Proudmom, I was taking 400mg of Topomax once a day and did for several years. I didn't think it was working for me and came off from it. It wasn't until I came off from it, that I realized it was...
Vickie, I just wanted to mention instead of paying the $135 fee for the passport book. You may want to look into this but you can get a passport card for $55 and that can be used also for...
Isn't that funny Vickie. I always went with my grandmother when I was little to the cemetary and we'd plant all the flowers. We always had to pick up red geraniums. And she had a little box in her...
Hi Seymour, Hope your doing well tonight. I was just thinking. I was reading your post and something you posted caught my eye. You mention green stools and diarrhea. Have the doctors tested to see if...
Jennie, I am no medical expert, lol, so I can only tell you the bits and pieces I have off my own MRI and what I've been told and learned over the years from my broken down mess. I have a T12...
Well I was going to say good morning but lol, I guess I lost track of time and its afternoon now. I have our youngest home from school today with a spring cold. But its warm enough today to open up...
Electrify, Well we can only hope that thins change in Nov. and MaineCare expands. Our family was also one of the ones that recieved that lovely letter in January. So hubby and I are on transitional...
Hi Vickie, You are correct it is Maine. I'll try very hard not to get into the political part of it because its been one huge ongoing mess of a battle. Left playing right. Initially they wanted the...
Hi Jennie, Sorry your appointment with the PM didn't go that well. It is possible that you could get a referral from your PCP to another PM for a 2nd opinion or even better yet to a neurosurgeon? I...
Been in the blah's and haven't felt like doing much of anything. So haven't stopped in, didn't want to spread my down in the dumps to anyone else. lol This cold weather isn't going to be over soon...
Same ole here. Kids were supposed to go back to school last Thursday. But snow day last Thursday and Friday. And surprise guess what? LOL No school today because of freezing rain. Last two days the...
Hi Trix, I have to agree with Vickie. I'd wait and see what your doc says when you actually get to your appointment. Though your MRI does sound like osteo not RA. SOunds like she had suspected the RA...
Hi Crampygrammy, I have chronic myofascial pain. Though not in my leg. Mine is in myback and neck. I did try PT and didn't get any relief with it. I do get some relief with muscle relaxers and...
Feeling like I've been run over by a train. Been trying to et too many things done at once the last few days. Too much baking mostly. I'll never learn I swear. Hubby is off work until Thursday. So...
Woke up to another below zero day here. This is getting old and I'm getting a little sick of winter already. Most of hubby's family has moved to Florida and its looking better everyday. I see...
Blech! Add me to the no sleep list this week. I'm back on the sleep an hour up for two. repeat cycle over all night long. This cold weather is killing me. The snow today isn't helping either. It's...
Alcie, Just wanted to pop in real quick. I had to fight tooth and nail several years ago when my PCP wanted to me to do a trial run of Lyrica. My primary insurance had no issue covering it, but I...
Merrida, I meant to post this the other day and I must have gotten side tracked or just had a brain fart and forgot. But when I wasn't making progress with my PM up here in Maine my doc ended up...
Yuck! Seems like the sinus thing is going around everywhere. I have 2 kids battling with it now. Hoping that it stays just at the sinus's and goes no further. We had the bitter cold and nasty winds...
lol I have no idea why it did. hmm let me put spaces in pre teen...
Merrida, I'm in Maine about 10 miles north of Portland just off 95. Exit 63 Well just made it to the ortho. No problem with the ligaments in my foot. However apparently at some point I broke my foot...
Hmm I don't think it was the arena, I think it was the National History Center. They are working on learning about cotton mills, I think. lol We have the old woollen mill in our town and I think...
LOL Tina. I can still here my mother when all us kids were younger and we were out and about and would be in a public restroom and she was in there yacking at us don't sit on the toilet, hover over...
I still do most the hobbies I've always done. I've just had to modify ways I do them now compared to before. I love my flower and veggie gardening. My bigger veggie garden is now smaller. 14' x 14'...
Vickie I think #3 is a lie. I think I remember you saying that you have a son. Or I could be totally out of my mind and have no clue what I'm talking about. lol 1 I was not born in the United States...
Semi busy weekend here. Hubby took part of Friday off and took me into the ER. I've been having an issue with my foot for the last week and saw my PCP last Tuesday who said it was just bruised, by...
