Rev Craig, so glad you had a productive visit with your new neurologist. You asked about your meds. Many TMers have used most of these meds at one time or another. However, that Ropinirole threw me for a loop as I've never heard of it, so I researched it. Did your doctor give you an entire pamphlet on the medication or did she just briefly tell you about it? I ask because I've really never seen a drug quite like this. All drugs have side effects, and this one has its fair share. But what really shocked me was the very long section called: What special precautions should I follow? You really do need to read ALL of this - please. It's very important.
And you're right, you never know, you may just show up in the pulpit wearing a pink tutu and a glittery tiara! We'd like a picture of that please : ) Has anyone else here used this drug called Ropinirole or googled it? Please post if you have. Good luck to you Craig. You have a great attitude - and a great sense of humor to go along with it. Linda (Eagle, ID) ----- Original Message ----- From: Rev. Craig Crossman<mailto:revcross...@gmail.com> To: tmic-list@eskimo.com<mailto:tmic-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 2:29 PM Subject: [TMIC] Neurologist visit Finally had my first appointment with new neurologist. The good news (according to her) is that while my TM will be with me the rest of my life, it will not get progressively worse because she says TM is not a degenerative disease. The TM can keep you from being as active as you should be so over time many people with TM lose a lot of strength and function. That has happened to me. The bad news is that I do have a type of neuropathy which will get progressively worse and there is really nothing to be done with it except control the symptoms. Bottom line according to her? I will probably not live until I am 90, and as time goes by I will have less and less neural control over my extremities. So my neurologist has started me on some meds she says I should have been on all along but I should also stay on the ones I am on currently. The mixture of all these different drugs might be interesting. Who knows, some Sunday morning I may show up in the pulpit wearing a pink tutu and a glittery tiara. The drugs I currently take are hydrocodone, Tramadol, and Amitriptyline. She has added gabapentin 300mg and Ropinirole 0.5mg. If anyone has anything they think I should know about these last two meds, I would appreciate it. BTW, she said she was already aware of, and read up on, TM. Rev. Craig Crossman First Baptist Church 615 W. Webster St. Colby, KS 67701 W - (785)462-2867/ Cell - (785)443-5154 revcross...@gmail.com www.firstbaptistcolby.org
