Life goes on....
December 28, 2008 9:11am
It seems as though I write one journal entry a month when I looked back, so since December is almost through I decided to write another entry. This …
Slowmoving
7:26am, April 27, 2009
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About Me
Slowmoving
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About Me
Getting a divorce after 27of marriage. Husband wants to get on with the rest of his life! He is an alcoholic, so this is for the best. 2 adult sons. One is still in college UGA - go Dawgs! My oldest son and his girlfriend live with me to help out. He is currently in recovery for opiate/narcotics abuse. I have a Masters Degree in Behavior Disorders, but I am permantly disabled due to chronic pain and growth hormone deficiency. I used to teach severely emotionally handicapped young people. I live on the water in a small cottage.
Getting a divorce after 27of marriage. Husband wants to get on with the rest of his life! He is an alcoholic, so this is for the best. 2 adult sons. One is still in college UGA - go Dawgs! My oldest son and his girlfriend live with me to help out. He is currently in recovery for opiate/narcotics abuse. I have a Masters Degree in Behavior Disorders, but I am permantly disabled due to chronic pain and growth hormone deficiency. I used to teach severely emotionally handicapped young people. I live on
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My passions used to revolve around anything that had to do with water -shrimping, crabbing, skiing, fishing, sailing, wakeboarding, and just laying in the water. After getting sick we sold the sailboat, and the cabin cruiser. I'll keep the little boat so we can continue to crab, shrimp, and fish. I love to read. I used to read a book a day, but with the meds and illnesses my short-term memory makes it very difficult to read novels anymore. I stick to Readers Digest or Guidepost now. I love animals, but I only have dogs right now - I have 4; 1 standard poodle, a great dane, a great dane mix, and a chihuahua. Love SEC football and basketball. Since I'm home quite a bit I've become addicted to Law and Order, animal planet, and CSI. Also spending time on the internet researching chronic pain, chronic fatigue, DDD, arthritus of the spine, bulging discs, annular tears, fibro, myofaschia pain, and addictions (due to ex and son)
My passions used to revolve around anything that had to do with water -shrimping, crabbing, skiing, fishing,
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update on Growth hormone deficiency
September 13, 2008 2:03pm
The good news is that MRI came back and I do not have a tumor in my pituitary gland!! Now I need to get started on the shots that I will need daily …
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new diagnosis
September 1, 2008 10:49am
I have been having trouble with my cortisol level being low - very low. So my GP finally referred me to a endocrinologist. He is supposed to be …
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Close Chronic Pain
I've been in pain going on my 5th year. Started overnight and has not let up. It is from my neck down to my feet. so far the only diagnoses are Chronic pain syndrome, fibro,Chronic Myofascia Pain, chronic fatigue,severe spinal arthritus, bulging dics, annular tears, DDD, Adult onset Growth Hormone Deficiency, & chronic hyperventaltion syndrome. In the meantime I've had narrow angle glaucoma, reactive hypoglocemia,gastroparesis,& gallbladder removed.
Treatments
- Cymbalta Working / Worked
- Tried. quit, but am now back on it at a higher dose and doing better.
- Fentanyl Working / Worked
- 75mg patch. Pain is tolerable for the 1st time in 3+ years. I also like the fact that I don't have to take a pill. Hopefully, this dose will last a while before my body gets too used to it.
- Flexeril Not Working
- Didn't help
- Hydrocodone Working / Worked
- side effects - tore up my stomach due to the tylenol
- Lyrica Not Working
- Did nothing and gained 30 pounds in 3 weeks!
- Marijuana Somewhat Helpful
- didn't help enough for the risk.
- Methadone Working / Worked
- It worked for a while, but had to keep upping the dose until there was break through pain everyday. Coming off was a nightmare!!!!
- Naproxen Not Working
- Same as sucking on a peppermint stick.
- Oxycodone Working / Worked
- OXYIR works because it has no tylenol in it.
- Physical Therapy Working / Worked
- Works, but unable to afford to continue.
- TENS Not Working
- Made my back worse.
- Topamax Working / Worked
- Keeps my feet and hands from burning as much.
- Valium Working / Worked
- 3x daily. Helps again with the muscle relaxation.
Close Breakups & Divorce
He left me after 27 1/2 years because he was tired of living with a woman who is disabled.
Treatments
- Couples Counseling Considering
- He refused to go.
- Leave Working / Worked
- He left me
- Pets Working / Worked
- 4 dogs; 1 Standard Poodle, chihuahua, a great dane, and a great dane mix.
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- Still going; by myself
- Support from Friends & Family Working / Worked
- Friends supportive; biological family supportive; adoptive dad supportive; adopitive mom not
- Support Groups Working / Worked
- Al anon is working great!
- Talking Working / Worked
- working some; but depressed
Open Degenerative Disc Disease
See the chronic pain for the story...
Open Families & Friends Of Addicts
I am in the beginning stages of getting a divorce from my alcholic husband after 28 years. I didn't realize how much the family got sucked in to those dynamics and drama. Now in the last week, my oldest son has admitted that he is an opiate addict and I suspect my youngest in an alcoholic at college. I am in chronic pain from different diagnoses, so my oldest was stealing my meds. I kept blaming my ex on my missing meds, never suspecting my son. I have a lot of healing to do!
Treatments
- Al-Anon Working / Worked
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
