Cluster Headaches in late Feb-early Mar lead to BC diagnosis

Well, before the BC diagnosis I had an attack of cluster headaches. I have had 3 episodes of these in the past 6-7 years and you REALLY don't ever want to get these. They are migraines only worse. In me they start out slowly. One a week, then 2 then one a day and gradually they build up to their peak which lasts about 3 weeks. In the peak, they happen 4-5 times a day. Unless you have had a migraine, you have NO idea and even if you have had one, imagine SIX in a row!!!.

For me the only thing that could even touch them was Imitrex. It is a miracle drug for migraine-sufferers. The key is: you have to get the pill down BEFORE the thing kicks in fully. Now these miracle pills cost 25.00 each CO-PAY and my insurance company will allow me THREE pills per week. I am having headaches SIX TIMES A DAY!!!!!. So I am paying out of pocket. Luckily, Walgreens has an Rx program where you pay 20.00/year and they discount all drugs and Walgreens brand stuff so for the standard 9 pill refill I ended up paying 90.00. Not bad but in case anyone wants to know, I spent 1995.00 on generic Imitrex. If I didn't have the money, I would have pawned everything I owned to get the pills.

Anyway, I was coming out of the peak period and was having them maybe 2/day and decided "Gee, it has been a long time since I had a physical and a mammo and a PAP. Maybe I should find a primary care doc and get it done." I have always been healthy..cholesterol fine, BP low/normal. I had a GYN whom I didn't like so hadn't gone to him in 7-8 years. So I pick one and go to the doc. She Rx's a mammo and thus began the BC saga. I had a UTI and she RX'd Cipro, which I took for 3 days and that did it.

So long about this time frame, I develop diarrhea. Very annoying but I sort of ascribed it to the generix Imitrex. Now it is 4 months later and I STILL have it. After I got the BC stuff out of the way, I found a new primary (fired the other one - see The Beginning post) and he ordered a ton of blood tests and stool tests and also a urine test. Those results came back yesterday:
Stool - fine
Urine - mild UTI
Blood - Slightly low red blood cell, very low B12, sugar 100 = high side of normal, cholesterol = high side of normal

So he gave me a B12 shot (YIKES!! NEEDLE!) and told me to take a 1000 mcg supplement. Meanwhile, he has me going to a gastroenterologist whom I see on the 2nd. He wants a colonoscopy. I REALLY don't want to do it but I need to fix this so I am doing it.