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Old 03-05-2012, 10:22 PM
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Heart Dear Sinéad

After first major major back surgery, I was up to 1800mg Lyrica per day...... it was helping with the nerve pain, but once released back to my pain management doc the very first thing he noticed was the EDEMA in my lower legs. He and my wife sat there poking at my calves. Of course by then I could not feel a thing and have not since, but there was irrefutable evidence of fluid retention.

Titrated off of the Lyrica and up on Neurontin, then more physical therapy.....
lots of water therapy, two hours a day in a warm pool doing my routine of exercises.... The quest, reduce the edema because he was scared to death of my renal function, the liver, and such .........

Get to the doc, talk about edema, Now. Like yesterday,
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