Back from one of my specialists..LOL

January 13, 2011

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Dr V always wants to see what book I'm reading. I had & Kate with

me

today. 5 mins of our appt he's talking to me about how is going

bald, Kate is pretty, when are they marrying?, that he went to London a few

years ago...blah blah blah, is the book good? I was the one that started

talking about me. He's so used to me coming in there and all is well. I

told him I will be bald by my next appt in May....see how wispy my hair has

become? What's doing this..the enbrel or prednisone? Said they

both can cause hair loss. He doesn't want to take me off the enbrel

because my labs have been good and it has my R/a under control. He doesn't

want to mess with it. Me neither. He kept saying, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Said I am only taking a low dose. So, I say, if its such a low dose, why

can't I wean off of it? (I called his office about 5 weeks ago and asked

and she said Dr V doesn't want me off of it since I've been on it too

long).

Anyway, he said we can try to lower the dose....it will be 1 - 5 mg tab

Mon

Weds and Friday..the rest of the days 1/2 tab.

I also told him I was having a lot of throat clearing and nasal sinus

drainage especially in the morning and am constantly clearing my throat.

He

nods his head and said yes, that happens with enbrel..its one of the side

effects. Well, what can I take? He mentioned all the OTC I already tried.

He doesn't want to give me an antibiotic since I can become immuned to

them.

So...I guess I just blow my nose and throat clear till the ducks land in

my

yard.

He doesn't want to change anything.

I said I was on darvo and that's banned now so I need a replacement for it.

He asked what do you want Tylenol 3? Told him I had a few tabs of oxycodone

at home (low dose) and it really helps the pain when I need it.... Said

that can become addictive So how about hydrocodone? That's fine too. Wrote

me out a script for Hydrocodone 5 mg with 500 acetaminophene. Got that

filled and now home. I see him again in May with my new wig.

At least that's one done and over with.

Hugs....a

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