I think my new pain meds are working?

I think my new pain meds are working.

I am now on a lot of gabapentin, THC as I feel the need, ibuprofen as I feel the need, sumatriptan for migraines, and LDN aka low-dose naltrexone.

I also just got steroid injections for hip bursitis.

I feel ... pretty goddamn good? Average daily pain levels are at about a 3? My goal number was 4????





I am struggle to not feel intense anger that for the last ten years I've had terrible hip pain and no-one thought to treat bursitis. Even though I did mention it a couple of times, no, no, let's do more PT! And when the imaging shows nothing wrong, we tell you to take ibuprofen! Less than ten minutes in the clinic and two injections and BANG, my hip pain is gone.

The LDN appears to be taking care of my ongoing daily random-ass pain, including brunting weather-related flares. Like, I'm having a rainy-day flare right now but the pain is only a 5, which for a flare is INCREDIBLE.

God, I hope this lasts.

I really hope this lasts.

I could live like this.

I could live like this.