Doctor, Doctor, give me the news...
Apr. 7th, 2011 03:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
domino43Went to see my new Primary Care Doc today. He seems nice enough. I think I'll like him. He actually listens and talks things through with you.
Anyway. I forgot to mention on here that I had to get a liver ultrasound back in February because of elevated LFT's. I mentioned all this on Facebook, so some of you may know this already. Anyway, we discussed the results. Nothing but a (slightly) fatty liver, like we were suspecting, Nothing to worry about.
He's continuing my meds as is, since they're working alright for me. I did discuss changing my pain meds, so we did that. I was on Ultram, but since I stopped the Prednisone, I have nothing to help the inflammation, so I had him switch me to Naproxen. Yes, it's not an opioid or other narcotic like I'm currently taking, but it will help the swelling, which in turn will help the pain, so... He asked if I wanted to keep some Ultram on hand for really bad days, since he was alright with my occasionally being on both, so I said yeah. Better safe than sorry, right?
Oh, also, the last time I got a refill of the MTX, the price went up $10. So, now, that costs aprox. $30, instead of $20. Boo.
Also, sorry I've missed so much on LJ. All over the internet, really. I've been disconnected from the web about 80% of the time in the last month. Not that I've really felt up to being online. I basically had to force myself to write this entry.
Anyway, now you're caught up with my health crap. I may try to get back into LJ a little more.
Anyway. I forgot to mention on here that I had to get a liver ultrasound back in February because of elevated LFT's. I mentioned all this on Facebook, so some of you may know this already. Anyway, we discussed the results. Nothing but a (slightly) fatty liver, like we were suspecting, Nothing to worry about.
He's continuing my meds as is, since they're working alright for me. I did discuss changing my pain meds, so we did that. I was on Ultram, but since I stopped the Prednisone, I have nothing to help the inflammation, so I had him switch me to Naproxen. Yes, it's not an opioid or other narcotic like I'm currently taking, but it will help the swelling, which in turn will help the pain, so... He asked if I wanted to keep some Ultram on hand for really bad days, since he was alright with my occasionally being on both, so I said yeah. Better safe than sorry, right?
Oh, also, the last time I got a refill of the MTX, the price went up $10. So, now, that costs aprox. $30, instead of $20. Boo.
Also, sorry I've missed so much on LJ. All over the internet, really. I've been disconnected from the web about 80% of the time in the last month. Not that I've really felt up to being online. I basically had to force myself to write this entry.
Anyway, now you're caught up with my health crap. I may try to get back into LJ a little more.
