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Old 02-24-2013, 11:09 PM
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Well, things are definitely worse. I'm afraid I'm experiencing what I've seen referred to here as "spread".
Today has been nonstop burning in my right leg, which is nothing new, but now it's in both butt cheeks and in my left thigh. Also, my stomach is burning more often than not. Shooting pains from my knee up into my thigh. I couldn't stay at church today because it hurt like the devil to sit there. Lying or sitting reclined on the couch at home wasn't much better! It felt like I was sitting on the worst sunburn ever!
My doctor recently increased my gabapentin dose to 900 mg 3x daily. I was on 600 before that. I thought it was helping with the burning until today.
Do I call him tomorrow, or just see what tomorrow brings first? Also, he prescribed Zanaflex for muscle spasms, but told me if I take it one day, I should skip the next day. That seems strange since the bottle says I can take it every 8 hours as needed. I don't get it!

Not sure what to do when I go to bed. I have to keep getting up and moving around even though that hurts just as badly. I take ambien every night, but it's not doing its job very well unless I stay up really late and am so tired I can hardly keep my eyes open. That means around 1:00-2:00am for me. I know sleep is something I really need, but I'm just not able to get it.

Any thoughts, ideas and/or suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Thanks!
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