Hi Tessa. Thanks for all of your great advice. I am going to check with my gastro dr about my digestive problems that rsd and the meds are causing and have them do tests for that.
I will also ask my pm dr about Butran patches. I really want to get off of the percocets. They are making my stomach hurt alot now, and are also making me irritable. I think I'm addicted to them and I don't want to be addicted to anything. I'll also ask if they can adjust my meds so that I sleep better at night. My rsd and stomach hurt more at night and the pain and nausea keep me up most of the night. It doesn't help to not be able to sleep that's for sure. And when I do sleep for a short while I am woken up by pain and nausea again. I'm going to ask my pm dr to try to put me on less and different meds and the butran patches. I want to get off the advil and percs and zoloft because of the affect they are having on my stomach. I also want to tell my pm dr that voltaren gel and neurontin can cause ulcers per my gastro dr, and then ask him if there is something else I can take for that too. I am going to get an MRI next week too on my hips and back to further investigate my osteopenia and osteoperosis. I am having alot of pain and trouble walking because of them. I am going to go back to beginners water aerobics. That did help, but I stopped when I had my two endometriosis surgeries and never went back. There is a handicapped van that will drive me to the local YMCA to do this so I am going to sign up. I am also going to start taking joint supplements. That's a good idea too. I already take Vit D (50,000 IU once a week) to get my vit D level up so that I can take calcium for my osteopenia. My vit D level was a 9 then a 19 and is now a 33. My dr wants it up to 50. I'm heading in the right direction! I did try celebrex before I had rsd for arthritis, but it didn't seem to help much. But I'll ask my rheum if I could try it again. Maybe now if might help. And I've almost made it another day (day 2) without advil. It's hard on my joints and I'm stiff and sore, but my stomach is starting to feel better. Hopefully I can wean off advil and percs and zoloft all together. I may need something for the rsd pain and anxiety, but maybe the butran patch will help me with that.
Thanks again Tessa for all of you helpful advice. I really appreciate it. You are so kind and I feel very blessed to have you and everyone else on this forum to turn to for caring and support. And I will try to take things one day at a time. I think that is a good idea too. If I think any further than that, I think I'll be too overwhelmed.
Well, thanks again for caring so much and I hope you and everyone else are doing okay. My thoughts and prayers are with you always. With love, Renee.