9-15-16 Update

I haven’t given a health update in a while so I figured I’d catch you up! I never published an update like I promised from the last appointment with my pain specialist I talked about. Well, it turns out I saw the assistant, who couldn’t give me a referral, but gave me a new medication and told me to come back in a few weeks. The new medication made me high as a kite! My pain wasn’t controlled at all, but I was just too messed up to care. Needless to say that was not an acceptable fix.  In the mean time I got a recommendation for a Rheumatologist and I made an appointment for a month later. When I went back for my follow up at the pain specialist I told her that the pills were too strong and I couldn’t live like that. Her solution was to offer me morphine. WTF? Morphine? Really? I think I literally laughed out loud. I asked if she could just up the dose on my patch and give me some tramadol until I went to see the Rheumatologist. She still had no idea what was wrong with me and literally said “Hopefully it’ll just go away.” I’m pretty sure that was my LAST visit with her. She was more interested in being my drug dealer than being a responsible doctor.  

Last Wednesday I went with my mom to see the new Rheumatologist. We didn’t have to wait hardly at all before seeing the doctor and she actually sat there and talked to us about my symptoms and my complete medical history for 2 whole hours! I used to take Prozac to help with my OCD and anxiety, but my OB-GYN took me off of it when my husband and I started trying for a baby. About a year later is when my symptoms started. It turns out, my Dr. thinks that the Prozac could have been controlling my fibromyalgia without me ever knowing I had it. There is still a possibility of Lupus, Psoriatic Arthritis, or a few more things I can’t remember; so after our discussion she did her exam and sent me for bloodwork and x-rays. She also wrote me a prescription for Prozac to see if that helps control my symptoms. I go back to see her at the beginning of November. I left her office feeling of hope for the first time in a long time. She really seemed to care and determined to help me.

Well, it’s been a week and I can already feel a difference. My pain levels are lower and there have been a few days where I haven’t even had to take a pain pill! That is big news for me! I even decided to come to San Antonio all week with my husband. He is here on business and while he works I am relaxing by the pool and catching up on my reading. It’s been amazing! I am starting to look forward to the future again.