Thursday, April 01, 2010

Neuropathy Is A Pain

That's not a complaint. It is a description. The heels of my feet have gone to sleep. That's neuropathy [ nu-rop-a-thi ].

It comes from being on the dexamethasone for a while. (Dr S says "not so") So I did a clever thing and did not take it yesterday morning. After all, my dosage is all the way down to 1/2 tablet just in the morning. And I called my doctor - Dr S - to check in and make sure that would be okay.

If he didn't think that was cool, I could just pop the half tab in and be back on schedule, right.

Well a nasty grinding headache kicked in around 9:15 am and Dr S didn't call. So I got on the phone and got to speak with Dr R after hours who told me to take the half & call Dr S in the morning.

My heels were awake -- they got to feel nice and lively all the time my head was ready to pop off the end of my neck all day long. About 20 minutes after taking the dexamethasone, the heels started buzzing and then just went back to sleep. And the headache stopped -- just faded right away...

WoW! Drug Interactions Can Be Interesting!

2 comments:

  1. Yikes! I've heard that Revlimid and Velcade can cause PN, but I hadn't put two-and-two together about Dex. Thanks for sharing. Sean M.

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  2. Ugh. PN is the worst, and I can testify to its permanence. After having had thal, rev and velcade, it's become like a bad tenant who can't be evicted. Have you tried any of the supplements that are supposed to help?

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