I'm being put on Lyrica on Friday...

Taimse

Lisa, Is your internal medicine Dr at Mayo? you mentioned something about being sent back to Mayo, so I was wondering as I am to have some testing there next week.

Hope Lyrica works out for you.....and the medicinal pot

mngirl

No, my internal medicine doctor is here where I live. I am NOTT going back to Mayo again. I just feel that he (Dr. Fealey) was of NO help at all. My internal med doc has been doing a lot of research on this to help us figure things out...I know I am getting MUCH better care from him.

You know that you go to the doctor too much when you go to the clinic (and not a small one either) and ALL the registration ladies know you, can look your account up without asking AND when you go to the department, ALL the nurses say "Hi Lisa!" I don't even have to tell them who I am seeing or what is happening. I asked if I was their most annoying patient, and told them that I was sorry for always being there and calling to get info. They were nice enough to say that I wasn't a pain.

I called again to even and askedabout getting some trigger point injections tomorrow before my Lidocaine infusion. He said that he would bring me into his office when I got there to do it and to talk about the Lyrica - then off to the infusion.

I have to do something...I have taken twice the amount of Ativan than normal to try to get my headaches to settle down...and my chiropractor is out until Tuesday. Argghhh! I am just so nervous because my nerves seem to be VERY sensitive lately and the last trigger point injections I had done KILLED! So we'll see what he has to say tomorrow.

~Lisa

Taimse

Lisa, I know what you mean about visiting often and everyone knows your name. I was going to physical therapy last spring. Yea, everyone knew me and who I was seeing.
I go to a chiropractor too. He's helped a lot with various things, that docs seem to think need medicating, not finding a solution. My chiropractor says I need an MRI to show neuroma. He says that is what is causing my neuropathy symptoms following carpal tunnel release. My local clinic's orthopedic surgeon that did surgery didn't want to find out what was really wrong post surgery...just that neurontin( gabapentin) will lessen symptoms...and I suppose he thinks that will make me go away.
He said there isn't anything more they can do for me.