Thursday, March 31, 2022 I’m planning another 84-hr. fast, beginning tonight after supper and lasting until break-fast/brunch on Monday, April 4. This time, I have set out only my prescription meds (AM and PM) which are all small pills that I can take with water. Speaking of water, I will be sure to drink plenty…
Category: tramadol
Last Office Visit with Dr. Kalra
Monday, April 1, 2019, 10:30 a.m. It was another “early” morning, meaning I set the alarm clock for 7:30 a.m. But I was awake from 6:08 a.m. on, and felt yukky with an allergy sore throat and itchy, weepy eyes. I need Allergra! But I got up, turned the coffee on, and got into the…
Hearing Test
Thursday, October 18, 2018, 11:10 a.m. Today I had the scheduled hearing test. We got stuck in a traffic jam due to road construction, and were afraid we were going to be late. But we got there with just one minute to spare. The same friendly Filipina woman who had scheduled my appointment now checked…
Follow-up Phone Appointment with Pain Pharmacist #3
June 14, 2018, 12:15 p.m. John called two hours early! My appointment was for 2:30 p.m. and he called at 12:15 p.m.! Good thing I was already sitting at my desk. I told him that I had not yet increased to the final dosage of 2 capsules 3 times a day, and he said that…
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…
Office Visit with Dr. Kalra
March 22, 2018, 2:00 p.m. I put way more angst into anticipating this visit than I should have! How many times had I rehearsed and re-rehearsed everything I was going to say to Dr. Kalra?!? I wrote down carefully in my notebook the three things I wanted to discuss with him. His medical assistant took…
Pain Medications
Thursday, January 25, 2018 After spending the last three years getting off prescription medications (Paxil, simvastatin, glipizide, metformin, atenolol, nortriptyline, and even sumatriptan if the CBD/THCA tinctures keep working to prevent migraines!), I’m majorly bummed right now to be even considering more pharmaceuticals to deal with my chronic neck pain. But I just can’t handle…