peeperjj's Journal, 09 Mar 21

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How are you feeling these days? well, I hope 

Hi HCB. I haven’t seen any posts from you lately! I’m okay. Found out I have a bulging disc causing the pain. Now it’s going numb on occasion so I know I need to do something soon. The pain management dr cant get me in until the end of the month and maybe injections in April or whenever they can do them. Asked for PT and they can get me in for a consult 3/15. The dr that gives me my medication said I could up the gabapentin to 4x a day. Keep forgetting to ask my family dr about that since she’s the one who prescribed it but it’s working much better when taken closer together. Surgery for an expander 3/17. That’ll be fun going to PT for the bulging disc after lol. I’ll make it work! I’ve put off surgery until that date specifically and don’t want to wait another 3 months.  

Surgery March 17th - best of luck with the procedure. Gabapentin does help sometimes - especially with nerve pain  

I’ve found to helps at 600mg 4x a day. I can keep the pain level under a 5-6 except when I first wake up or right before bed when I’m waiting for the last pill to kick in. Probably because of the long day of stress on it and no nap. Yesterday I spent most of the day at a track meet. I ended up taking my pill 90 minutes late and I was feeling it! It kicked in about the time I got home so that was nice. Ended up skipping the late night one cause I was so tired. Didn’t feel quite as bad this morning as I thought I would.