drugs: August 2008 archives
A Brief History of Pain
[ rakaur on Sun Aug 03 at 10:51 AM // category: drugs, health, life, pain ]
Okay, so I haven’t touched on this subject in a while. Nothing had happened in a long time, because none of the doctors I had access to gave a shit. That changed when the clinic I go to got taken over by some new network, and got a new doctor. I figured I’d give him a try.
So I went in and gave him a brief history, but he could tell by the size of my file that I had been going at this for some time. We went through everything I’ve tried and done and tests I’ve had, etc. We touched on Marfan’s, and made an appointment for a specialist (which isn’t until October). Then, something happened. For the first time in the couple years I’ve been dealing with this, he said “we need to find some form of pain control.” He gave me tramadol. I could have wept.
Unfortunately, the tramadol wasn’t strong enough to do much for the pain. So I used it for a week, then called, and he added diclofenac to the tramadol. I did this for about a week, and it wasn’t working either, so I called again, and he asked me to come in.
I went in Friday, and we went over the stuff again, and he agreed to treat me with stronger medicine until my appointment, and we’ll figure out what we need to do long-term from there (hopefully). So now I’m on a daily regimen of Tylenol #3 (co-codamol), meloxicam, and cyclobenzaprine. I’ve only been on it for a few days, but so far it seems to be doing more than anything else in recent memory.
I hope.
-- rakaur // 2008.08.03 @ 10:51 AM
