It’s been a few months since I wrote some updates… or much at all on here.
I’ve been focused on taking care of one of my guinea pigs, Gussy. Since the week of Halloween, he’s been struggling with health issues. After trying a number of things, we discovered he had an abscess. He’s getting medicine twice a day as well as a lot of cleaning (thanks, diarrhea) and love.
You drop everything when a loved one is basically in the ICU, especially if you’re the one providing care. I’m finally getting back to taking better care of myself.
Liver, Nortriptyline, and Migraines – Oh, my!
Back at the end of October, I had to come off of my nortriptyline for a gastric emptying study. Since being off of that, my liver values have normalized. It proved to me that, 1) that med was sending my liver over the top, and, 2) it wasn’t doing anything for my migraines.
I’ve been able to control my migraines more by controlling my MCAS symptoms and triggers. That, and PT for my neck, anyway.
My heart rate has gone done since coming off nortriptyline, too.
MCAS
I certainly have been slacking on some of my MCAS stuff. The good news is that I have a lot of people reminding me to handle it.
My sensitivity to scents is a lot stronger than I really realized before. Things like deoderant are doing me in. I am, at least, being able to handle the reactions after the fact… for the most part.
GI
My gastic emptying study was a long day. Four hours of dicking around in the hospital after eating radioactive breakfast.
They found I have a borderline delay in gastric emptying. That means that I don’t have full-on gastroparesis, but I also don’t not have it.
Part of what I have to do now is work towards finding easily digestable foods within the low FODMAP label.
The other thing I have to consider is that my cholesterol is a little high.
Dental
Now that a new year is starting, I’ve got new dental insurance to – hopefully – address some more of the dental issues I’ve been dealing with.
Now if everything could start costing less…