Recent content by SulaBlue

Just popping in to say hello. Life has been a hectic whirlwind of physical therapy, counseling, and weight watchers. I've been really focused on the PT and WW, and until just recently those two were taking up a big chunk of my week. I was getting so exhausted from waiting on the bus sometimes...

Hi! Sorry. Fell off the board. Been busy, busy, busy with PT, counseling, WeightWatchers and just trying to live. It was also basketball finals season :) The PT seems to be working out, though I do have to keep reminding myself and my therapist that I need to take it easy. It's so hard to not...

Oof. I kind of fell off the face of the earth there. Not much time for being online lately. I've cut out, as much as possible, anything pre-packaged foods. I am not going gluten free but I do limit my intake of breads, baked goods, chips, etc. to no more than 1 serving, most days. I do eat...

I'm a Type II diabetic. When I started the Neurotin, my blood sugars started going through the flor - though I can't say for sure if it's directly from the gabapentin (it is a potential side effect, google neurontin and hypoglycemia) or if it's because now that I'm feeling SLIGHTLY better, I'm...

So it's been almost a month now. I've recently added a turmeric supplement to my diet as well within the last week. I honesty can't tel if the diet and supplement are doing a whole lot as I started them shortly after I started taking gabapentin. I do know that I've lost about 4 pounds this...

I totally feel that way. I'm actually in counseling, and this is part of the reason why.

Heard of it. It's through some research university. I forget which one. It's like, $750 and I get the impression that many insurances won't cover it as they'd likely consider it "experimental."

I started with degenerative discs in my lumbar spine with radiating sciatica. More recent scans (2009) show bone spurs on my vertebrae. My most recent X-rays show arthritis from L1-S1. The pain is pretty much constant if I'm still in any one position for more than about 15 minutes. There's times...

Woke up to rain today and the bedroom window is leaking. I got the first load of laundry in the washer and it started screaming as it switched to the rinse cycle. DH is going to load up the laundry and head to the laundromat :( Apartment maintenance will be here on Monday, zoiks.

When lifting a feather pillow to put on a pillow case feels like you're trying to lift a ton. REALLY?! Come on body, work with me here. I know I had PT yesterday, but that was all leg and lower back work, and barely counts!

What did it for me was putting off getting a new bed. I knew my old one had a dip - heck, we'd bought these inflatable bladders to push the dip up. I knew it was making my back worse. Then I got a new bed, and while my back was WAY better, that's when I realized I was hurting everywhere else...

My husband kind of gets it. Unfortunately he keeps thinking that if I could get some more exercise, I'd be stronger and not in as much pain or muscle weakness issues. I keep trying to tell him that the muscle weakness isn't an "actual" weak muscle, but a nerve misfire and that even the Hulk...

Yes :( And right now I'm in physical therapy, which means a lot of someone poking, prodding, and pulling on me to test my muscles. I'm not even sure how the heck he's going to get any good data when I can be strong one moment then get a flash of sudden muscle weakness even though the muscle is...

I hear you! I can no longer drive. I didn't leave my house much at all last year and got very depressed. I got so little sun that my doctor put me on high-dose vitamin D! I've started using my city's paratransit service since I can't get to the regular bus station but man... it is the...

Pain is one thing, but fibro also tosses in muscle weakness and chronic fatigue to the mix. If you're tired you just can't "suck it up" and carry on like you're used to! I feel you. I had an old-school gallbladder removal back in 2009 (non-lapro), and was up and walking the halls within the...