His medications are as follows - AmLODIPine Besylate 5 mg oral tablet (one daily), Cyclophosphamide 50 mg oral tablet (one tablet 2 times daily), Gabapentin 300 mg (2 capsules 3 times daily), Hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg oral tablet (one tablet daily), Sulfameth/Trimethoprm (one daily 3 times week) and Prednisone 20 mg oral tablet, 2 daily.
Here is a short summary of how things happened: six months of missed diagnosis, foot pain (misdiagnosed as gout), sever muscle pain from waist down, shoulder and arm pain, blood work, severe sinus infection, MRI showed something behind inner ear, GP referred him to ENT, ENT put tube in right ear, more blood work, did a nasal scope, said I had Weg/go to a rheumatologist, mmore blood work, positive for Weg, started medications 12-19-13. He still suffers from feet pain.
Now I will share a little personal history with you. My husband and I have been married 36 years. We have two beautiful daughters. One is in heaven - Donna died 5 years ago from complications of juvenile diabetes. The other daughter, Valerie lives in Milwaukee. She is a graphic designer and has a wonderful dog, Pickles - our grandog. We also have a wonderful grandaughter, Kylie who live with her Dad in Oklahoma. Kylie is Donna's daughter. In a short time span of ten years I lost my Dad, daughter, mother and sister. My great husband helped me cope with all of this. Of course all those deaths affected him too. So you can understand my first reaction after hearing my husband's diagnosis - can you spell "not again". However, we are both being VERY positive about this "turn" in our lives.
My husband built his own company - 30 years strong last year. He owns Precision Laser Alignment. He has traveled all over the country. He has not been able to work for months and that is hurting him. He takes such pride in his work and hates to tell customers to put a job on hold. He uses lasers to align machines. It is a very specialized line of work.
His other passion in life is boating on the Mississippi River. We love boating! That is one place my husband relaxes - at the wheel of his boat.
Right now we are trying to decide if he should retire. I have gone on too long in this post. I will try to come here more often.
Oh, I work at the courthouse. I am in charge of the judges schedules and jury summons. Thanks for listening everyone! Please reply - thanks!
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