I had another long, sleepless night. The pain in my shoulders and arms just would not let up, despite taking two pain pills. At 5:00 this morning I sent a message to my doc about getting something stronger. She replied with a couple questions that be me aware that the pill I was taking for pain was actually a potassium pill. No wonder the things don't work. I'll get a proper prescription for pain meds today. In addition we now know why my potassium lab numbers looked high lately. The drugs sometimes have different names in the labels and I got confused. What a relief.
Someone asked about the recent photo of my pills. Actually, that wasn't all of them. I also apply two steroid creams and have injection needles for my blood thinner. My actual daily med count is a bit misleading, since I take 4 of this pill twice daily and 3 of the that pill three times a day. All in, I take 43 meds each day (pills, cream, and shots). This doesn't count infusions and breath inhalers I receive at the clinic. So, you can see how easy it is to trip up on a drug now and again.
I'll get an MRI and see the neurologist Monday to make sure there aren't bad things happening with tumors on spine and/or leukemia relapsed into brain. The docs strongly feel my neuropathy (pain, numbness, and loss of strength) issues are reaction to my anti-rejection drug or the heavy dose of steroids. Once the blood/light dialysis treatments begin to subdue the rash, I'll be able to back off the steroids. Yea!
Psalm 112:7. "(Doug) will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in The Lord."
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