These pages contain my thoughts, from meandering ideas and persuasions to deep cerebrations and serious mentations.
Why, for what purpose? To release my mind and set creativity free. Somewhere inside the constraints of my mind dwells a writer, a poet, an artist who paints with words. In here I release those constraints and set the artist free.
Perhaps, lost somewhere in the depths of thought, is a story or a poem, waiting to be written.
GrueSum1 Gabapentin was the first one, but it made me dizzy. This could be a result of the chemo, my wife takes it for back pain, and has never had any side effects. I was hoping it would work for me as I also have some lower back pain. I'll likely try it again after I recover from the chemo.
The second med was duloxetine; it worked for the neuropathy, lessening the tingling by about half with the first dose, but it's also the one we suspect made me sick, but that's just a guess since I'm doing chemo and on a few other medications.
The second one is an antidepressant, so it has some undesirable side effects for some people. I would research it some, but maybe for you it will work.
Let me know if either sounds promising or if you find anything else that lessens the tingling.
No one likes to admit it, but modern medicine doesn't have a safe, tried-and-true solution for everything, plus we aren't all the same even if there's something that worked for a bunch of people. At least, there are alternatives and sometimes that's just patience to wait it out.
Keep up the positive thoughts to get you through it. From what I've seen, that often is the best and successful road to the cure.
tj says Boris sent me I have Neuropathy in my feet also, but I'm not taking anything for it. My balance is off also, off to the point of me almost falling at times, or if I'm in the house, bumping down the short hallway instead of being in the center like I should be. I'd love to know what medication you're taking for the Neuropathy. I was prescribed Terbinafine for Neuropathy once, but I had a mild reaction to it. I took it in the morning, and had a good ol' fashioned Tummy Ache almost all day. I detest the idea of taking more meds, but man, I'd love to take something that helps with the Neuropathy!
I think they should have told you all of that up front too. They could have done it in a way that gives hope.
Given that you are tolerating things and doing better than most, I have great hopes that you will be part of the 38% group that is cancer free in five years. Hang in there!
Spirit writing 💀🎃📜 I should take a few minutes to leave comments, but it seems I either can't for the life of me think of anything to comment, or I'm rushing. I've also not been very consistent in here since all this started back in May. I'm finally starting to feel better, but it's going to be a long recovery.
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