On Tuesday I was surprised to get a phone call from the surgery.
They’d received a letter from the MacMillan nurse, telling them what had been
said at my meeting with her last week. She also recommended some medication
to reduce the pain in my breast. This now was a doctor ringing to say she was
happy to sign off a prescription for me to collect at the chemist that
afternoon.
I hot paced to the chemist & sure enough there were some pills
for me. It turns out they are a mild antidepressant that has a side effect of
easing the pain of nerve injury. I’m to take them just before I go to bed to
maximise their painkilling effect for a good night’s sleep & to enable me
to be over the worst of the drowsiness they cause by daytime. As with so many
antidepressants they have left a horrible taste in the mouth, as though the saliva
in my mouth has had the liquid reduced, but at least the breast pain has virtually
disappeared. Certainly it is within tolerable levels. Three cheers. The other
side effects should ease after a few days. I hope so.
I’m still to see my GP in a week’s time to discuss any side effects
& the effectiveness of the medication. I thought I would have to stick it
out till then before I even had some pain relief so I’m not complaining.
No comments:
Post a Comment