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Complications/symptoms after Gallbladder Surgery
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Hey ZeeGee, after reading your message, I feel guilty for complaining about my headaches; you are suffering daily. Hope you find relief soon, constant pain is difficult beyond explanation. I went back to you neurologist and she ordered complete bloodwork to ensure that I am not anemic or have blood sugar issues. My PCP added Lopressor 50mg to my high blood pressure routine and it seems to be helping the headaches. They are less severe and I feel more energetic than before. I will let you know what the bloodwork shows, if I can ever get it done. Darn Covid has all the clinics and hospitals on guard and they are blocking people from getting routine procedures done. I can't get anyone locally to draw my blood, guess I will have to drive 300 miles to the city and then drive all the way home.
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Please never feel guilty about complaining of headaches or any other pain. It is yours to deal with and it is always good to talk with other people about it. It gives you more ideas to talk with your doctors about and hopefully be blessed to find a solution. I am glad to read your headache is relieved some.
With my doctors here in Albany Georgia (our county, Dougherty had one of the highest covid rates in the USA from March through May) I have been able to get my yearly physical with no problem. They have lab, x-ray, and ultrasound available in the building my doctors are in. So my lab work was not a problem. To make an appointment if sick you are screened via a phone call by a nurse. If you have any symptoms of covid you are sent to a special area of the building. They moved part of the lab upstairs so as to space patients out. Of course mask are required, temperature taken, and hand sanitizer as you enter the building. We carry hand sanitizer with us. The doctor's office building has the hand sanitizer dispensers throughout.. but they are empty most of the time. We try to be careful about touching door handles and arms of chairs. I can still get up from a chair without pushing up with my hands .. even with my back flare up.. which has calmed after the injection in my sacroiliac joint. I had pre-op for thumb surgery in June through the hospital.. their off campus facility.. and they had protocols too. The wait was not near as long as it used to be. I hope you do not have too far to travel.
When I cannot get relief of my headaches on my own I ask my family doctor for a Toradol injection. If it seems to be coming from my back he will sometimes add a Depo-Medrol injection. Usually Toradol 3-4 times a year and the Depo-Medrol once a year. If I could take ibuprofen or even aspirin I would probably do okay most of the time.
Pain is difficult to deal with.. it is important as to how you choose to deal with it mentally. Some people choose to go to into a deep depression with it. I try to calm as much of my pain as I can.. I realize I cannot get rid of all my pain, but I can get it down to bearable and enjoy life. I do think headaches are one of the hardest to deal with.. I read there are over a hundred types. That is why it is so difficult to figure out the cause.
Best of luck in finding even more relief. Yes, keep me updated.
ZeeGee (that is what my grands started calling me and so everyone else seem to follow suit 😄)