Hi all,
Just got back from the first PM meeting. He has put me on Neurotin 300 mg, 1 a nite for the first week, then 2 at bedtime after that. He also put me on amitriptyline 25 mg, percocet 2 times a day, and a special cream I had to have compounded at a special phar. don't know what it is but it starts with a K. They will mail it to me tomorrow as I couldn't wait for it. He wants to know when the symptoms started, but I don't know as in the last 3 years I have had 8 surgeries. I'll check with my surgeon to see when he thinks it started. If it's under 2 years he said he can do nerve blocks, if it's over, then we would think about a spinal stimulator ????...don't know what that is. I go back to see him in 4 weeks. how bad are these meds going to make me feel. I've gained so much weight over the last 3 years because of being bed ridden or in a wheelchair. How much should I expect? anything I can do to avoid it? any suggestions. I just can't believe how this is going. I though he would tell me just to stay on the percocet. it doesn't stop the pain at all, but at least I can rest with it. Oh well...any advice??
Mary