The Absolutely Last Chance

Well, I had a chat with the neurologist’ nurse practitioner this week. I explained that I was still having bad headaches 3 out of 4 days and that I’d had really bad migraines about once a week for several days sinc the botox treatment. She had a different opinion than I did; she seems to think that this is an improvement for me and that it’s worth trying a second treatment.

Of course, since it didn’t help me more, we’re going to try a preventative medication in addition to the botox with the idea that the botox helps enough to allow the preventative to make a difference. I’ve got a new prescription of Topomax, which I’ve tried before with initial success, that I will be starting on 25mg and stepping up each week until I get to 100mg about the time of the second botox treatment.

Unfortunately if this doesn’t work, she was quite clear that there is nothing else they can do for me. This is my last hope from the medical world. Not a pleasant thought — that I will be in pain every day the rest of my life. Makes me want to cry actually.

tags: botox, migraine, topomax

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