Just another day!

Morning everybody!
I haven't been able to get online lately because Todd has been bogarting the computer and I have been in bed from my exam on Wednesday.
Everytime a new doc examines me he/she twists and turns me to see my range of motion. Well, I know after tons of these appointments that I will be a hurting unit for at least a day after and boy was I right. In fact I still hurt. I have been in bed for the last couple of days nursing the spasms and pain so that is why I haven't updated since Wednesday.
I have been looking into how to pay for my Lidoderm patches. They are over $100 a box each so with my income I needed help. So I called the people who make the patches and they directed me to the website . Here is a form you can fill out and give to your doc to help get them for FREE! I hope this helps someone. I know that it is one thing off my mind. Having to pay almost $150 a month would have sunk our budget.
Now on to happier things.....I hope everyone has a great Labor Day weekend.

I'm baaaack!

Well, the appointment went rather well.
Here is the run down.
Next week I am getting my first trigger point injections.
He is taking me off Soma and putting me on Baclofen. Any advice on Baclofen would be appriciated.
He is also giving me Lidoderm patches but there is a problem. They are so darn expensive. I know there are people on it who read my Blog. How do you afford it??? Again any advice is appriciated.
The last thing is he is putting me on a med that is normally for irregular heartbeats that helps the nerves around the heart. I think it is Mexiletine....I forgot what he said. I have to go the hospital and do an IV test first to see what level he should give me. In case I have a reaction, I am there and I won't have to just get a pill and deal with bad side effects.
So I am happy with the appointment. I am just nervous about how I am going to pay for those patches which sound like a godsend for at night, when I hurt the most.
Any advice would be appriciated about the meds I just talked about.
Thanks for being there in spirit with me.....I was really scared.
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Today is the day!

Well today is my Pain Clinic appointment. I don't have much time to type by please wish me luck and I will try to update as soon as I can.
I am just happy I have an appointment.
Cross your fingers everyone!