Doctor, doctor, give me the news...

[sharpchick_2011]

Call to the doc about results of blood work and effects of meds got me this:
Added B complex (my B12 is low);
Added 50,000 IU D2 once weekly for 12 weeks, recheck (my vitamin D is way low);
Keep gabapentin at current dose;
Up Lasix to 40 mg/day and see if it kicks the rest of the edema, maintain current potassium dose.

Interesting to me that this vitamin D deficiency is common among people with RA and MS, and they report greater pain relief when levels come back to between 40-50...

Comments

[oakmouse]

It's also common among people with celiac disease (*waves frantically*), who report lower levels of inflammation and reactivity when their blood levels of D come back up to more normal ranges. (Especially if they're also low on calcium. That mix of deficiencies is well-known for its connection to overactive inflammatory responses.) I hope treating your D deficiency helps your pain and related problems.

[sharpchick_2011]

See, and this is why I am leaning more toward the PT and OT line of thought on this whole nutter disorder.

It has an autoimmune connection.

It has to.