Monday, August 9, 2010

New Doctor & Going Back to Work!

I had my appointment this morning with my new primary care physician, Dr. W.  I really liked her.  Thank goodness!  I was so hoping I would.  She was extremely thorough with me...more so than any other PCP has ever been.  She did a complete head to toe physical and went over my medical history extensively.  Even at the end when I started sobbing like a lunatic, she handed me some tissues and was very sweet.  She gave me a referral to a new Migraine Specialist.  I don't necessarily want to "fire" Dr. E. (yet, anyways), but I do want some other opinions.  Dr. W. said she'd leave my complicated head up to the neuro's!  Good choice on her part!

So tomorrow is a big day for me.  Back to work after an over 3 month leave of absence.  I am petrified!  I know it's like riding a bike, and I know my job well, but I am still nervous.  I am praying for a no migraine or headache day!  Pretty tall order considering I have one almost everyday.  As long as it is somewhat bearable and I have no vision loss, I think I can do it.  Since being discharged from the hospital I have had a headache most of the time.  There have been times where it has gone away, but come back again.  I am sure most can relate to that!  So today I picked up my new prescription of Sumavel DosePro and just took an "injection" to see if it would help.  Again, I want so badly to be pain free when I wake up at 530am!  Well, first of all...it's such a weird delivery system!  It kinda hurt...and it left a dime size indention in my thigh that bled for 30 minutes!  I hated the feeling the medication gave me, as I do with all triptans, but took an ativan and got through the initial side effects.  Now, I am just itchy all over!  Is that a bad sign?

2 comments:

Migrainista said...

I can't wait to hear how it went? Did you make it through your first day back without the pain?

WinnyNinny PooPoo said...

Hope you had a great first day at work, and didn't get the itchy's from the new med....