Mon­day I had an appoint­ment with my chi­ro­prac­tor in the morn­ing and an appoint­ment with my fam­ily doc­tor in the afternoon.

I love my chi­ro­prac­tor.  Dr. Delilah became my chi­ro­prac­tor through an odd string of events I can assuredly say was not a coin­ci­dence.  Since my first visit I have not only regained mobil­ity and increased my men­tal clar­ity, I have come to pay more atten­tion to my body and the things it tries to tell me.  And, beyond this, I have found a friend.  Delilah has a gen­uine inter­est in my health, a desire to help me find things and peo­ple that will pro­vide me relief, and (like me) a firm belief that I will one day be free of my fibromyal­gia symp­toms.  As usual, I left her office feel­ing moti­vated and capa­ble.  (Does any­one else feel like their fibromyal­gia makes them keenly aware of their strengths by mak­ing them face their weaknesses?)

A few hours later I left my house to head to my 2pm fam­ily doc­tor appoint­ment.  I arrived, checked in with the reg­is­trar and took a seat.  After about five min­utes she stood up, called my name, and said “You’re appoint­ment is not until 3pm, are you sure you would like to stay?”  I felt stu­pid and mut­tered some­thing stu­pid in response.  As I left I pon­dered how sure I had been that my appoint­ment was at 2.  I have been feel­ing quite a bit bet­ter, espe­cially when it comes to fibro fog, so I was dis­ap­pointed to find I had been so wrong.  I got over it after a 30 minute rest at home and the drive back to the doctor’s office.

The appoint­ment went well.  I mostly wanted to dis­cuss pain relief on the extremely dif­fi­cult days.  AJ was quick to offer sam­ples of Cele­brex and I am excited for the poten­tial relief.  I have not taken Cele­brex in over a decade.  I hon­estly do not remem­ber how it worked then.  These sam­ples can be taken on an as-needed basis, so I will use them only on the days when noth­ing else works.  We talked about the dan­gers, the impor­tance of tak­ing the meds with a meal, and how quickly I should see relief and how long it should last.  I walked out feel­ing more pre­pared for the days ahead and my grad­ual return to work.

Bring it on… but don’t make me watch those lousy movies.