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I love my Lyrica and find it helps a lot better than cymbalta without the
side effects, I don't have CP nor diabetic neuropathy (still trying to find
out the reason for my neuropathy). The aneurysm sounds extremely painful.
Beth t.
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Cleveland, Kyle E.
> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 9:57 PM
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> Subject: Re: Hello again
>
> OK, so how's everyone doing CP-wise? As for me, I've found
> Botox. Anyo= ne else have any experience with this stuff?
> It's been a godsend for= me. I get shot about every 3
> months or so and a heck of a lot of stret= ching in between.
> I guess we're going to start using some drug called=
> "Myoblock" next time around. Apparently the body doesn't
> develop the= same accomodation to the botulin toxin. I also
> found a kick-butt ortho= tist in town that built an
> incredible AFO for me--makes a night and day= difference in my gait.
> =20
> Last year I had an aneurysm pop somewhere in my gut and came
> pretty clos= e to going 'casters up'. The net result was that
> I lost about 30 pounds= in the hospital and have managed to
> keep it off. That helps enormously= . Every pound you lose
> is one pound less to carry on a battered old fra= me.
> =20
> I've also found a new med called Lyrica (pregabalin). The
> stuff origina= lly was prescribed for folks with diabetic
> nerve pain, but they are disc= overing it helps with a host
> of CNS issues. My pain load has dropped= remarkably.
> Lyrica and Zanaflex (tizanidine) at night are the only two=
> CP meds I'm taking now. I'm doing better than I have been in years.
> =20
> Enough about me, what about everyone else? Bring me up to
> date on every= thing.
> =20
> Kyle
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