Colin felt better after he took his trazadone on Wed. Missing a dose of that is what caused his creepy, crawly skin. He is better now.
Colin's right ankle began swelling Thursday evening and was too painful to put pressure on. We took him to the Dr. Beeson on Friday and he said he has gout. Colin is now in 2 pills 3 times a day of a strong inflammation drug. It is suppose to be better in about 3 weeks. For now he is walking with a cane and taking the new meds.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Daily Update: 1/7/2009 (Wed)
Colin has had a bad couple of days. His pain level has been high and he feels like his skin is crawling. He has had a hard time sleeping at all. He tends to kick his legs and move his body constantly as well as clench his hands together. He has missed 2 doeses of trazadone, as he was out of it and needed to go to the Dr.'s to get a new presecription. Today we picked up a 3 month presecription and gave him a dose at 1:20pm. He fell asleep about 2:30pm and as of now is still sleeping. He is also having his usual hot/cold sweats. He decided to shave his head yesterday to help with the sweats.
Daily Stats:
*Last nights pain level (6pm):
*This mornings pain level (10am);
*Other:
Daily Stats:
*Last nights pain level (6pm):
*This mornings pain level (10am);
*Other:
Saturday, January 03, 2009
My Health Story
So this blog is going to help me keep track of my health history.
In 2003, I began to notice numbness and tingling in my feet. My right foot started the numbness first and has always shown symptoms before my left foot. I talked to my primary care physician (PCP) (Dr, Stephen Beeson) and he ran a few blood tests (I have no record of what) before telling me to wait six months and see what happens with the symptoms. I continued working (at Intel as an engineer, with a desk job with no access to chemicals or any environmental causes).
About a year after the numbness, the numbing continued, so my PCP sent me to my first neurologist, a Dr. David Wilkinson. He ran my first Electromyography (EMG) Study. He said result were inconclusive of any issues.
In late 2005, I began to notice a burning pain in my right foot and the numbness was now at a point of fully numbing my right foot and partially numbing my left. My PCP now ran a full blood workup with many tests including a lower back CT scan that all came back negative. We suspected a gluten allergy which would coincide with digestive issues that I had been experiencing for many years. We did full diabetic workups, a "Small Fibre" nerve test that was patented test sent to somewhere in Massachusetts, vitamin deficiency tests, and several other tests, but all came back negative. At this time I also began taking Neurontin and trazadone.
At this point I was officially diagnosed as Idiopathic Peripheral Polyneuropathy. I was also seeing a new Neurologist, a Dr. Max Duncan. He seemed like a good doctor, but his specialty was more strokes not neuropathy. He was not very helpful.
The paing progressed, and my PCP referred me to Dr Navnit Jayaram at Pain Management Consultants, Inc. They began my first use of opioid pain treatment.
To be continued...
In 2003, I began to notice numbness and tingling in my feet. My right foot started the numbness first and has always shown symptoms before my left foot. I talked to my primary care physician (PCP) (Dr, Stephen Beeson) and he ran a few blood tests (I have no record of what) before telling me to wait six months and see what happens with the symptoms. I continued working (at Intel as an engineer, with a desk job with no access to chemicals or any environmental causes).
About a year after the numbness, the numbing continued, so my PCP sent me to my first neurologist, a Dr. David Wilkinson. He ran my first Electromyography (EMG) Study. He said result were inconclusive of any issues.
In late 2005, I began to notice a burning pain in my right foot and the numbness was now at a point of fully numbing my right foot and partially numbing my left. My PCP now ran a full blood workup with many tests including a lower back CT scan that all came back negative. We suspected a gluten allergy which would coincide with digestive issues that I had been experiencing for many years. We did full diabetic workups, a "Small Fibre" nerve test that was patented test sent to somewhere in Massachusetts, vitamin deficiency tests, and several other tests, but all came back negative. At this time I also began taking Neurontin and trazadone.
At this point I was officially diagnosed as Idiopathic Peripheral Polyneuropathy. I was also seeing a new Neurologist, a Dr. Max Duncan. He seemed like a good doctor, but his specialty was more strokes not neuropathy. He was not very helpful.
The paing progressed, and my PCP referred me to Dr Navnit Jayaram at Pain Management Consultants, Inc. They began my first use of opioid pain treatment.
To be continued...
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