Relief: Why is it so hard to obtain?
I have officially been on the trial drug (pretty sure about the elagolix but still unsure about the add-back therapy) for two weeks now. I do feel better than I did last week, so maybe there's a chance the add-back therapy is real and not a placebo. Fingers crossed. Some of the fatigue has eased, though I still have more than usual, and I am not in as much pain as last week. So, basically, I'm almost back to my "normal." But since there's not much more to report on the trial front this week, I want to talk about medical marijuana and why Alabama continues to hold out on legalizing it. Now, before you bombard me with your "gateway drug" and "drugs are bad" comments, just please hear me out. Because I can promise you my current method of pain management is scary at best. As I said before—in my first post, I think—I have been living with endometriosis for over my half my life now. I cannot remember what life was like before I lived every day in ...