I’m up at midnight because it’s time for my next dose of gabapentin and tizanidine. They think that my coronary artery is going into spasms from the insertion of the stent. I never get frightened by any of my disorders. I just try to figure out how to treat each problem in the most efficient manner. When I had my spinal cord stroke, I asked the Emergency room doctor where I needed to go to get better. They sent me by ambulance to Shands Hospital, which is associated with the medical school at the University of Florida. They were great and they kept me for five weeks and taught me how to live in a wheelchair. They didn’t prepare me for the horrible burning pain that I have 24/7. I had to figure that one on my own. Now I am also dealing with kidney failure but I am optimistic that I can keep it from going to a dangerous level.