Finally had my first appointment with new neurologist.
The good news (according to her) is that while my TM will be with me the
rest of my life, it will not get progressively worse because she says TM is
not a degenerative disease. The TM can keep you from being as active as you
should be so over time many people with TM lose a lot of strength and
function. That has happened to me.
The bad news is that I do have a type of neuropathy which will
get progressively worse and there is really nothing to be done with it
except control the symptoms.
Bottom line according to her? I will probably not live until I
am 90, and as time goes by I will have less and less neural control over my
extremities. So my neurologist has started me on some meds she says I should
have been on all along but I should also stay on the ones I am on currently.
The mixture of all these different drugs might be interesting. Who knows,
some Sunday morning I may show up in the pulpit wearing a pink tutu and a
glittery tiara.
The drugs I currently take are hydrocodone, Tramadol, and
Amitriptyline. She has added gabapentin 300mg and Ropinirole 0.5mg. If
anyone has anything they think I should know about these last two meds, I
would appreciate it.
BTW, she said she was already aware of, and read up on, TM.
Rev. Craig Crossman
First Baptist Church
615 W. Webster St.
Colby, KS 67701
W - (785)462-2867/ Cell - (785)443-5154
[email protected]
www.firstbaptistcolby.org
