{"id":8626,"date":"2026-05-22T19:31:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T23:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/?p=8626"},"modified":"2026-05-28T13:49:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:49:55","slug":"saw-dr-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/2026\/05\/22\/saw-dr-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Saw Dr. today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I now have ibuprofen (generic, but should be Motrin if the insurance would give me that.)  800mg for 1 or 2 a day or 0, whatever I want to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So for me 0 for if I feel a migraine will take Excedrin, and if migraine minimized later on I can do 1 ibuprofen at the right time after it. If I feel alright I don&#8217;t have to take it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We will see what this can do for me, hopefully most problems I have with pain and ache and swelling will work out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m also getting another triptan, Eletriptan, next week to work with migraines, if it&#8217;s better than sumitriptan for me, hurray, though it isn&#8217;t my last hope, there are other things later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He thinks my nighttime burning in my hands is carpal from the way I described it, I said I used to have other maybe carpal symptoms but they went away and other things are going on and maybe it&#8217;s something else still. I&#8217;m sure it isn&#8217;t carpal entirely, because when all the stuff is not in me again sometimes, by it&#8217;s self. I feel just fine, daytime or while sleeping and waking up during the night it&#8217;s just fine too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Time may tell, or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I now have ibuprofen (generic, but should be Motrin if the insurance would give me that.) 800mg for 1 or 2 a day or 0, whatever I want to do. 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