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My consultant has spoken to the neurosurgeon and they both agree that it’s much better in my case for me to stay on tapentadol (whew). My GP didn’t call back re BP so I’ve decided to up my dose back to where it was before Christmas until i do speak to GP. If my ankles swell, so be it
That's got to be a huge relief and a brilliant birthday present?
If he’d been in Front of me I may have kissed him ;). Mind you, when we got off the call, Si told Katie ‘she’s got a crush on that doctor, and now she’s got his mobile number’ (rofl)
Happy Birthday Paula :)
I slept til 9.30 this morning. What a relief :)
Glad that you managed some sleep hunni x
Hoorah for sleep love!
Glad you managed to get some sleep (snooze) hopefully today you're bright eyed and bushy tailed (I appear to be speaking in cliches today).
My internet went off for 5 minutes yesterday I thought the world had come to an end (giggle)
One thing about the internet is I've come know the lovely people on DWD (bear) (panda)
Morning! I’m currently feeling very poor having just paid my Pain Consultant’s bill ...... but it was totally worth it. My Cleaner is back from her Christmas break so I can breathe again - no matter how hard I try, my family are slobs ;) I was hoping to have my first day in weeks without anyone else in the house but Katie’s off sick and Si is working from home to avoid the train cancellations :/
Looks like things are getting back to normal. Hope you enjoy your time alone.
I can't remember Paula but do you meditate? I find it very helpful.
Hope the pain is bareable.
What's up with Katie? Nothing serious I hope? How's Jess doing?
Are you managing to rest at all?
Katie’s got a cold, she’ll live ;). Jess had her first day back at college today, she’s fine but exhausted by the looks of it. Me, trying to rest but mainly stressing that I still haven’t had a call from my GP :@
Ooo forgot to say - yet again I was criticised for my cooking yesterday so I’ve told them I’m not cooking anymore if that’s the thanks I get!
What were you cooking? Lol..
Glad that the girls are doing OK...
It was about the veg of all things. I don’t cook well but I get so fed up of doing something I hate then getting criticisms. No, Mike, mine aren’t picky eaters, Jess just has problems filtering what she says ....
I am so cross. I still haven’t had a call from the GP that I was supposed to get on Friday .....
Call them tomorrow love..
I called this morning and got ‘they’re very busy’. So tomorrow I might need to be a bit forceful
Make sure you are lovely.
Hope you have more luck at contacting the doc today, take care lovely (bear)
Just spoken to my GP. Because of lithium, they can’t increase my current BP meds anymore so are going to add another one in the mix (I didn’t catch the name) - the next few weeks are going to be fine tuning both the BP meds to make sure my BP is controlled and I don’t have swollen ankles.
I spoke to him about my tapentadol and he’s re prescribing them, thank God!
I’m on Ramipril for my BP.
I'm on Lercanidipine & Candesartan for my high blood pressure.
I’m crossing everything that this works - gp tells me there’s no other meds I can take for bp that doesn’t contraindicate with lithium
There's always something love...
True, it was a gp who told me I had to come off tapentadol
Well, tomorrow is my first board meeting as a trustee! I’ve timed it perfectly (not) as it’s followed by the annual strategy meeting so I’m going to be there from 9.30 - 4.00 ! Im looking forward to it but well aware I’m going to be exhausted.
In other news, Jess has got her first ever job at the local bowling alley :)
Congrats Jess.
Congrats to Jess, please try and rest tonight and again tomorow night hunni
Well done Jess! That's awesome!
Make sure you rest as much as possible lovely x
Wow! Yesterday was a long day but i really enjoyed it. The charity really needs a shake up so it’s going to be interesting involved in all of that. I’m very tired and ache everywhere so today will be a quiet one
Hope the "quiet one" involves rest and pacing?!
I slept for 3 hours today, Jess woke me up when she got home from college. Obviously needed it lol. I’m seeing my best friend tomorrow, haven’t been able to see her for a few weeks so I’m looking forward to it :).
Good! Don't overdo it though please.
No I won’t. Of course, I’m also on new meds (Doxazosin) which cause drowsiness and ‘lack of strength’ so I suspect it’s going to be a few days before I adjust. It has, though, already brought down my BP so it’s totally worth it
Hooray! So glad that it's bought the pressure down!
Have fun today lovely
It is for me too, I was diagnosed in October. This is a second drug they’re adding to amlopidine in the hopes it’ll be the bit extra needed itms
How you doing?
I’m ok. My best friend has been over today so that always cheers me up (especially as she came bearing gifts ;))