The episode of Trigeminal Neuralgia had finally disappeared two weeks ago. I had a week feeling relatively good. Then this past Saturday my back, actually my right hip started aching. As the day went on it started to spasm down my right leg. Each day it got worse. This is the same pain I had last year in Hilton Head. I started taking 400 mg of Ibuprofen, 15 mg. of Meloxicam before I went to bed. On Sunday I also added 5 mg of Diazepam. On Monday I had an appointment for my yearly physical. It turned into a wellness visit for the pain.

She prescribed MethylPREDNISolone 4 mg., which is a dosed pack of steroids and renewed the Meloxicam Rx. I had to stop taking Ibuprofen and use Tylenol instead. I forgot that you weren’t supposed to take the two together as they do the same thing. I was also using a previous Rx for Lidocaine patches, (one on each hip). On Tuesday the pain went over to my left hip and leg. I don’t understand how that happens. She also sent me for an Xray. I don’t have those results yet. Finally today I started feeling relief.