Hip Rehab: I nailed my strength and ROM tests last week and as a result, I\u2019ve been discharged from physical therapy, and I\u2019ve been fully cleared to continue with my more aggressive strength work. I see my surgeon in July at the 1-year post-surgery anniversary for a final set of images to confirm the thicker, longer implant shaft from surgery #2 isn\u2019t in mashed against the cortex of my femur, and to make sure my capsule has healed well enough so that compound movement restrictions can be removed. At that point, all treatment from this injury will be completed. My ongoing strength training includes daily work on an incline bench with 8, 10 and 25-pound weights, all of which support from my GFM<\/a> has funded.<\/p>\n Vision: The eye exercises I was given in November made my vision so much worse that by the time they retested me in January, my left eye drift and resulting double vision had gotten so frequent that I was on the verge of having to patch my left eye. Between November and January, I also lost what little remained of my depth perception. They asked if I was willing to try a different<\/em> set of eye exercises that work on the brain in a different way, I didn\u2019t think I had much to lose so we gave it a try and, February tests show a rather remarkable improvement in my brain\u2019s ability to align my left eye. It still drifts but not so much as to produce a double image and, amazingly, it\u2019s not glassy and all dead-fish-eye looking anymore – I\u2019m counting this as a miracle. The exercises are to train my brain\u2019s convergence skills and once my brain gets good enough at converging both my eyes onto a single target, the hope is my depth perception will begin to train back up. I perform convergence and depth perception exercises many times every day, I keep a spreadsheet on frequency and duration, I\u2019m tested again in April.<\/p>\n Vision, Part 2: My insurance only covers medically-necessary eye care, it does not cover the type of eye care that results in glasses or contacts even if the reason I need new lenses\/glasses is because my vision is impacted by a medical condition. My eyes are so supremely complex that it\u2019s really hard to find an ophthalmologist willing to do the work to understand my histoplasmosis and how it has damaged my vision; I\u2019ve always been the practice\u2019s only histo patient. My doctor and I agree that my convergence exercises have everything in my optic nerves all juiced up and that\u2019s making my everyday vision so unstable that, even within a single day, I change between 3 different strengths of multifocal lenses. My eyeglass lenses are almost 3 years old; they\u2019re way out of tune. Thank you to those who’ve donated to my GFM<\/a> – your support has paid for me to get this care, and to buy these 30-day trial sets of experimental contacts.<\/p>\n General Health: Bladder: I\u2019ve finally gotten in with a urologist to help with overactive bladder symptoms that started almost 4 years ago, just this week he started me on some medication that\u2019s supposed to help, my $1400 a month medical plan didn\u2019t cover over $200 of the prescription cost.\u00a0The\u00a0support from my GFM makes it so I can still get the drugs I need \u2013 thank you if you’ve donated. In April I\u2019m seeing a physical therapist to learn some muscular start-stop triggers that will hopefully holistically help control urge\/frequency. I can close the strongest resistance gyne-flex and I can also \u201clay an egg\u201d so my problems aren\u2019t from lack of pelvic floor strength or hypertonic issues. \u00a0Skin & Hair: \u00a0Last week I also saw a dermatologist to help with the rash, welts and hives I\u2019ve had for months, she thinks it\u2019s related to my compromised immune system and the ton of allergies I have. I\u2019m on some prescription creams and she\u2019s got me taking 4 antihistamines a day to try and get the itch under control. \u00a0My hair is regrowing where it fell out! I look a bit like a Dr. Seuss character.<\/p>\n
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