needles in my head
I like this new pain clinic. I ran late in getting there and didn't have my paperwork filled out because I forgot to print it while at work and our home printer isn't set up yet (note: we need to do that) but I got it done and saw Dr. Z. We talked a bit about things I've tried and such, and he gave me some options.
1. He doesn't want to give me narcotics for various reasons, which I can live with because he is willing to give me Fioricet (no more than every other day though, cause that shit be addictive). I know from experience that the Fioricet works, so hopefully that'll get me through days when the OTC meds aren't enough. I do need to talk to him about dosage, though; he gave me seven pills to last two weeks. If I only needed one pill at a time, this would be fine, but I normally need at least two, so when I go back in two weeks I'll ask him about getting a higher dosage.
Also, we're going to try something I've never heard of with any previous doctor, which are nerve blocks for the occipital and supra orbital nerves. One is in the back of my head, one is right above my eyes. I asked if this would interfere with Botox and was told no, so that's good, and I'm having the procedures done this Thursday. I need someone to drive me there because they're going to sedate me, so Pinky in her infinite awesomeness has volunteered. Well, I asked and she said yes. So that's good.
I also set up an appointment for acupuncture--the pain clinic has one in-house--but I think I need to change it because I accidentally scheduled it during my team meeting this Wednesday and that's kind of a no-go. So I'l call them tomorrow and reschedule that.
I did ask about getting options that will keep me out of the ER should a truly terrible migraine hit and basically got told that if it's that bad I should be at the ER where they can take care of me properly, which does not thrill me but maybe the nerve blocks will help prevent this from happening. I can hope, right?
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1. He doesn't want to give me narcotics for various reasons, which I can live with because he is willing to give me Fioricet (no more than every other day though, cause that shit be addictive). I know from experience that the Fioricet works, so hopefully that'll get me through days when the OTC meds aren't enough. I do need to talk to him about dosage, though; he gave me seven pills to last two weeks. If I only needed one pill at a time, this would be fine, but I normally need at least two, so when I go back in two weeks I'll ask him about getting a higher dosage.
Also, we're going to try something I've never heard of with any previous doctor, which are nerve blocks for the occipital and supra orbital nerves. One is in the back of my head, one is right above my eyes. I asked if this would interfere with Botox and was told no, so that's good, and I'm having the procedures done this Thursday. I need someone to drive me there because they're going to sedate me, so Pinky in her infinite awesomeness has volunteered. Well, I asked and she said yes. So that's good.
I also set up an appointment for acupuncture--the pain clinic has one in-house--but I think I need to change it because I accidentally scheduled it during my team meeting this Wednesday and that's kind of a no-go. So I'l call them tomorrow and reschedule that.
I did ask about getting options that will keep me out of the ER should a truly terrible migraine hit and basically got told that if it's that bad I should be at the ER where they can take care of me properly, which does not thrill me but maybe the nerve blocks will help prevent this from happening. I can hope, right?
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