ONE LONG HECKUVA WEEK

 It was one long helluva week. Kind of like pulling taffy when you're on quaaludes (I don't know this from personal experience, of course - - I just used it as a colorful analogy *smile*).

It's difficult to give a logical update when logicality doesn't exist.

I was so ravaged with pain in my hip, back, and knee that I resorted to compromise. I finally learned that winning the medical game involves forfeiting logic and dignity. I discovered if you don't go along with the Plan and show any semblance of resistance, you're being "marked" as "difficult" and "unprogressive".

I'm now taking massive doses of tramadol (a synthetic opioid) and other such things. On an eight-hour schedule. Not to mention ten or a dozen other meds.

I'm an official druggie. It doesn't help my pain very much, but it makes The Powers That Be, happy.

Everyone is worried about my pain. The nurses decided to send me back to Cookeville Medical Center, which was a complete disaster. I went in the middle of the night. The VERY bumpy ambulance ride intensified my pain. The attendant offered me more opioids but I resisted.

How do I describe the Cookeville adventure?

It was vastly overcrowded. No rooms available. I was left in a hospital bed in a crowded hallway for over five frickin' hours.

A nurse administered morphine. Weird flight to Neverland. Weird. I suppose there's a legal limit to the ride. They didn't give me much. I think.

Morphine makes you forget everything. It's better than an orgasm.

Oops!! I shouldn't have said that. My sincere apologies. I'm a colorful (truthful) writer. Can't help it.

Sometimes I like to shock you, to see if you're still awake.

Then they gave me a ct scan. Cat scans are worthless for intricate spinal problems. And I've had about four of them in the past month.

Okay, the ct scan showed nothing.

I saw the "doctor" for about four minutes. He gave me a STRONG pain pill for the tedious ride back to Signature Health Care.

Back to Square One.

I finally made a compromise with the social workers. I'll stay on here at Signature for perhaps another month or so - - to resume my much-needed physical therapy......IF the insurance companies will let me. I need to be in "reasonable" physical shape when....or if.... I ever get home.

I have a lot more to say, but I've already said enough.

Question - -

If I ever write a memoir, would you read it?

I already have two poetry books on Amazon. One is a book for children, which I really like.

Anyway, mucho gracias for visiting.

Luv ya, Jon ❤️

I've created more AI (artificial intelligence) pictures, all with an autumn theme. Beautiful fantasies.

(I have a lot more)