Got a call from the RA’s office a week ago. The blood test results came back. Everything came back normal except one. I am Vitamin D deficient. Apparently extremely so. Normal levels are 30-90. Mine are at 6. I’m now on 50k units of Vitamin D once a week until further notice.

I went in to see the RA today for a follow up again. She asked how things were going with the meds I was on, etc. She wanted to try me on a drug called Cymbalta for the Fibro. I’ve heard of it, but didn’t know much about it. It’s an SSRI or some such thing. Anti-depressant. Umm…hello. No depression here. Why would you put me on an anti-depressant when I don’t have depression. Whatever. I’ll give it a go. I did make sure to ask her about all of the other meds I was taking and whether they should be taken with the Cymbalta. Her response was, oh yeah, you’ll be fine…let’s get a good start on this. Ok, fine.

So we’ll try it and see what happens.