June 8, 2018, 1:30 p.m. I woke up at 7:00 a.m. with a bonafide migraine! Got up, took sumatriptan and two Aleve, and went back to bed with an ice pack on my head and my feet on the heating pad. Fortunately, I woke up just in time to get a shower and pour coffee…
Author: Jacquie
I am a wife, mother, grandmother, pet co-parent, web designer, copy editor, type 2 diabetic, migraineur, and chronic pain warrior. In seeking to reverse diabetes, I have become in search of healing for myself and my family.
Cannabutter
When I asked a Facebook friend how to make cannabutter, here’s what he said: TD: I used about 24 grams of shake in 1.5 lbs butter. Made for some powerful butter. Me: What is “shake”? (I need educating!) I would LOVE to be able to make cannabutter and cannacookies. Just not sure I would get…
Follow-up Phone Appointment with Pain Pharmacist #2
May 31, 2018, 10:00 a.m. The young man who called this time identified himself as John. My main complaint is still the headaches I get with gabapentin. Even though I had decreased the dosage, 100 mg at a time, I still had the headaches, though slightly less intense. But the pain reduction was also less….
Level 3 Pain Group Follow up #2
May 23, 2018, 10:00 a.m. May 23, 1883, was the birthdate of my maternal grandfather who lived to be 81. Today is another Level 3 Pain Group follow-up session. There were only five of us: two from my January/February group and three others from a more recent group. Dr. Whitehead began with a long, slow…
Individual Acupuncture Therapy #2
May 17, 2018, 2:50 p.m. Everything is very familiar now in Building B of the Union City Kaiser, where I first went for my appointment with Dr. Sumetanon to begin my Pain Management journey. I am ushered into Paul Simon’s treatment room by an assistant. She asked if I used the table or the massage…
Phone Appointment with Pain Pharmacist
May 3, 2018, 10:15 a.m. I was up at 9-something, just to make sure I could actually talk by 10 o’clock. My landline rang quite promptly at 10:15 a.m. I was expecting a woman, only because my tramadol and meloxicam were filled by Li, Amy RPH. But it was a man who identified himself as…
Pain Physical Therapy #3
April 27, 2018, 1:30 p.m. Today is my third individual session for physical therapy with Francis. When I checked in, the girl did not ask for a co-pay, so I’m sure someone down the line will bill me. I hate doing it like this. I would rather just pay with my card at the time…
Pain Clinic Drop-in Group
April 24, 2018 This appointment seemed so familiar (from all the weeks of the Pain Management Program), yet a little strange. I checked in and the girl at the desk took my Kaiser card and ran it through the card reader. She couldn’t seem to find anything for a drop-in Pain Clinic group. She had…
Individual Acupuncture Therapy #1
April 23, 2018, 10:10 a.m. Today is the long-awaited appointment with an individual acupuncturist (not a group of a dozen or more patients!). The assistant took me into a regular doctor’s office, small, with chairs and a patient table. Paul Simon had already looked at my medical records so he already knew everything I told…
Level 3 Pain Group Follow up
April 11, 2018 It felt like six weeks passed pretty quickly. The commute was easy and uncomplicated. Checking in and sitting in the waiting room felt very familiar although a bit strange since there was only one person I saw from our original group. After we had assembled in our group meeting room, there were…