Update after being in Maastricht Hospital

[Guest guest]

Hello

I wanted to get you up to date about what happend in Maastricht yesterday,..

I was there with my best friend,..

I got called in and the doctor asked how I was and I looked with a frown on my

face and told him that the whole treatment with the electroshocks on the 2

nerves on my left hip did not help at all , that it got worse and that my right

leg is acting up from time to time also,..

And asked him if blocking the nerve with anastecian fluid would be an option,..

but he sayd if we do that will only work for a few hours probably if this dont

work at all even,..

So we did talk some more and I told him that I did check on my bloodsugar the

last days and it was too high also ,.. it being 9.2 one time and a day or two

later 7.8 and I am not a diabetic so that was to high, so I need to keep an eye

on that too,.. and the conclusion he made in my case was that I had to start

and try Lyrica , 2 times a day a tablet of 75mg and in two weeks double that

dosage, to 2 times a day 150 mg ,... and that I had to get back to his office on

april 15th to evalutate how that is going ,.. and I asked about the sideeffects

, and he sayd that it could cause tiredness and a few other things too ,..

Right now that is the only option , but he also told me that it could work

perfect for me but there is a possibility that it doesnt work too , so keep a

close eye on it and we will surely talk about that next time I go there,..

Anyway,.. I am exhausted,.. had very little sleep and just already and drained ,

I hope that will get better in days ,..

This morning I had to visit the Arbo that is the doctor that is hired from work

(in a way ) for an evaluation and to see how I am , told him about the bulge in

between my 3rd and 4rd vertibra and about the visit in Maastricht, he even asked

if I in time would be intrested in getting less hours of work but I told him I

want to keep those 26 a week and change that only if it stays this way ,....

So time will tell what is going to happen next,..

liefs

Annemie

[Guest guest]

Annemie,

I'm so sorry things aren't going so well.

I've been on the lyrica for about a month now, and am gradually increasing to

450 mg in about another week. I started at 100 a day and worked up, to minimize

the side effects. The only one I could find was the sleepiness, and I only get

that if I sit down and rest right after I take it. If I stay active, which I

have been a lot since my kitty died on Friday, I don't feel the sleepiness at

all. It works great for me, along with ultracet for the pain. I'm down to 4-6

pills of ultracet a day, which is a huge improvement from 8. I am really

noticing a difference now that I'm at 300 mg. My mood is also much improved.

The only problem with lyrica that I know of is that it only works well for about

30% of the patients who take it. I hope that you are in that 30% like me! You

should notice some improvement in your mood and functioning within a few days on

it, if it is going to work for you.

Chelle

[Guest guest]

Chelle

I understand what you are saying and I sure hope that this does work for me

,.. I will keep you all posted that is for sure ,..

Liefs

Annemie

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Chelle

Verzonden: donderdag 14 februari 2008 18:03

Aan: Hugs-N-Pain

Onderwerp: Re:Update after being in Maastricht Hospital

Annemie,

I'm so sorry things aren't going so well.

I've been on the lyrica for about a month now, and am gradually increasing

to 450 mg in about another week. I started at 100 a day and worked up, to

minimize the side effects. The only one I could find was the sleepiness,

and I only get that if I sit down and rest right after I take it. If I stay

active, which I have been a lot since my kitty died on Friday, I don't feel

the sleepiness at all. It works great for me, along with ultracet for the

pain. I'm down to 4-6 pills of ultracet a day, which is a huge improvement

from 8. I am really noticing a difference now that I'm at 300 mg. My mood

is also much improved.

The only problem with lyrica that I know of is that it only works well for

about 30% of the patients who take it. I hope that you are in that 30% like

me! You should notice some improvement in your mood and functioning within

a few days on it, if it is going to work for you.

Chelle