I am indeed drug-seeking

[Viva001]

I am 11 months post-op, and for some reason (maybe the tick fever),I am experiencing unmanageable head pain.  I have been throwing everything at for a week and finally will go to pcp today.
No one is more surprised than I am.  
I see NS next month.

[selmaS]

  Oh...we do not have RMSF here, at least I have never heard of ne cases this far north...lol...

I hope u get a DX if u do have this so it gets treated...and soon.....

Nothing simple about ne of us huh?

[Viva001]

Lyme's is here, but not as common as Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.  We know that's in our yard, because my daughter's dog had it--even treated w/ Advantix--& was sick for a month.

I didn't know that RMSF could be fatal.  And that NC has more cases BY FAR than any other state.

I'm so tired of this high-maintenance body; it's like a job, lol!

[selmaS]

  Oh u think u may have Lymes?....that can be very painful and debilitating....my DD's MIL has it.

My mom takes the amitriptyline...and yes it can knock u out....slow motion is the order of the day with it.....

Mayb ur NS will offer something else....

[Viva001]

NP put me on hydrocodone & amitriptyline to bring the pain down.  She wants me off ibuprofen (I've been on it for YEARS).  She said I'd be miserable w/withdrawal for 2weeks.  Oh yay.  I asked if I'd want to murder my DH; she said no, I probably won't be a headline.

I can't go in the sun--or get too much artificial light--on amitriptyline (which I have had before & found it extremely sedating).  
I'm supposed to go to an outdoor wedding next week.

So, I am not sure this is the correct advice, but maybe good enough until  I see my NS next month.

My vet thinks I should be re-tested for tick illness.

[selmaS]

Good luck, I was given TOPAMAX to help with the post op HA's....and it does help....and it was my PCP that RX'd it for me.