Good morning its 11:20 am on Tuesday 11-27. Two days ago was my 7 month mark. Let me say the last few weeks have been hard. I have been having a lot of pain in my neck and lower back. I have also been having problems sleeping. The only way I can describe it is I lay my head down and it feels like it is going to explode. I am also not able to find a comfortable spot for my head. As many of you know I have also lost a lot of motion in my neck which has been very frustrating. The cold weather has been very frustrating as the right side of my body is very cold and the left side is warm. I have also been getting waves of sharp pain through the right side of my head. I am at a point where I have the stimulator settings high enough where it takes away about 90% of the pain, but the feeling is almost uncomfortable. I have not asked for the stimulator settings to be changed because MOST of the time it has been working really well. One thing that has been thought of is changing the settings where it cycles through different stimulation levels. This will cause the feeling to change every few mins and will "confuse the brain" (Some people will say I am already confused ;) )Some people have noticed my moods changing and have saw me very frustrated. As some know this is part of the condition and I am sorry if I have made you mad or you felt I was ignoring you! Sometimes it just helps me to stay to my self and not be bothered. Again a huge thank you to my fantastic wife, my family and my friends. I also continue to send a big thank you to my extended EMS and Fire family. All of you have been so helpful and the positive encouragement really helps! Again a big thank you to every one :) A lot of you are very meaningful in my life and have given me a great deal of support ( It would take for ever to tag every one of you! ) Every thing else is going good for the most part, just getting ready for the holidays and enjoying my few days off :) To end this I would like to wish every one a happy holidays and please have fun and stay safe :)
JR
