Ariel's Two Cents

 I guess the third time will be the charm because I discovered that I am having a reaction to yet another medication.  It's the strangest situation, I'll tell you.  I wear the Visible armband to help me track my activity levels and how they affect my chronic pain and chronic illnesses.  It works wonders for me and at this point, I have to say that using the device may have saved my life, in a way.  The device works by tracking your heart rate and heart rate zones.  It gives you points for the activities, and the goal is to stay under a certain number of points.  Well, I was not earning any points during any activities because my heart rate was in the 40's and 50's.  I started some medications for the second allergic reaction, and the Famotidine has a rare side effect of Bradycardia and if you know anything about me, you know that I always get the rare side effects and reactions.  I'm just lucky like that.   I had to do some resea...

 I saw my neurologist last month and she finally changed my medication.  I was on Emgality for migraines, but it just was not effective, so she prescribed me Ajovy.  I picked it up last week and did my first injection Saturday evening.  It went fine.  It was actually easier than Emgality and it did not hurt at all, whereas Emgality would burn and sting so bad that I would cry.  I stayed on that medication for a year before the doctor finally listened to me and changed it.  I thought this medication would be a good one, but I was terribly wrong. A few hours after I woke up this morning, my bottom lip started to swell, but only on the left side, which I thought was strange.  I made some phone calls to my medical team and the pharmacy that just filled the Ajovy for me.  All medical personnel directed me to seek immediate medical attention.  The main suspicion was that it's an allergic reaction to Ajovy, although it is strange that it took 4...