I was on 300mg of Lyrica twice a day.   60 mg of Cymbalta twice a day.  I have gained back 40 pounds.  When I was taking the Lyrica I had a lot of short term memory loss.  I am known for being able to be give a single word topic and I can recite conversations about it from months ago.

This severly impaired my ability to continue my job.  One day the doc took me off the Lyrica and put me on Trazadone 50 mg at night only. 

I now have a bit more pain.   But I also have my memory back and I don't feel as though I am moving through a fog all the time.

Honestly I aged 20 years in brain power in 2 months of Lyrica.

 

Pre op I was dx'd with polymyalgia.   Just the hips and shoulders. 

Pre op I had low thyroid levels and was taking 88mcg of synthroid.

Post op - at 4 years - full blown fibro.  Vicodin is the only drug that touches the pain.

Post op - I have been dx'd with Graves disease.   The meds they are using to control this are also wreaking havoc with my white blood cells.   I am currently in my 3rd week of a cold that has left me weak, hoarse, coughing 24/7.  The doc is calling in a 2nd script of something else to ease the cough but still viral so no antibiotics will work.

Vicodin use has been upped to 2 x a day from 1 time a day.  Because I work full time, I only take my pain meds at night.  

I think I would look at a surgery that does not create malabsorption.  I am also protein deficient, and take mega doses of Vit C and D3 (dry D) 

Iron is low side of normal. 

Do a lot of research - I don't know that the surgery made it worse, but it is very hard to deal with both pain meds and deficiencies since we don't eat much.

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