August 23, 2018, 3:30 p.m. After my appointment with Dr. Prabaharan, it was only 3:11 p.m.; so I went back to the first floor to Member Services. I checked in and waited to be called. A short woman with a thick mane of curly red hair appeared and took me back to her office. As…
Category: sumatriptan
Pain Physical Therapy #4
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…
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…
First Visit to Harborside
After several days of reading and re-reading the doctor’s recommendations and treatment plans, I got up enough courage to visit the local dispensary, recommended by my local friends to be the best, most reliable source of cannabis products. It was actually recommended by two separate friends (who are friends in real time as well as…
Migraine Day 7
Don’t know what I’ll do when I run out of sumatriptan as my doctor won’t refill it. That’s life when you’re old, sick, and poor.
Another Milestone
First ever “normal” FBG. This is in spite of cutting my metformin dosage in half at the beginning of this month. (I was getting tired of the daily diarrhea!) Also, I’m aiming for 80% fat and 25g carbs. I’m putting up with the resulting migraines as long as I have migraine medication (sumatriptan). For now….
Migraine Returns
After 19 consecutive days without a head-splitting migraine requiring medication, I had a migraine in the middle of the night (about 4 a.m., I think). Well, that was 19 days that were gifts. Fortunately, I’ve had enough time to accrue another month’s supply of sumatriptan. The only thing I ate yesterday that was unusual (for me) was tuna…