summer days at the doctor's office no. 2

back home. it's baking in these nyc streets.

sonograms. i mentioned i was getting one, and someone automatically said "you pregnant?"

1. learn to speak correctly.
2. you don't have to be preggers to get a sonogram. it's used to get a diagnostic image. go read a book.

the first was of my abdominal area, with an empty stomach and bladder. immediately after, i drank seven cups of water to then fill up my bladder for the sonogram of my pelvic area. why are the jellies they use so cold? pop it in the microwave or something! please!

i'm not too sure of what they're looking for, really. i don't know if that's a good thing...

i definitely went to that dunkin donuts after for a bagel and iced coffee.

i met my new rheumatologist; dr aneesa krishnamurthy. she's a young indian woman, and i love having young indian doctors. *to me, they seem to be more into western medicine than the older indian doctors. so we talked for a while, she did the pressure point test, as they all do, and we talked some more. she sent me home with a print out about fibromyalgia and exercising (right), as well as some notes she wrote for me regarding medications (left).

she acknowledged the nortriptylin that was prescribed by my other young indian doctor, then she mentioned lyrica and cymbalta, which i've heard of in the media, and savella. lyrica can cause serious weight gain, and seeing that i've gained a noticable fifty pounds in the past four years, she said we'd save that as a last resort. she prescribed a savella starter pack (12.5 mg). i'm not too sure what that entails, but i'm going to pick it up from the pharmacy as soon as i'm done with this post. after two weeks of taking it, my dosage would be up to 50mg, twice a day. she also prescribed tramadol for me to take as needed when these sudden bursts of unbarable pain come about. the side effects are sleepiness and nausea, which i'm all too familiar with.

for my exercise, she wants me to start at walking for five minutes a day, and slowly increase. that shouldn't be too hard.

she also gave me some tips for my sleep:

1. set a regular bed time, even on the weekends-- give or take an hour
2. no naps during the day (this is a killer for me)
3. the bed should only be used for sleep and sex (her words)
4. if you can't fall asleep, don't lay in bed and torture yourself. get up and watch a little tv or read a book until you start to feel sleepy.

this whole day, i've felt weak and dizzy. my vision seemed cloudy, to the point where i was constantly blinking really hard (i'm not too sure what that's called). 

in the words of ace hood: same old shit, just a different day.

pharmacy bound..

*please note: this is just my opinion, i'm only speaking from experience.