You Know...

...you have extreme symptoms when you go through them with your consultant and he stops you, checks he's heard you right and when you confirm he has his response is "Jesus."

Was running through my meds with the consultant at the hospital when he asked about the mefenamic acid.  I told him it's for my periods and what they were like before I started it.

Jesus is probably about right, come to think of it.  They were pretty bad (skipping a month and then having a heavy 17 day long period was my worst ever) looking back.  Mefenamic Acid is working well though to keep the bleeding at slightly more normal levels.

The hospital appointment went well I think... but that's the topic for another blog entry.

A (Mostly Medical) Few Things

I started a new medication last week, Terbinafine.  It's only one tablet a day but it tastes disgusting and no matter what I do it seems to dissolve in my mouth.  I'm gonna be on it for three months, maybe a little longer (possibly up to six) which is a bit better than a new permanent medication.  That's apparently harsh on the liver which made me worry a bit about whether I should take it.  So we agreed that I would have a blood test part way through the course which they don't normally do.  I'm hoping the fact I've lost more weight will mean that it's a lot easier to do this time!  Oh and apparently it might increase my fluoxetine levels in my blood slightly and I need to watch that.  Not sure how I do that but equally I'm not convinced it wouldn't be a bad thing.  I'm not OMG depressed but certainly a little flat the last week or so.  Probably a result of being ill so it should go off soon, I hope.

Actually, I started another new medication a while ago but I don't think I ever blogged about it.  That's Mefenamic Acid and I just take it three times a day when I've got my period (and the day or so before if I know it's coming which I never do anymore, *sigh*).  It's to prevent a recurrence of the two week long bleeding nightmare periods I've had a couple of in the last year or so.  It seemed to work well when I took it although I would have preferred to go on something to regulate it.  But I couldn't get in with my regular GP and the GP I saw wanted to prescribe the pill for me (instead of a few days a month of Noristerone which my GP was going to give me if it came to it, which it has).  The pill which both my regular GP and the nurse I see regularly say I can't have (overweight, wheelchair user with a family history of DVT).  I queried it with that GP who checked a book and said I could take it but the patient information leaflet would say I couldn't.  I said no to that prospect!

I'm really, really hoping that I'll be almost at the 2 stone lost mark when I weigh in tomorrow.  In fact I'm secretly hoping I'll be there but that's 3lb+ in a week and is probably unrealistic!

Walked more on Saturday then I have in a long time.  Went to visit my Uncle and his partner in their new house which has a lot of walking in it.  It's a lovely house with some amazing views and it was lovely to see them  My legs are feeling quite tight now however which isn't great.  I've upped my baclofen for a few days (script is written for me to do that if I feel I need to).

I have been online entirely too much since I came home from the bureau.