the "need" to take it out but it was an idea that they said could possibly help; however, medication therapy is the first step. I'm not a big fan of continuous intake of medications, but then again, I'm not a big fan of surgeries either! I'm on a new medication now call, Topamax. The doctor says that the side effects I experienced with the Neurotin shouldn't be as pronounced. One side effect is low...