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Headache, Pain

Who knew Celebrex works for migraines?

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I have been fighting one of my worst headaches/migranes ever all day! I really did try everything to get some relief… I laid on the couch moaning in pain as I waited for Tylenol and Aleve to kick in.

I am seriously loving the fact that my migraine is totally gone now after taking Celebrex. Apparently, it is prescribed off-label for migraine prevention in people. It was the only thing that stopped my migraine today – I only wish I had taken it the moment I woke up, instead of trying Aleve and Tylenol. I had to wait for 8 hours after taking the Aleve since you can’t Celebrex at the same time as another NSAID.

I was originally taking it to prevent the side-effects from my Avonex shots. So, I was only taking it once a week. Well, now since I stopped my Avonex, I have leftover Celebrex, which I took for the first time today for something totally unrelated to my Avonex headaches.

Avonex, Medications, Pre-HSCT, Relapse

“You do have a lot of good brain left”

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Those words rang clearly from my neurologist’s mouth as I tried to hold back tears.

A few days ago I had my 6 month checkup MRI, and it shows new lesions, specifically “On contrast administration abnormal enhancement is associated with at least 3 plaques which are identified within left
centrum semiovale, left periatrial white matter and left lateral frontal lobe within the middle frontal gyrus. These findings are compatible with active demyelination based on imaging and have overall progressed when compared to prior MRI examination.”  Basically, lots of medical jargon meaning I still have yucky stuff going on in my head.

Boooooooooo. 🙁  I have been on a new injectable medication since August, and we still aren’t sure if it is working yet or not.  I get re-scanned in 3 months and then we’ll see what the next step will be.

So, as of right now, to quiet things down, I have been ordered another round of IV Solumedrol. Today was day one of the infusion, and it went well.  I am hoping I will be able to sleep though, since steroids have a tendency to keep you wired.

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But at least the good news is that I do have a lot of good brain left. So, I guess it can’t all be that bad. Oh, and I forgot, my spine MRI is clear.  More news for which to be happy and grateful.