Sorry for the delay in updating my information. I've been fairly laid up and unable to do much, and when I was able to do something I did it with my family and then spent a few days paying for it.
With that said...
Friday's appointment with my primary care was a joke. We arrived early in the morning for my fasting blood draw, which went fine, and then patiently waited for my appointment. The Pain Clinic was supposed to have put in directions and recommendations for all of my new medications so my primary care could fill them, but, go figure, when it came time for him to put in the prescriptions he couldn't do a single one. There was also a recommendation in the system for me to stay on Fentanyl and utilize oxycodone to control break through pain. The only thing that was correct was the request for the new muscle relaxers...
Up I went to the pain clinic to find out what had happened to our plan. The pain fellow, a very snobbish, young, indian woman told me that everything I had heard was wrong. That there wasn't a decision to move to a new narcotic, and that the primary care could put the prescription in for cymbalta. Now, I had just come from the primary care who showed me that it wasn't within his computer options to place the order. Her comment was that he didn't want to...
This is also the little tart who claims to have only talked to me once on the phone, and then changes her tone to two phone conversations. She doesn't chart properly. Because of her negligence in changing the dosage of my venlafaxin I ran out. I was even told by the pharmacy that this was a terrible mistake on her part. She still claims that it's not proper to change the dosages while titrating up...
This woman has made so many claims that have been false. It's nauseating to even deal with her. I honestly can't wait for her to be replaces by the next individual. Hopefully they'll have a better grasp on proper treatment and correct procedures.
So I'm waiting for my cymbalta to be approved. They aren't going to move me over to methadone until after the cymbalta is in play, and I'm on a new muscle relaxer. I'll update my medications page with the correct information.
On a side note, I'm now on Synthroid. It seems that my Thyroid isn't working properly anymore. Since there's no family history it would seem that this is due to the medications. This aught to be a magnificent battle to get the doctor's to admit it, because until I do, I will be paying out of pocket for the medications.
Tomorrow is my hearing for SSDI. I'm terribly nerve racked about the whole ordeal. Amy is getting a wheelchair from her work for me so that I can get around a bit easier, and I've been told that there will be a location within the court room for me to be prone and keep my leg up. The attorneys seem to be very excited about the case, and very confident, so I'm going to do my best to trust in them and try and relax...
I'll have more updates tomorrow evening after the ordeal, if I'm not incapacitated...
Some helpful info - poor nutrition, smoking, and stress can also cause problems with the thyroid.
ReplyDeleteChristine, While this is true - the far more likely cause of his thyroid issues is due to the plethora of medications he has been on in the past year plus - two maybe. some of which are normally only prescribed to hospice patients (fentanyl).
ReplyDeleteMy meds are over 5 bills a month - good luck with demonstrating the cause - you will need it.
I may not need to demonstrate anything. If I get rated any higher all of my medications are completely covered...
ReplyDeleteAnd I do agree with you Jhon. I've never had any thyroid issues in the past, and for them to have just started, it would seem that the fentanyl and antidepressant have done some damage...
This is not to say you're wrong Christine. I very well could have some deficiencies that are causing it.
I will be changing medications soon, and if the thyroid starts to work again, then it's a pretty solid sign that it was the medications! lol