Monday's Meditation!

Hi readers!
   I hope you had a beautiful weekend. My weekend was more than I usually plan for myself but they were family functions so I went and enjoyed myself. A couple weeks back I posted that I had to have xray's for the back pain I was having. I took the xray's and went back to discuss the results and the doctor said there was no serious problems. I have what the medical field calls degenerative tissue in my back. I asked the doctor would this condition worsen as I got older. He said no because certain types of problems with the body can heal itself. He wrote me out a prescription for a back brace that I could wear daily as often as I needed. He also increased the dosage of one of three pain medications that I take.
   Now even though on one hand I have a solution to the problem on the other hand I have another problem. With the increase in the dosage of medicine my family is saying I'm walking around like a zombie! Usually when I get a medicine dosage increase, depending on what the medicine is, it takes about a week to adjust to my body. The problem is because I look a little spaced out my family is telling me don't take the medicine if you're going to be looking high and nodding out. Now if the medication is going to help me, I'm going to take it and deal with the side effects and if it doesn't help, the doctor will have to find another medication that will work out better. You just have to love family don't you! Whatever they're thinking just has to come out:).
   I also need to call my neurologist so he can check to see if he has to make any changes because I'm a little off with my PD medications. Also while researching what degenerative tissue is, I found out that some PD patients can get this problem as the stages go up. I don't think I have increased in stage levels. I just think my neurologist needs to make sure all the medications are working together. My first neurologist told me that all patients are not the same; meaning that some PD patients progress slower and some PD patients progress faster.
   Family members and love ones have a hard time processing when new things happen and while they should be assuring us that everything is going to be all right we have to assure them to trust that the doctors and specialist know what they are doing to help us.
~~Lovingly Always A Diva