re: neck pain

So, despite the power being out in the Walker building today, we did go through the whole appointment (she just couldn't do any computer work). And it actually went the opposite of what I thought. And I actually think she's right.

The gist is this: I have had previous neck pain with my migraines, just not to this degree. So when did the neck pain become unbearable: the last month or so. When did I go down on my Lyrica? September. Nothing else has changed. In fact, my headaches have actually been down the last couple of months.

So it all boils down to my fibromyalgia. Which is kind of depressing, because that means I have another "hot" area that is just as bad as my arms and legs.

They're going to increase the Lyrica again. Maybe not as much as before. She doesn't want to go back up to 600mg, but she wants to see if there is a happy medium. In the end, I've decided that I can handle the weight much better than I can handle this neck pain. Being chronically ill has always been about weighing out the positives and the negatives. And the neck pain is bad enough to change the game plan.

She's also going to talk with their headache psychologist (I didn't know that existed) to see if he might want to work with me or if he has someone else who might do a good job of working with me in the depression department (counseling only).

And finally, I have my neck exercises to do, and if they don't help, she'll look into full physical therapy on my neck.

Yay.

I go in to see my neurologist's nurse practitioner tomorrow about my neck. It's definitely something that needs to be done. I called last week and explained what was going on, but I don't see my doctor until January. So they told me to make an appointment with the nurse. I think what's going to end up happening is she'll look to make sure she can't see anything wrong, and then they'll get me an appointment with the spine clinic. I doubt anything will be answered tomorrow.

Lack of update

I know, it's been a while since I posted. I've been having some hard times. Now my neck has been really bad. It's been hurting, hard to move a lot, and it's been connected with my migraines now. I'm at my wits end. It's not as bad today though, so I guess I can be thankful for that.

We go to pick up 90 bottles of Martinelli's sparkling cider for the wedding today. Sam's club only sells them this time of year, and it would have been over $600 to get it from the main site. Screw that.

Still looking for someone to make my wedding skirt. I'm getting worried. :(