The pain management doc gave me a breakthrough pain med for the first time, because of the new diagnosis. It’s more morphine—just an instant-release version, this time. Sam got it filled for me yesterday. I didn’t expect a huge difference,…
Health Resource: Check Your Medication Interactions
Anybody who is on any kind of medication or supplement should do their own research on it, because honestly? Pharmacists seldom talk to you about these things anymore. If you’re on more than one medication, especially, you need to check…
Med Update
Topomax sucks.
Living Way Too Out Loud? Depression and Blogging
I have struggled with depression throughout my adult life. Had anyone been paying attention, I would have been diagnosed with it as a child, after I was molested. But nobody was paying that much attention, so I didn’t get treatment…
Another Day, Another Doctor
I haven’t been posting a lot of personal stuff lately, largely hoping to avoid whinging too much about pain and such. I saw the new pain doc today, though, and I really like this practice much better than the first…
Duh
Dear Self: Do not go back to the rheumatologist without curiousmay9 or sambear. In fact, don’t go see any specialist for anything but a routine check-in without one of them. You’ll get too tired to think straight and forget things…
Whee!
We have nothing to do tonight. Not a thing. Nada. Zilch. That is an unbelievable relief! Katie has had four nights of dance every week since the fall. We’re all ready for a break! We’re going to have pizza, laze…
Growl
I missed a doctor’s appointment this morning—one of those that it has taken MONTHS to get. I’m not happy. I just couldn’t wake up, though. Sam roused me long enough to get meds into me this morning. I fell asleep…
So What Do They Learn From a Sleep Study if You Don’t Sleep?
I got *maybe* two hours of sleep all Thursday night. That was verified by the monitoring tech. In fact, he came into the room around 3:30 and said, “Are you ever going to go to sleep?” Of course, I was…
Whoops
You know that manicure I got a few weeks back? Now I’m trying to get the acrylic overlay off my nails. Ick. Katie and I have sleep studies tonight. I just got around to really reading some of the instructions,…