goldenwings

Hello There,

Any information would be appreciated on this question. Thanks in advance.

My dear cousin was diagnosed with fibro a little while ago, she is really uptight and won't allow herself yet to share how she feels about it. It is her own "thing" and so I must bide my time before she accepts that I too have it, and am only trying to help and advise. I have to walk on eggshells with her at times, so I tend to let her think that things I say to her are her idea. She is a wonderfully warm person with a heart of gold, but anything physically wrong and she speaks as though nobody knows but she what it is like to have the pain. She copes her way, and so I must respect her wishes -for a while he he !! I don't say that with any form of malice, it is just the way she is. I don't take offence though because I know it is new to her and she has to come to terms with it and work out how to be open about it in her own way. I am there for her whatever though. I have asked her to join us here but she is not pc friendly.

Question : Have any of you taken a drug named Pregabalin (I think this is the spelling) for your pain? My cousin has been told - here in the UK - that it is not approved yet by our own licensing board. She can have it - maybe - but a monthly prescription will cost a small fortune. She was told it is approved in the US, but it will take time to be distributed here by our GP's.

Any input would be of help, and then I can let her know what my friends here say about it. I have to tread very carefully, so that I don't come across as a know-it-all. I only wish to help her, but I must approach it in a way that makes her comfortable. I got to know of this drug because my cousin actually said that her doctor had told her of a "wonder" drug in the US. I said that I hadn't heard of it but would ask around if she told me the name of it.

Thanks to you all.

goldenwings

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