My Journey to halt/end my psoriasis

[Sheila]

OMG Wintrman!  Both of you are not having it easy    

I really hope you get a good plan for pain relief and get that pinched nerve resolved as quickly as possible.  I find GPs today are reluctant to prescribe pain relief medication.  I am very lucky with my GP as she clearly sees that I do not abuse the meds therefore I have more than I need (I try to endure most the time).  It was not like this at the beginning as she didn't know me well.

I have pain meds for day time which is simply Tylenol 3....very mild (the ones with caffeine so they don't cause drowsiness and I can function at work) and some for night time, dilaudid.  I take them as needed but most of the time I endure....except lately as per my situation outlined in my journal.

In my province, they just call you to make the appointment.  No snail mail!  I thought it was an old doctor who kept his old methods 

I also hope your wife has a good pain management plan and I would assume she is on treatments for her RA to slow down the progression

Good luck tomorrow

As far as my wife goes, she is in the same boat as me in one regard. Her GP tells her, "Let's try this. This medication takes about 2 weeks to work to it's full potential. So I will see you in one month." 

This was the start of December of 2020. She has been on nabilone, tramadol, and 3 others plus one other for inflammation that did not work after the 6th week. She is at her wits end. She is depressed. She cries....often. Today she goes into that same GP. I told her to lay down the law. That she will not leave his office without some kind of guaranteed relief. she just wants a break from the pain, if only briefly. I mean, seriously....she can barely get to the bathroom on her own.  So alot of the house work is left to me, as much as I can do. It's a horrible situation we are living in and we are praying we can get both get some relief from meds we are taking. 


Cheers,

Wintrman