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pixiecrinkle) wrote2002-06-06 06:34 pm
pixiecrinkle) wrote2002-06-06 06:34 pm
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Long day at work. Longer day waiting at the doc's office.
I went back to the doctor about my migraines because they've been worsening the past year or so. (Was diagnosed at age 14 and I'm 25 now.) I'm glad I love this doctor to death because my appointment was at 1:00 and they didn't put me in an exam room until 2:00 and then I had to wait until 3:30 for her to come in. Got to read about 6 chapters of Silas Marner though and wrote the copy for a brochure for work.
Anyway...turns out the doc has migraines too. And they're just like mine--mostly pre-menstrual. So she gave me some samples of various dosages of Imitrex (including the nasal spray) which I used to be on, but for which I had let the prescription expire. And she changed my birth control pill. I've now gone from Ortho Tri Cyclen (yuck--made me hard to deal with, even for myself) to Alesse (okay, but the doc thinks may have contributed to the migraines) to the new one, Yasmin. The potassium booster stuff I've been reading about makes it sound better to me anyway.
So now, after having such an intelligent, unrushed conversation with her (which, by the way, is the reason she's always so far behind schedule, so I'll forgive her), and finding out she's on the same mix of drugs, and having her reassure me about the unlikelihood of me having Imitrex side effects, I feel much better.
It's nice to find a doctor who respects you as a patient/owner of the body in question. I'm so glad she's young and not in danger of retirement anytime soon! I also think I may switch to her for my gyn stuff too because I'm not too thrilled with the nurse practioner I've been going too. It's an all female staff so I had originally gotten a good vibe from them (I have a serious, unexplainable anxiety about male docs) but they are so focused on baby making and a little too naively reassuring for me.
Off to do some yoga now to do my wrists some good. :-)
I went back to the doctor about my migraines because they've been worsening the past year or so. (Was diagnosed at age 14 and I'm 25 now.) I'm glad I love this doctor to death because my appointment was at 1:00 and they didn't put me in an exam room until 2:00 and then I had to wait until 3:30 for her to come in. Got to read about 6 chapters of Silas Marner though and wrote the copy for a brochure for work.
Anyway...turns out the doc has migraines too. And they're just like mine--mostly pre-menstrual. So she gave me some samples of various dosages of Imitrex (including the nasal spray) which I used to be on, but for which I had let the prescription expire. And she changed my birth control pill. I've now gone from Ortho Tri Cyclen (yuck--made me hard to deal with, even for myself) to Alesse (okay, but the doc thinks may have contributed to the migraines) to the new one, Yasmin. The potassium booster stuff I've been reading about makes it sound better to me anyway.
So now, after having such an intelligent, unrushed conversation with her (which, by the way, is the reason she's always so far behind schedule, so I'll forgive her), and finding out she's on the same mix of drugs, and having her reassure me about the unlikelihood of me having Imitrex side effects, I feel much better.
It's nice to find a doctor who respects you as a patient/owner of the body in question. I'm so glad she's young and not in danger of retirement anytime soon! I also think I may switch to her for my gyn stuff too because I'm not too thrilled with the nurse practioner I've been going too. It's an all female staff so I had originally gotten a good vibe from them (I have a serious, unexplainable anxiety about male docs) but they are so focused on baby making and a little too naively reassuring for me.
Off to do some yoga now to do my wrists some good. :-)