The Saga Continues

From Wednesday, May 28, 2008

I went to see the regular GP doctor yesterday and  he told me something I find to be rather scary. It scared me so much I spent a good portion of the day crying and even called my mother after the appointment. He's been giving me medications like Cymbalta and Lyrica, telling me they are medications for seizures and things like that but they work for headache suppressants as well. Then he was asking me questions about other pains in my body and we talked about that for a bit. He asked me about my moods and asked me if I was forgetful or ditzy or anything to which I laughed and said no more than usual lately. He nodded and typed that up. Then at the end of the session he said he thinks I might have Fibromyalgia. That pretty much slapped the good(ish) mood right out of me. I only know about Fibro because of my niece who has it. I know it's not a pleasant disorder and I sincerely hope my doctor is wrong. (No offense Jodi.) He asked me to go back to see my neurologist and to get an MRA done to make sure I don't have an aneurysm as well.

I saw the Neurologist today, the same one as before as apparently other neurologists in town don't want to specialize in headaches and suggested I go back there. So I did. Well she treated me much better after hearing everything I've been through and that the other doctor thinks it might be Fibro. After we talked for a while she seemed to be in agreement with him. :/ So I'm going to be taking Lyrica and starting very slowly to see if I can tolerate it that way and see how it goes.

Needless to say I'm not a happy camper at all. My sinus surgery went ok on the other hand. I can smell REALLY well now. I was able smell pretty well before but now it's just kind of obnoxious. Breathing through the nose is better. Now if the nasal drip would stop all would be well. :*) Yummy. My nose still hurts though, but I go to see the doc who did the surgery on a followup tomorrow so we see how things are going on that end. Hurrah.