Well I finally got an appointment with the neurologist this Weds at 2:00. They have to page him so I hope he is isn't in surgery. He doesn't normally see patients that day and has no open appointments until October.

Also got an appointment with surgeon on the 29th to discuss what the neurologist says and hopefully get a date for the surgery.

I'm now on Plavix and my stomach doesn't like it any better than it liked the baby aspirin although I don't have the bloating I had with aspirin. It is also giving me diarrhea and today it was green. That usually means blood. Not liking this at all and will discuss with doctor.

I was also reading an ad in Newsweek for Zetia which I'm on. It said that 'in rare cases' if taken with a statin, which I take, it can cause severe muscle problems. If this is what is causing my inability to walk more than two blocks, I'm really going to be pissed. I'm gonna ask about that one too but I doubt they will let me stop before surgery. I often come up with side effects to drugs, sometimes rare ones, so it wouldn't surprise me.

Take care,
Eileen