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I can't say why that is happening. I can only guess, as weather changes? Nah, or it would be a yearly thing. Pushing to exhaustion, then hitting that weather flux? Maybe. Worth it if so. Something is just a little off, and I have deal with it. As usual though, it feels as if this migraine is sliding back down and away. I may take a few anacin, as there is enough of a feel that there will be lingering fingers of it. Might not knock it all out, might still be some threads, but it will cut some. Who knows, might get lucky and clear the whole way.
I kept meaning to check blood sugar and bp. I had it set up, the gear. One day I would forget, another I forgot to take me medicine, or company might be coming and I had other things to do first. Reason after excuse after... The intention was pure, but I wanted the... function to be as right as possible. Why test when nothing has gone right? But you do have to remember, or it won't get done. I wasn't sure about today. I remembered, but I missed night medicine yesterday "night", but I did get last night in, both including (or excluding as the case may be) insulin. Well, might as well. This might be as good as it gets. First blood serum. Serum or sugar, both, neither, you know what I mean. It was 104 fasting. Okay. That is the best I have seen it in... years. Now I will start tracking it a couple of times a day, several days a week. Now to the stats that I was more worried about, bp. I wrapped, set my arm, tried to relax the arm and muscles in it. Then arranged so I could push the button then drift that arm to a resting pose and close my eyes while going to my happy place. My happy place is probably not your happy place, unless you have radiator fluid for blood too. *depress, go to comfy, and mind away* Hmm... I didn't expect it to be very good, but not bad. My bp was 138/101. That is the best I have seen it in... years anyway. That is on pretty full doses of lantus, where they wanted me... and half dose of the main heart pill, full doses of everything else, minus aspirin. Oh, and I am at 273.8... about 10~11 pounds down from the last half dozen weigh-ins.
Now, to check those two or three times a week, several times a day. I need to remember to do it before breakfast, coffee, a shower, anything... then either an half hour after lunch or dinner. It would be good to lower bp just a tad, but with what I am doing, and on half dose, I absolutely cannot complain. It would be good to see another 15~25 pounds off. I think that will happen, maybe more, in time. Even at less of a steep slope into shaping up. With those numbers, I feel a bit more confident pushing though.
Why the migraines though? That really does cripple. Oh, I can fuss and fiddle around those, just a bit. But they curtail anything heavy, big, complicated. Well, and they do hurt a bit. But what doesn't, some days. Now to just deal with the remnant of one, wake up with some joe, then figure out my day. Yeah, no clue right at this moment. The hurt and disorder from the thing just isn't giving my psychic pain. Just holding on to get things from jingling around, which keeps the pain in check but is about all I can do. Raw nerves, you know. At least I'm relatively tolerant of pain, and can sneak posts through or such. When it eases, I'll heat goop, add an egg or two, and have more coffee. Later.
If those are true migraines, Imitrex nasal inhalers are a godsend. The pills are murder, but do work, albeit with side effects.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure they are the genuine thing, at least by symptom list. Thing about medicating for them is... generally they are rather rare. No more than once a week, often just once a month. Not sure why they are hitting in a cluster lately, other than I have pushed well beyond my wildest imaginings. Even as I rest up, my body is rebuilding itself, repairing torn muscle into new muscle. It's taking longer, I guess. A lot longer. I don't think, without helper stuff, I have done that since I first fell ill.
ReplyDeleteI know if I asked for something, they would try to give me something else. They just don't work with me. Not sure if money is the problem. Sometimes, though I don't think so always. Doctor preference, and passive-aggressive anti-Doom crap. So... I'll go it alone. Besides, I can handle them pretty well, and have learned tricks, so long as I have some sort of wiggle room. I haven't been hitting them full on, just waking into the ebb, or about to go in and be able to sleep it off.
The other problem, as I have mentioned, is that I don't trust V.A. hospitals. If they are continuing to treat ebola, it would be there. And I don't trust them to work with local hospitals. Even after getting permission from the V.A. to go to a local hospital for emergency care, the local hospital is still trying to charge me for the visit. The local hospital didn't even apply for reimbursement from the V.A., just going after me, in spite of being told, shown my card, and all else. They phone razz me every once in a while. I contacted the V.A., which eventually paid for 2/3rds of it, but said the rest of the bill was "too old". So... I'll go without direct medical assistance, save for a doc I need to line up for diabetes testing, on my own nickle. Can't afford a whole medical eval though, just monitoring.
Ok. If dealing on your own is your best option, the generic name of the drug, as available from various overseas pharmacies is Sumatriptan. It can be had from several Indian pharmacies as a metered nasal inhaler for a fraction of the cost of the American version anyway. Thirty bucks for a ten dose vial is what I paid last time, which is a tenth of the cost of the US version.
ReplyDeleteLet me do a search and see if I can come up with, either where I last purchased, or a viable alternative.
One of several sources. The price and doses are comparable to what I have paid (second option on the page):
ReplyDeletehttp://www.thedrugcompany.com/migraine/sumatriptan_nasal_spray/20/
There's always a small risk dealing with overseas pharmacies, but my experience to date, for a couple items I regularly reorder, has been positive. YMMV.
I might suggest not leaving a link here. Lots of eyes, including medical, watch here. Too many eyes. Medical is jealous of their cut of the sheep, dangerously so.
ReplyDeleteThey probably have access to my email, but wouldn't be able to use that as a legitimate source for attack.
I'll look it over and figure some things out. Appreciate it. Never mind seeming response, just a forethought that was slow. *grins*
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