Today has turned out to be a much better day than yesterday. Although, considering how crappy yesterday was, this was not a big accomplishment. Nevertheless, I’m feeling much more myself after taking some suggestions from my sponsor yesterday.
I’m headed to the orthopedic specialist tonight. I hope he has an answer for me instead of sending me off to physical therapy or something that he hopes will make it better. After tonight’s appointment, barring there are no more prescriptions to fill, I will have spent $195 this week on co-pays and prescriptions. Isn’t that insane? The medical benefits at my job suck, obviously. I still don’t know how much of my x-ray cost they will cover, so this week could end up being even more expensive than originally thought. Bah.
I took my new nasal sprays this morning and I’ve been able to breathe and I haven’t had any “foggy head” syndrome today. The only thing is, the one leaves a very nasty taste in the mouth that lasted for a couple of hours. Didn’t like that side-effect much. Speaking of side-effects – I noticed one of the ones listed was “weight gain”. I’ve seen this listed as a side effect for other medications, too, and it’s always made me curious. How does a medication cause you to gain weight? Do you retain water? Does the medication have calories in it? Or does the medication just make you more hungry than normal, thus you eat more? If that is the case (which I suspect it is), then shouldn’t the real side effect be “increases appetite”? Someone want to clue me in on this one?