Cymbalta – First Week Mostly through my first week with Cymbalta (30 mg) and the pain is nonexistent, but then again, I’m still taking 1200 mg of Gabapentin a day as well.
Author: Average Joe
Welcome to the Average Joe Weekly blog. This is basically my place on the web where I can help spread some of the knowledge that I have accumulated over the years. I served 10+ years in the Marine Corps on Active Duty, but that was some 25 years ago.
Cymbalta
Cymbalta My neurologist has prescribed Cymbalta in the hopes that I can get off of Gabapentin, so basically trading one devil for another. The list of side effects for Cymbalta is long and I mean long take a look (from WebMD): COMMON side effects If experienced, these tend to have a Less Severe expression Chronic… Continue reading Cymbalta
Cymbalta – Day 1
Cymbalta – Day 1 Started the Cymbalta today, with 30 mg once a day for one week, wish me luck.
Neurologist Appointment today
Neurologist Appointment Today Follow up with Dr. S, this time he reviewed the blood tests that I had done the month before everything was great except for my Vitamin D levels, and he prescribed 50,000 USP Units of Ergocalciferol (Vitamin D). Low vitamin D levels can cause a wide variety of neurological issues. He also… Continue reading Neurologist Appointment today
April 2018
April 2018 I promised my family that I would one more time try to seek a diagnosis for what is going on with me. My wife made me an appointment with Dr. S, the same Neurologist I saw in 2014. He and I had hit it off then, so let’s see what we can do… Continue reading April 2018
August 2017
August 2017 The first asthma treatment was the inhaled corticosteroids like Breo, and Symbicort (which I had a bad reaction to), and then they also tried Nasonex (which made my throat itch), so they tried Asmanex 220mcg inhaler that they were supplemented with Ipratrapium Bromide Nasal Spray and Mometasone Furoate 50 MCG Spray, after some… Continue reading August 2017
2016
Take a Deep Breath One of the medical Issues that I have not explained here yet is my chronic cough, I have had it for as long as I can remember. My military medical records indicate that I was seen for it in the early ’90s, and the Corps got really concerned by it when… Continue reading 2016
2014
My Face Hurts It was on a Thursday in mid-October, when I started to experience what I thought was a really bad toothache. I knew it wasn’t my teeth, it just didn’t feel like it. Friday I awoke and it had started to radiate outwards. Friday night I was popping 8-hour Tylenol every few hours… Continue reading 2014
2012
2012 Emergency Room & SurgeryJanuary 12, 2012, I was having a rough time, but it was not neurologically based this time, it was my diverticulitis acting up, which ended up putting me in the hospital for three days, due to a small perforation in my bowel. I was laying at home, feeling like crap, missed… Continue reading 2012
July 2010
Philmont Scout Ranch – 2010 In 2010, my focus was heavy on Boy Scouts, the Troop had won the lottery to go to Philmont, Boy Scout reservation in New Mexico. For those not in the “know” Philmont is basically the end all be all of Boy Scout reservations in the US. It is where the… Continue reading July 2010
