Matt’s appointment with the purposeful drugs physician yesterday was actually good, however Matt initially left that appointment feeling disenchanted. The underside line is that after spending about an hour with us, she believes that Matt wants extra specialised care than she’s in a position to present.
Total, I used to be very impressed with this physician, and should you’re within the Waco space and have been wanting a health care provider who will actually attempt to get to the foundation of your medical/bodily drawback moderately than simply prescribing prescription drugs to take care of signs, I’d extremely advocate her. I beloved how affected person she was, and she or he spent a lot time with us (over an hour) asking all types of questions and by no means making us really feel rushed. However after gathering all the info and listening to in regards to the development of Matt’s M.S. during the last 22 years, she determined to refer us to a purposeful neurologist for a extra specialised method in dealing particularly with Matt’s M.S.
That implies that our appointment yesterday didn’t go like Matt had hoped. He was actually enthusiastic about going yesterday and getting began on all types of testing — an intensive blood panel, an environmental toxins check, intestine biome testings, and all the opposite particular issues that purposeful docs do. So leaving with out these issues, and with nothing however a referral to a different physician, was actually disappointing for him. I may see the frustration on his face after we left. It type of broke my coronary heart for him.
However after we acquired dwelling and talked by it, he rebounded fairly shortly. After spending a lot time with this purposeful drugs physician, I belief her, which implies that I additionally belief her suggestions. She instructed us that the entire purpose she acquired into purposeful drugs within the first place is as a result of she had her personal well being issues when she was youthful that made her life depressing, and but, docs couldn’t (or wouldn’t) work out the foundation drawback. They might simply do normal testing, inform her that her assessments outcomes seemed good and there was nothing flawed together with her, and ship her on her method, nonetheless feeling horrible. It wasn’t till she turned to purposeful drugs that she lastly discovered solutions and acquired her well being again.
So at this level, we’re ready for a contact from the purposeful neurologist. She goes to name that purposeful neurologist right this moment and communicate together with her about Matt, and she or he stated we should always hear from her by Monday. So I’m hoping we will get that ball rolling subsequent week.
To be sincere, I had by no means even heard of a purposeful neurologist earlier than yesterday. I didn’t know such an individual even existed. Sadly, that neurologist isn’t in Waco, so we’ll need to journey to Austin (about 90 minutes south of us) at the very least as soon as, however after that, I consider she does telemedicine. She will be able to additionally work hand-in-hand with the purposeful drugs physician that we met with yesterday in order that any specialised testing she needs Matt to have will be accomplished regionally. And she will be able to work with Matt’s common physician for extra normal testing accomplished regionally as properly.
However talking of that, the purposeful drugs physician yesterday advised that Matt begin seeing a brand new physician for basic care, and she or he beneficial a particular D.O. (Physician of Osteopathic Medication) as a substitute of the M.D. he’s seen prior to now. D.O.’s are skilled in every little thing an M.D. is skilled in, however they take a extra holistic method to remedy, and this explicit one works with lots of the identical sufferers that the purposeful drugs physician from yesterday works with.
So this will probably be a workforce method. And it’ll even be costly. We had been ready to put down lots of money for a purposeful drugs physician (they typically don’t take insurance coverage), so I can’t even think about how a lot a purposeful neurologist goes to value.
That implies that our sunroom challenge is on maintain indefinitely. Matt’s well being is clearly extra vital, and since we don’t have limitless sources, we’re going to have see how a lot all of that is going to value earlier than we begin spending $40,000 on Part 1 of the sunroom challenge. In fact, that’s a bit of disappointing, however I can’t be too disenchanted. Having extra fairly rooms in our home isn’t almost as vital as Matt’s well being and wellbeing.
So subsequent 12 months could be fascinating across the weblog. I used to be anticipating our massive sunroom rework to be the massive challenge for subsequent 12 months, however it may need to be pushed again relying on how a lot all of this may value us out-of-pocket. The physician yesterday additionally talked about one thing a couple of hyperbaric chamber remedy that she’d like to see Matt get someplace in Dallas, and she or he particularly talked about that it’s costly and never lined by insurance coverage. And she or he beneficial one thing referred to as a SPECT scan at a spot in Dallas referred to as Amen Clinic, and she or he made some extent of telling us that that’s VERY costly. *Sigh* So this might be fairly the journey we’re embarking on.
Anyway, that’s what we got here away with from yesterday’s appointment. I’ll proceed to maintain y’all posted, and simply know that subsequent 12 months may look very totally different on the weblog than what I had imagined. By the start of the 12 months, all the rooms (besides the sunroom) inside our home will probably be completed, so I’d spend all of subsequent 12 months engaged on some outside tasks and making good use of my studio by performing some enjoyable, smaller tasks. However whatever the course, I’ll hold creating, making, constructing, and sharing. Whether or not it’s an enormous reworking challenge or a small artwork challenge, I’ll at all times want creativity in my life, and I’ll hold sharing so long as persons are .
