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Re: Desparate for change

Posted by surviving on June 22, 2007, at 10:19:14

In reply to Re: Desparate for change, posted by missjulie on June 22, 2007, at 1:03:47

Thank you for responding...i was afraid no one would. You understood very well. The 2 words most used by people to describe me before were 'bubbly' and 'positive'. I was a very well adjusted, happy, optimistic person. Tylenol was about the strongest drug I knew. Then a tumor came up on my tonsil and was misdiagnosed...so my dr. took out my tonsils, exised the inside of my mouth..(means taking off the outer layer of tissue in your mouth) and 2 days later called with the news of cancer. He wanted me to have radiation...but I didn't trust him anymore and went to Mayo Clinic for a 2nd opinion. They did the radical neck disection and re-exised the whole inside of my mouth because my first dr. did a bad job of it. Mayo also had to do a lot of repair work inside my mouth. Because of the surgery, I couldn't swallow well or eat solids for a couple of months. Thus the weight loss and no sleep. Mayo also had to remove the saliva gland on the left side of my jaw, resulting in very bad dry mouth which resulted in not being able to sleep. I would start choking for lack of moisture after about 2 hrs. This went on for months. Mayo also removed the jugler vein in the left side of my neck and all the tissue on that side. Recovery from all this was horrific and my drs here didn't know how to help. I live in a small town.

After 6 months, I was going downhill fast and my husband was desperate...so we started going to different drs and found an ENT (ear, nose & throat) dr who was wonderful. He told me that I would die soon if I didn't get the proper help and sent me to a physical therapist who untimately got me to a pdoc. By this time, I wouldn't let anyone touch my throat. That's when the momentum changed from downhill to up and I got on the meds. Just having a dr tell me that he cared about and understood what was happening to me was like a drop of water in a desert.

After 6 yrs in remission, my oncologist wanted me to get a family dr., which I did. He is the reason i stopped the meds. He doesn't like anti-depressants, so he took me off the wellbutrin. After a couple of months, he said Xanax is addictive and started cutting me back.

I started getting bad again and had not been to my pdoc for 2 yrs. so i went last month and have been back on wellbutrin and 2 ml Xanax for 3 wks. I'm on 150 ml wellbutrin XL, but everyone on this site seems to talk about wellbutrin SR. I don't know the difference, but the wellbutrin in not working well this time.

Sorry this is long...I haven't had anyone to talk to about these kind of things...so I am so grateful just for your reply.


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