April 17, 2013

I saw my GP last week. I am now on a lower dosage of Gabapentin, higher dosage of vitamin B-12 and, I am on Norco in addition to the Tylenol and Naproxen. I don't overlap the Norco and the Tylenol. I still have the same problems except the left foot hurts less. I can only do the Gabapentin after I get home from picking up Tristyn, cause you can't drive with it until you adjust to it. It is going to take me awhile cause I don't wake up at 3 a.m. to take the second dose. Right now, I am at one a day, 300 mg. I have to fix that. I am walking an hour almost every day, that is nice. It has started to firm up my skin. When I went for my stomach shot of Zoledex, it was a little tougher to stab me. It hurt. No biggie, over that. No side effects from the shot. Things might be smoothing out for me. I am as big as two men and except for the pains that come on in certain situations, I feel good. The appetite is decreasing too, maybe a benefit of all the meds. Works for me since I put on ten pounds since I quit smoking in January. The exercise is helping I am sure. Well, I don't have to see the Dr. for anything until June, so there may not be any updates. If something changes between now and then, like an exam or something, I will blog it. Otherwise, good bye for now. Mamo in June.

April 5, 2013

I am keeping track of my symptoms since my visit a week ago at City of Hope. The bottoms of my feet still hurt and the Gabapentin my cousin gave me does not help. My feet hurt when I sit in a chair, and when I get out of bed. I am able to walk through the pain; it goes away after a few minutes. It returns when I stand still too long. Doing dishes and cooking aggravates this but I push on. My left ankle, shin and thigh bone pain moves around, it isn't constant. My left hip bone pain is constant; it feels like my ovary is sitting on the bone, rubbing against it. So after driving or sitting, or lying down, it is really irritating to get up and move around. I am hoping the exercise will reduce this aggravation and pain. The 650 Tylenol isn't working. My cousin gave me Tylenol with codeine, they make me sleepy and they help with the pain. I see my GP Doctor next week; he isn't affiliated with City of Hope. I am pretty sure I need to see a gynecologist for this ovary thing. I will get a referral I am sure. I am going to do more Tamoxifen research, see if this ovary thing is related to taking that medication. Oh and the hormone shot of Goserelin seems to have made things worse. I had blood work done last week, everything was normal. Odd.