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Old 01-07-2007, 12:10 AM
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Brian--I'll check my local pharmacy tomorrow. My list is getting longer and longer. I only just realized I need a tetanus shot, and maybe hepatitis. Some say to take antimalarials, but I'm not sure yet. My doctor is checking for me. I had blood drawn today for hepatitis antibodies to see if I need the vaccine. Also, I had blood drawn for ACTH, because Thursday's cortisol level was practically zero. So it may be that my endo will want me to take prednisone--I'll find out Monday.

I don't know if I posted this. My mail order pharmacy sent the wrong dose of steroid nasal spray, and for one month I've been taking four times what my doc wanted me to take. As a result, my adrenal glands have shut down. The pharmacy did this before, and at that time my pituitary also shut down. It took me from last June through October for my body to be making its own cortisol after it was shut down.

I'm wondering if this isn't why I didn't fuse.
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--- LYME neuropathy diagnosed in 2009; considered "idiopathic" neuropathy 1996 - 2009
---s/p laminectomy and fusion L3/4/5 Feb 2006 for a synovial spinal cyst
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