My bout with the hamthrax (aka H1N1 aka Swine Flu) has ended. I am here, I am (relatively) healthy, and I am ready to get on with my life. For what it’s worth, I don’t recommend catching this. Get your immunizations when they come out! I’m going to go down and get my regular flu shot soon. One flu per season is enough, thankyouverymuch. Oh… this picture really cracked me up:
On other fronts, my fibromyalgia is responding well to the Savella, without all of the side effects that made Lyrica such a trial. I had a few days of some lovely tachycardia (pulse rates up to 140, whee!), and it was rather annoying to feel like I’d just consumed three pots of coffee when I was trying to sleep. I went to my doc on Monday, and he was pretty sure it would die down on its own once my body was used to the extra norepinephrine. Of course, I start feeling better and my heart starts slowing down shortly after I go see him and drop yet another co-pay. It’s all good, though. I still wonder if just being reassured about it helped. No way to tell, but I do feel much better, and my pulse has dropped back down to somewhere near normal for me. Still a bit high, but not where I feel like my heart is going to jump out of my chest, y’know?
I’m on my first full month of the Savella now. It supposedly takes about two months to see the full effect, so I really have my hopes up. There is still some pain at the moment, but it’s fairly mild and easy to ignore. I’m sure if I started taking my diclofenac again, it would probably take care of that. Unfortunately, the diclofenac gives me serious heartburn. I’m willing to trade a little more pain for a lot less heartburn. My doctor suggested that I get some Prilosec and see if that helps, but that crap is expensive.
Anyway… I am back among the living, and I will try to start posting more often. Again.
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