3 years, 9 months, and 1 week (or, 10% of my life.)

[agent_dani]

1376 days...that's how long it's been since this journey began; how long since I began the fight for proper medical care.

Today, while at work and, fortunately, in my office, I received a phone call from Planned Parenthood, a follow-up on the dose increase I requested at my last appointment, which couldn't be done at the time because the physician was on vacation (I see a clinician.) The answer given to me today was, "so long as you understand the risks, there is no medical reason to not increase your dose." I got the increase that I requested!

With those words that nearly four-year battle ended. I closed my office door and began to weep in joy and relief. It's over; it's really over.

Comments

[phonemonkey.livejournal.com]

Aren't private offices the best?

"so long as you understand the risks, there is no medical reason to not increase your dose."

I'm so happy that they're treating you like an intelligent adult human rather than a starved dog. I hope the dark days are fully over.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

"so long as you understand the risks, there is no medical reason to not increase your dose."

= please don't sue us, mayhap?

They just don't seem to get their heads round the fact that people in our position tend to know more about the medication and have done fare more research than any of the so called 'experts'............

[agent_dani]

Informed Consent boilerplate. The concern was about my history of migraines. I'm comfortable with the risk given that I last regularly had them twenty years ago and they stopped because I identified and managed the trigger (caffeine.)

[hazelstitch.livejournal.com]

Oh that is fantastic news Dani :D

[sugar-for-sugar.livejournal.com]

OMFG YAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!! :D

Bouncing up and down happy for you.