"Marie", has a new primary care "Doctor" now

@Beth Gallagher , yes she's been taking Gabapentin, but only twice a day, which says, 3 times a day, and to not just come off it, but as the Dr recommends you too. The ER Dr prescribed 21 pills of gabapentin, knowing she had the primary care Dr appt., that's 10 days which means she would run out before her appt. 4-7-2026; so that's what I'm meant when I said I already know what I'm going to tell her new Dr to make her move the appt. up.
 
We called at 8 am, and she told them she needs to see Dr today, to help her with this pain. They set an appt. 11am, and she saw a Nurse Practitioner, and she gave her two shots; one is steroid and the other Iverpropin which she can still continue Tylenol with them, seems to be helping her so far. They refer her to an orthopedic doctor, and a pain management clinic, to see if they can help her with the pain. X-rays were fine and blood work and urine test came back good. They told her the appt. on April 7th to keep it, and she will be getting a call to set a new appt with new places. She was up all night again, and it's wearing and tearing on both of us. Maybe soon things will get better for her.
 
Have they said anything about her A1c and the diabetes and possible diabetic neuropathy yet , @Jake Smith ? It really seems possible to me that this could be a part of why she is having pain in so many new places besides where she hurt the muscle last fall, as several other people here have mentioned.
If the doctor has a patient portal, there is usually a lot of good information there about all of the test results. I always check mine, and compare with prior lab tests to see how everything is doing, what is improving and what is not.

I am not diabetic, but even so, I have found that having foods with fast digesting carbs/sugars causes me inflammation and joint pain in one place or another, and then I have to hobble around for a while until I get better and get rid of the inflammation.
I try to stay under 50 grams of carbs a day, because that seems to be what works for me, but some people do more and some do less.
All sugars cause inflammation, and all inflammation causes pain somewhere.
 
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Yvonne Smith said:
Have they said anything about her A1c and the diabetes and possible diabetic neuropathy yet , @Jake Smith ? It really seems possible to me that this could be a part of why she is having pain in so many new places besides where she hurt the muscle last fall, as several other people here have mentioned.
If the doctor has a patient portal, there is usually a lot of good information there about all of the test results. I always check mine, and compare with prior lab tests to see how everything is doing, what is improving and what is not.

I am not diabetic, but even so, I have found that having foods with fast digesting carbs/sugars causes me inflammation and joint pain in one place or another, and then I have to hobble around for a while until I get better and get rid of the inflammation.
I try to stay under 50 grams of carbs a day, because that seems to be what works for me, but some people do more and some do less.
All sugars cause inflammation, and all inflammation causes pain somewhere.
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Yvonne although I'm sure it didn't help being a diabetic but this was from a muscle injury from straining doing a exercise.
And you are correct about inflammation especially being a diabetic, so they are treating the nerves, muscles and inflammation now.
I hope to get to the therapy soon as I can stand to do the PT.
Thanks again for the help with this and other health related things.:)
 
Yvonne Smith said:
Have they said anything about her A1c and the diabetes and possible diabetic neuropathy yet , @Jake Smith ? It really seems possible to me that this could be a part of why she is having pain in so many new places besides where she hurt the muscle last fall, as several other people here have mentioned.
If the doctor has a patient portal, there is usually a lot of good information there about all of the test results. I always check mine, and compare with prior lab tests to see how everything is doing, what is improving and what is not.

I am not diabetic, but even so, I have found that having foods with fast digesting carbs/sugars causes me inflammation and joint pain in one place or another, and then I have to hobble around for a while until I get better and get rid of the inflammation.
I try to stay under 50 grams of carbs a day, because that seems to be what works for me, but some people do more and some do less.
All sugars cause inflammation, and all inflammation causes pain somewhere.
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They had said her A1C is 6.1 before on our first visit to the new Dr., and I think it's nerve pain as well as muscle pain. Hope they figure it out this year. Thanks for your advice, 'Yvonne'. :)
 
Faye Fox said:
That is a good point since heart stents are inserted in the low abdomen and run up the femoral artery to the heart. Here is an Abstract that sheds some light on how a femoral artery catheter installed stent can cause chronic pain. Very quick read.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

The femoral neuralgia syndrome after arterial catheter trauma - PubMed

The increasing number of diagnostic angiograms and interventional vascular procedures has resulted in a heightened awareness of serious catheter-related vascular trauma. We reviewed 50 consecutive catheter injuries of the femoral artery that required surgical intervention and focused...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Here is what the Mayo Clinic suggest about PAD.

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is primarily caused by atherosclerosis, which is the buildup of fatty deposits, or plaque, in the arteries that supply blood to the limbs. Risk factors include smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, and increasing age.

@Marie Mallory None of this may apply to you. I am just tossing out some ideas that might help you ask your doctor questions.
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Faye thats fine, I don't take it as disagreement, just opinion, so alls fine my frieend.
Did you know the men who invented stents said that an aspirin a day had the same effects as their stents in many cases.
 
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