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Re: Anyone on Lyrica?
I took (still take, but am weening off of it) gabapentin for nerve pain from several herniated discs. Gabapentin and Lyrica are very similar. My side effects haven't been too objectionable -- the worst being difficulty waking up in the morning when I was at the highest dose. It did help tremendously with the nerve pain -- enough that I was able to stop taking opiates. For a little while I was considering getting a prescription for medical MJ so that I could ditch the opiates -- those were making life much more difficult than the gabapentin ever has.
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2012-Feb-29 D-Day: IDC ER-/PR- HER2+++ Grade 3, Stage 3 - several biopsy proven positive nodes
2012-Mar - July: Neoadjuvant FEC-D + Herceptin (6 rounds)
2012-Apr: DVT in arm that received chemo - put on LMW Heparin
2012-Apr: Port installed
2012-Sep-7: Lumpectomy + ALND - pCR with residual DCIS
2012-Oct: Switched from LMW Heparin to Warfarin
2012-Oct-Nov: 30 days of rads
2013-Jan: Entered Adjuvant Metformin trial (Metformin or placebo for 5 years)
2013-Jan: Switched from Warfarin to Xarelto
2013-Mar: First signs of lymphedema
2013-May-16: Last Herceptin (17 doses in total)
2013-Jun: Port removed and anticoagulants stopped
2014-Mar: Lymphedema worsened and became unresponsive to treatment
2015-Apr: Started PENTOCLO protocol to attempt to improve radiation fibrosis
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