The art of not posting…it isn’t as easy as it you might think. You have no idea what I have to go through to keep myself from posting so I’ve decided to make a short list of these items to let other bloggers know what they have to do to keep from posting no matter [...] Read more »
No, it’s not what you probably thought it was although I’d be interested in what ran through your mind when you first read the title. In the risk of disappointing anyone as to the actual subject of this post, it has to do with medications actually and the one’s I have to take everyday to [...] Read more »
Continue reading about Big White One, Little White One and Poop
So what about yesterday’s VA trip? Well, I’ll tell ya’…
I went down to see my provider whom I call young Dr. Young. He’s an intern from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center just like all our other interns we have at the VA which in this case means a youngish married male with the perpetual smile plastered across [...] Read more »
For the longest time now I have been taking a medication called Nortriptyline which, if taken at normal dosages (75mg to 125mg), is used as an anti-depressant. However, when taken at very low dosages (10mg) it becomes a very effective pain killer for those who suffer from chronic pain–like me. Unfortunately as time went on [...] Read more »
Continue reading about Quit a Pain Killer. So Where’d my Eyesight Go?
(With all apologizes to Led Zeppelin)
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Hey pills, stop what you’re doin’!
Hey, pills, you’ll drive me to ruin.
I don’t know what you’re doin’ to me,
But I hate it a lot.
Wont let you mess with me,
Let me be, you’re doin’ me harm.
*Medication breakdown,
Its always the same,
I’m having a physical breakdown,
Drive me insane!
Hey, pills, I got something I [...] Read more »
The problem with having health problems and having to take medication for said health problems (at least some of them) and especially if one or two make you a bit groggy, making you feel that perhaps the room is tilted slightly to the left is…
…it does not mix with blogging.
Instead of writing up some wonderfully [...] Read more »
Well, at least it is here anyway but the thought still goes no matter what time it is where you are. Just to let anyone know who’s been following my health situation of late, I’m finally feeling better thanks to a med for chronic pain that the VA prescribed that’s non-narcotic and had initial side [...] Read more »
Finally got back to work today after a flare up that lasted nearly two weeks. It would still be going on if it weren’t for the urgent run down to the VA this past Monday with my honey doing the driving. They ended up giving me the pain med that I initially refused about two months [...] Read more »
