I got in with my PCP Dr. Tiffany Cross on Wednesday, sent Regine, her nurse, a message Tuesday morning. Quick turn around, huh?

She prescribed Prednisone a 5 day steroid, for the inflammation, and a muscle relaxer Methocarbamol. I’m not taking the muscle relaxer. The Methocarbamol says “as needed”.

I googled, then asked ma to call CVS. She was home, and used her phone. Didn’t pharmacist dude call me TWICE to inform me he did further research, when he hung up with ma and I should NOT take meth(ocarbamol). I have a speech impediment, he wasn’t sure if I understood what he was telling me: do not take meth, you’ll die (paraphrasing here, of course) till I went to hubby’s office with the pharmacist on speaker.

So, of course I messaged Dr. Cross, Regine told me don’t take it when”you’re feeling the affects of the marijuana” other words: don’t take it if you’re high Nina, and you won’t die.

I’m on the second day of the Prednisone, it’s almost 4pm my pain level is maybe a 3, Before the steroids by 4pm I would of been an 8, listening to DMX and crying, thinking how the hell are you going to walk if you keep Slippin’.

Today has been a day.

Started with a coffee half a gram of Shinning Armor, a hybrid ground from Trulieve and the relization I took an extra does of the steroid yesterday!

I took one pill today, drank a ton of water (over 50 ounces) tomorrow I’ll pop 2, Monday 1 and Tuesday 1. My balls will be okay. (Dom told me steroids will make my balls shrink 🤣 and y’all know your girl walk wit a limp, cause her nuts heavy 🤣🫣.)

I was too busy getting ready for an appointment for a Brazilian with my (new) regular esthetician. Gail Day at Soft Skin Aesthetic Skin Care.

Not only did she inspire me. She too is a TBI (tramatic brain injury) survivor, and her service is top notch. She took her time, did a thorough clean up (removing every hair and not leaving wax residu.) So I’m smooth and was not left with sticky folds 😂.

I shave, well Dom shaves my pits weekly and wax routinely, my legs on the other hand, ha! Try bi monthly. Leg hairs are fine and sparactic. So you can’t see or feel them, as long as my skin is mosturized.

Where was I, oh yeah we (my hip and I) had a long day, didn’t get home till after 5, and I was up to walking, to the porch (through the house) for dinner, pain didn’t reach over a 6 till after 8. So I can manage without a muscle relaxer. See I don’t need it.

Sunday I paid for holding the butterfly position

I’m thinking that’s what my problem is today, that or I haven’t shit since Friday. Damn IBS, it’s either diahrea or I don’t go. Oh yea Dr. Cross wrote me a referral to see a nutritionist (insurance will cover it, cause I’m going through a chubby Neen phase, BMI is 26.8 I’m 161 and overweight) and to go back to the GI (gastroenterologist) Dr Ahmed is who we (myself, ma and aunts) see. This man is funny! The first time I saw him (and was dyignosed with IBS) I asked if I was going to need a colonoscopy (with the fear of God in my eyes). To which he replied, would you like a colonoscopy? With a chuckle and told me I was too young.

Oh, I’m spotting, so I may be PMSing. Queue the alphabet: PMS, IC, IBS, TBI. Reference: The Waiting Is Hardest Part for alphabet explained.