That's good news that you are feeling better and even got out for a bit, Erin. Being cooped up can be hard to deal with on top of everything else.

I'm having a rough night with leg spasms, the HUG and nausea. Just took another hit of Baclofen (50 mg so far tonight), so hopefully things will settle down and I'll get some sleep.

With love, Erika

I don't expect it to last long. Any second now I'm expecting things to go back to feeling horrid. Trying to take advantage of it while I can.

Erin - Glad you are feeling some relief and were able to get out of the house for a bit.

Erika - Sorry you had such a rough night. I hate those kinds of nights. I hope you feel better soon.

So Sorry Erika. I hope you feel better soon and that you have a well
day today, with doggie and kitty at your side.

Sending out comforting and healing (((Hugs))) to all who need them.

I put up Christmas decorations yesterday, three small pre-lit trees that I carried downstairs and plugged in. They look nice and the kitties like them.

It has really warmed up in N. Illinois, up to 10 degrees F and feels like a balmy 0 degrees!

I need to go get cat litter refills at Petco. I had to deep-clean the litter boxes yesterday because Rocky had diarrhea. He is getting better but I need to put more clean litter in them.

I will probably pay for that tomorrow when I am back at work.

Sheesh...its been another rough night of spasms and pain, but things are feeling better now after having another Epsom salt bath and doing some stretching. I had an Epsom salt bath in the middle of the night as well, as I'd already taken 40 mg of Baclofen and didn't want to take any more.

I'm tired of feeling sedated and drugged on the Cymbalta. I've been on a low dose of it (just 30 mg) for 10 days now and still get nauseated, dizzy and have blurred vision for around 12 hours after taking it.

I thought that ADs were supposed to ease depression. I wasn't depressed to begin with, and was given it on a trial for neuropathic pain, but I'm wondering if you take it when you are not depressed, if it causes depression ?
Sure feels like it.

I'm going in for a biopsy/surgery on the spinal cyst tomorrow.
I'll see my PCP before that and will be asking to try something other than the Cymbalta. It hasn't really done much for the pain anyway.

It makes me feel like Jack Nicholson in "One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest."
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy

Passing the cheese.

With love, Erika

I have nothing to whine about today. I just wanted to wish Erika ( spelled it right the first time) a good day tomorrow and prayers for a good outcome.

Is someone going to drive you or w you?
ANN

No Whines for me either...

(((((Erika)))))

Erika - Saying some prayers for you. I hope all goes well tomorrow. Please let us know how you are doing when you are feeling up to it.

My whine . . .I'm so tired of mashed potatoes and applesauce. They are the only things I can down right now without causing me to feel nauseous. Today is the first time in over a week that I actually have some sort of an appetite so I'm trying some boiled organic chicken. It sounded good and it's part of the low-residue diet that I'm supposed to be on.

Oh and my PCP called me this morning to check to see how I was doing. There's an MS component to all of this as my muscles in the lower region are in spasms. UGH! It's making things more complicated as it's constipating in the sense that they won't release and allow stool to pass easily. So, later on this evening before bed, I'm going to try some lorazepam and see if I can get those muscles to relax. MS is just full of surprises sometimes.

Passing the whine and cheese . . .

My only whine today is non MS related. My husbands insurance had let us know that his cardiologist was to be coveed next year. So they send us and updated list today and guess what, he isn't on that list.