Hubby worked worked a 24 hour shift on Saturday, so we tried getting all the weekend stuff done on Sunday. By Monday I just wanted to spend the day in bed. Spent last week running around getting my...
Hi Scotbean, Have you asked your doc what he wants you to do if the paracetamol doesn't cut it for you? I can't really say either way on how the sumatriptan and the topomax would be together. I'd...
Been super crazy since the end of August when school started. I feel like I'm going in 15 different directions. I'm back to having a hard time staying awake until at least 7pm. Weather is a great...
Oh I wish I could go back to working as an EMT. Out of all the jobs I've worked this was the one I loved! Well I won't get political in this one. But I'm a huge animal advocate. I'd love to see laws...
Very busy weekend around here. Some great and some tragic. The older girls had homecoming weekend that started Friday night with the football game and then bonfire along with fireworks. I didn't...
Sookie, Would love to meet up, but sadly probably not something I'm going to be able to do until spring. Trying to get the kids ready to start school here and new sneakers and clothes took a hit on...
David, Sorry your visit was frustrating to say the least. I have no clue about how medicare works. lol I'm kinda useless there. However I do take Topomax. And was very happy when it came out in...
I can't remember if I mentioned that we were taking the kids camping or not. What a disaster! Not ever going camping again unless we get a camper. Well we left on Thursday, the campground we stayed...
Hey Sookie, I'm not that far from Epping. I'm not in NH so not alot of help on info for doc's. Now if you were in Maine it'd be a different story. lol I tried sending you an email but yours isn't...
Nothing exciting here. Been busy with the help from hubby and all 4 kids getting the house looking decent. Packing up tomorrow so we can head out to go camping on Thursday. Found a nice campground 1...
Kathy and Sookie, Depending on hubby's work schedule I'd be willing to meet up with guys. I'm about 125 miles north of Boston, the normal person takes about 2 1/2 hours, it takes me just over 3. I...
It was a pretty low key weekend here. Theheat and humidity finally broke yesterday. Was so glad to be in the upper 70's yesterday without the humidity. Big diference from the last week being into the...
Hey David when my the older girls started hounding me, I had no idea until last week what a degu was either. lol They are a rodent like animal from Chile. Some scientist's are actually not convinced...
Vickie, I'd be pulling my hair out if I was sending one of my kids on a plane alone. Nothing exciting here. Just my crazy zoo of a house. I love my kids but its time for them to go back to school...
Thanks Vickie, Laura and Ides. I kept saying I thought she must have spun when she fell but she was insisting that she didn't think she did. Oh what do I know I'm just the Mom. I have to remember...
Hi Flower, I use my TENS, hot bath/shower, bio-feedback, ice, lots of pillows when I'm in bed. Hubby got me one of those gigantic heating pads that they use in physical therapy, they get hotter than...
Okay so I've googled and googled and either I'm blind or really numb. But does anyone have any idea how it can actually occur? My daughter has no idea what angle her foot was when she landed. And I...
Well I spent the weekend mostly in bed. I got up Saturday morning and bent down to picka pen up off my bedroom floor and put my back out. Didn't think I was going to be able to stand back up....
Just a thought. I wonder if its covered because its not being written up as chronic pain, but as ie a spinal condition or such. Now I may be wrong but I imagine there is also a way to get...
I can only speak for Maine because I do have MaineCare (medicaid) as a secondary insurance. Mainecare will only cover a 15 day script for narcotics for a lifetime total of 45 for non cancer or aids...
I really must be partially brain dead. lol I told that to must hubby and he said I've known that for awhile. ha ha So not sure what I was thinking. I threw a mommy tantrum probably about 6 months...
Mike, You sound alot better today. I've been trying to type out a reply but the kids being home on vacation and trying to kill each other all day has kept me occupied. lol So much easier to keep the...
Hi Mike, I'm so sorry your having to deal with chronic pain. Its such a life sucking issue. Physically and mentally. Being in Boston I'm sure you've already been seen at Beth Israel, Mass General and...
Hi Rachel, Sorry to hear of all the pain your in. I have to agree 100% with Straydog that I would have the neurosurgeon do the surgery. And as straydog said I'd check with your statute of...