Hello my real name is Deb I have been a nurse for the past 27 years. I just go married for the first time about 8 months ago. My husband and I go sea glass hunting, we love antiques and just old junk and we are both major music junkies and love to read. I am incredibly blessed to have a husband who is so loving and supportive ofme and who gets it when it comes to this whole pain thing. I think I am a very strong and independent woman who has had to learn to lean a good deal these past couple of years.
Hello my real name is Deb I have been a nurse for the past 27 years. I just go married for the first time about 8 months ago. My husband and I go sea glass hunting, we love antiques and just old junk and we are both major music junkies and love to read. I am incredibly blessed to have a husband who is so loving and supportive ofme and who gets it when it comes to this whole pain thing. I think I am a very strong and independent woman who has had to learn to lean a good deal these past couple of years.
February 26, 2007 6:59pm
Well today is so so. I felt ok until I got to work. For some reason I've been so angry at work lately. I know that what goes on here is nothing new …
February 24, 2007 9:33am
I've been writing in the wrong place for my journal. Well I am blonde after all.Sooooo. I feel pretty good today. I slept so good, of course I took …
February 16, 2007 8:25am
Went to the doctor yesterday. Having the carpal tunnel surgery to both hands. I feel relieved that I made the decision. Told the doc I've got back …
February 9, 2007 5:20pm
Today I'm exhausted, I napped a good deal today because I didn't sleep well last night. Today I'm having alotof problems with my hands and my neck …
thank u that make's me feel better.
Happy Holiday, Deb. Hope you are feeling better by now. I still think of you every day and hope that I will hear from you again someday. Take good care, Janice
You are in my thoughts and prayers, Deb. Hope you are doing well and that I will hear from you someday soon...Janice
Hi Deb, was just thinking about you and hoping that you are doing well. I wont forget about you so dont forget about me either. Email when you can, I know it will take a while, but I promise I will be here for you when you can. Take good care and you are in my thoughts and prayers, Janice
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I have bi-lateral knee arthritis that has progressed to the point of my needing both totall replaced and have pain continuously from them. I have recently been diagnosed with degenrative disc disease in my neck and lower back and with peripheral neuropathy. I have pain every day and I don't sleep well, I miss a lot of time from work and it limits the amount I can walk and be on my feet. I was basically healthy until about 4 years ago.
I have advanced arthritis in both knees I need to have bi-lateral knee replacements but am too young at this time, so I have alot of chronic pain and alot of bad days because of it. I've had arthroscopic surgery on one knee which has made it deteriorate even faster. I'm a nurse and spend so much time on my feet and on concrete floors that the pain is excruciating at times. Some days I hate going to work because I just don't think I can take standing on my legs for those 8 hours.
I am peri-menopausal. I have heat flashes and mood swings I also still have my period on a regular basis too. So I have PMS and the menopause stuff too. I've been noticing all the subtle changes that my body is undergoing, like fat in places I never had it before and extreme heat or cold are just intolerable to me anymore. I'm trying to do this menopause thing without medication but I have days when I'd kill for something that would help with the hot flashes and the other issues.
I haven't actually been diagnosed by my doctor. I however am a nurse and I know that with the symptoms that I have it's what is going on. I'm exhausted no matter how much or how little sleep I get. I have chronic pain and I just feel like I'm in a fog mentally most of the time. No matter what I do my body feels like I've been run over by a bus.
I have been noticing my hands going so numb at night that it would be agony when they would start to come to. This has gone on for about a year. The thing that most frightened me was when my hands and arms felt so weak I could barely lift them and I have had days when I couldn't dress myself and I can put on my own jewelry, can't hold a pen and the pain is excruciating. I'm new to this so I'm just trying to learn what I can and understand what works and what dosen't.
