update-- I saw the pain doc

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Hi all,

Thought I would update everyone on the pain doc visit. I saw the PA, Sherri, I like her better than the doctor. She is very sweet. I just started crying because I hadn't had my morphine yet then, I didn't have enough for today, plus I have just been really depressed. Probably because of my friend Victor dying and then those 2 other people w/cf died from cystic-l (le and Deanna) and it is all just getting to me. Anyway, she doubled my cymbalta (antidepressant) and added Topomax for sleep and I forget what else, plus Skelaxin for a muscle relaxer. It's a higher dose than I used to take and I took some after I came home crying and sent to Walgreen's to pick up the meds. I feel better already. She got my morphine too so that helped. Sherri also is going to send me to the pain rehab program at St. Jude's hospital which is near by. It's an intensive program and I don't know why they never recommended it to me before. It includes water aerobics and education, support groups and I am not sure what else. They have to put it into the insurance but I am pretty sure it will be approved.

Thanks everyone on Being Sick for the meds suggestions. She did take a couple of them. She said I have to take the possible IBS thing up with my PCP. But the Topomax is supposed to help the RLS (restless leg syndrome). I also have to follow up w/my PCP on my sinus thing.

I guess that's about it.

love,