The past few months my migraines have increased in frequency and also with accompanying symptoms. I'm getting more vertigos, sparkling auras, and now nausea that I never had before.
I don't know if it is because of the cold air or what. My fibro is flaring along with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis and it doesn't help that I have been out of Humira for nearly 3 months now as the arrangements have been made because I'm now on Medicare.
Physical therapy has been helping my knee from surgery. But I don't know what I can do. Just don't know. At least my Cymbalta was approved quickly.
I look around the house and it looks like a tornado hit it. Both my husband and I are in so much pain and have so little energy to do any real cleaning. We have plans but can't implement them because of the pain and fatigue.
My husband is constantly talking about dying. He has given up on life because he can't find a doctor here who won't mock him and call him a drug seeker. He has to go over 400 miles to the family doctor of his folks to get any decent treatment.
I'm sorry to hear you and your hubby are having such a rough time.The pain sounds just awful. I can tell you that lots of people have been feeling crappy this winter. The fast changes in barometric pressure have just been giving people lots of extra pain. I don't know it that helps or not, but I do understand.
Isn't there any other doctor who can help your husband? He sounds pretty down. Maybe talking to someone would help him? How down is he? Does he have a close friend, sibling or pastor he can talk to? There are online sources too.....
Let me know if you want more information.
Hang in there,
Nancy
Hi Nancy,
Norm is very shy. Has no confidence in himself at all. So he has no friends or anyone but me to talk to. I see him in all his agony and frustration and the things I know he could do he dismisses. I know he suffers from ADD as well. Hence the messy house. He can't follow through with anything.
Right now he is in Reno, 400 miles away, to see the family doctor. He is not a great communicator so not all was mentioned at the appointment as it should.
I have been going through PT and it works for me. It's a slow recovery from surgery. With Norm gone I thought I could get some house cleaning done. I just lack the energy. I really wanted to get things done and I can't do it.
I feel so useless.
Oh honey, give yourself a break. You need to focus on your recovery, not necessarily a clean house. This may make you feel better: I've been working on my kitchen since my ex "left." I have half the cabinet doors painted, and the other half of them off. It has been a year and a half already and my poor kitchen looks like hell. I keep saying some day..... talk about useless... I feel your pain. Literally and
figuratively.