February 15, 2024 - Thursday

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Today wasn't nearly as bad as yesterday. I can't say it was great or anything, but co-op went smoothly and it wasn't my cell day, so I had plenty of time to relax at home. I'm a little stressed about how behind I am with school work...in some cases, two weeks. I need to figure out a plan to catch up! 

Pizza and a movie night was pretty wonderful, but, sadly, Ben was in a terrible amount of pain today and was barely able to be present with us. He did finally see Doug this week and ended up liking him a lot. He really appreciated that Doug isn't going to make him come in every 3 months to check in about his blood pressure, like his last doctor did. However, Doug isn't convinced that what he has is trigeminal neuralgia. He said he's never seen it outside of women in their 70s. He referred Ben to a different neurologist to get a second opinion, but did offer him the drug that people with this issue normally take to treat it. Ben nervously told him that he's using medical marijuana to treat the pain right now, and Doug said that he's heard it can be a big relief, so that makes sense. Ben, of course, was very relieved to not get judgment from him! 

*This is a picture of Jonas's cooking class in co-op. His current crush is in this photo, though he would be very upset to know that I revealed that very sensitive information. 

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