Journal Entry for August 8, 2009
August 8, 2009 4:46pm
Oh my! This is the first weekend I am not on call and for "fun" I went shopping, takling my elderly mom - who likes to go out for such …
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CurvyCanuck 
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thanks, I know I was just letting off steam but it sometimes helps and sometimes helps me to identify the problem to me a little better.
Also thank you for the friend request.
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For your reply post in Chronic pain, about pain.
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I feel for you... I hope you find pain relief
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Welcome to Ds and to Chronic Pain,good luck figuring out your dilemma. Deb
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I hope you get your situation with the Methadone & the pharmacy sorted out. Its a shame you have to be in pain until then though. Welcome to DS & the CP group. Biiiiiig hugs ...If you ever need to talk feel free to send me a wee msg :) xoxoxox
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Kyphoscoliosis, COPD, cannot take NSAIDs due to a partialgastrectomy (likely DUE to TOO many NSAIDs), 25 plus surgeries. The good news is I ama physician (MD-PhD- Harvard) and have a good idea of what I am doing with my body and what is happening to it though I think all of u do, regardless of profession. I ama pediatrc oncologist and the stress of that is sometimes overwhelming. Howeverm knowing you help save lives is also the ultimate HIGH! I also have served with Ds without Borders.
Treatments
- Flexeril Not Working
- It just put me to sleep!
- Heat Somewhat Helpful
- Hydrocodone Not Working
- I really do not care for this medcation - it can be a useful opiate in some circumstaces butI'llstick with the old standby, MS Contin and MS-IR, ie morphine.
- Meditation Somewhat Helpful
- I just need to find time to i. :-)
- Methadone Considering
- I am strongly considering taking this medication but society's view of it affects my thought. I know, I need to be more progressive. I AM progressive - and know this is a great pain med. It is the pre conceivced notions I have!
- Morphine Somewhat Helpful
- It is looong I will do this at some other time
- Naproxen Somewhat Helpful
- I took it for years but ended up losing 3/4 of my stomach. I also liked ASA with codeine or hydrocdone but that is out now. I had an onstruction due to an ulcer I did not realize I had - was always in pain so what else was new and collapsed one day at work. Good thing I work at my medical office/ med school/ hospital.
- Nerve Blocks Not Working
- My pain doc wh is a close friend calls my back a "dog's breakfast" and she is right - I have looked at the imaging and it is the worst I have seen. Oy vey! Needless to say, I did try one nerve block - actually radiofrequency denervation - and itdid not work. It is not atall viable in my situation.
- Neurontin Not Working
- Nah, there is some thought this is a good medication for neuopathic pain but it is being given to pts when really it is NOT indicated.
- Oxycodone Not Working
- I was on all of these - oxycontin worked for a time but I did not really careefor the side effects and switched on my own recommenxdation to morphine and my pain med doc and GP agreed with me.
- Physical Therapy Working / Worked
- Early in my life, yes.
- TENS Not Working
- No way did that help. Plus, I do cancer research and the notion of electricity in my body was proably psyhological I treat too many leukemia/Aplastic anemia pts who live near power lines and while the jury is out on that, I do NOT needmore problems so am not willing to take a chance, I spend enough time in frontof a monitor, lol
