The continued Misadventures
September 27, 2009 1:24pm
Sunday September 27, 2009
I've already detailed the trail of misery that I've had for since May of 2005 when I found my own breast cancer …
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August 8, 2009 2:34pm
Well this is my first journal entry. My life has been so bizarre for so long, I am worried that I'ss get used to the turmoil. First Breast …
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Moment of Peace
Hoping you're enjoying many moments of peace and happiness my dear friend. Hope things are okay for you. I had my block yesterday,but will have to wait up to 2 weeks for it to work. Please take care sweetheart and hope we catch up soon. Always here for you.
Love and best wishes
Wendy-
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Sending a huge hug your way my special friend. Hope things improve for you. Always here for you. Take care and hope we can catch up soon.
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Get Well Soon!
I hope you are well on your way sweetheart to feeling better. I am so sorry you are suffering. Please take care and always here for you my dear friend.
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Sending you chocolate also. Sorry to hear you haven't been the best. I hope things settle for you. I know all about the constipation my dear. You have been through the wars. I have been thinking about you. Just been a mad house here and my bloody pain is on the other side now also. Been getting some weaknes in my legs.Well sweetheart,I hope you start to feel better. Take care my special Texan friend and hope we can catch up again soon.
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Thank you so much Kate for the message about my journal entry. Yes one thing after the other. Just can't get ahead. I still think it could be the Lyrica but I will talk to the doctor when I see her. I hope things are okay with you my friend. How's the garden project coming along? My nerve pain isn't too bad today,but that isn't always a good thing. What tends to happen on these sort of better pain days is later in the day it comes on ten times worse. It's like it tries to catch up on what it has missed out on. Not sure why it happens. It dosen't happen often,just every now and then. I am going to write a letter to you. I've been meaning to write for a while now. Take care and catch up soon.
Wendy
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Close Chronic Pain
Treatments
- Cymbalta Working / Worked
- I' actually taking Effexor XR and the zanax for anxiety and chronic depression, panic attacks too.
- Hydrocodone Somewhat Helpful
- This is currently my only official pain med and it is prescribed by a 'pain specialist' who is interested in my chronic back pain from spinal stenosis. it is so short acting and I have RA and a severely damaged left shoulder, that I complete the prescription before the end of the month.
- Neurontin Somewhat Helpful
- Humana won't pay for Lyrica (needs a pre-authorization) and I find the gabapentin OK. I also have neuropathy from chemo for breast cancer.
Close Rheumatoid Arthritis
After treatment for breast cancer I began to note pain, crooked fingers and swollen joints in my right hand. I was diagnosed by a doctor in Canada when I broke my proximal humerus on vacation. When I came home (arm in sling) I finally went to the RA doctor. Now on my 2nd bioloigic, minimal relief unless I don't use my hands, and worried sick about more disabilities in the future. murphyk2
Treatments
- Folic Acid Working / Worked
- on thihs because I take methotrexate
- Methotrexate Working / Worked
- been on this three years. take 20 mg a week. doesn't work alone so doing biologics
- Orencia Somewhat Helpful
- Only 4th treatment. like to sudden charge of energy with the IV infusion
- Prednisone Working / Worked
- high doses (10 mg a day make me feel good, but who can do that without damage? so I take 5 mg/day
- Remicade Not Working
- Stopped and went to Orencia. Just didn't feel good on the remicade.
Open Breast Cancer
Stage: IIB (T2 N1)To share and to think out loud
Treatments
- Adriamycin Working / Worked
- chemo with cytoxan three weeks apart
- Arimidex Considering
- couldn't last on any of the aromatase inhibitors because I got horrible total body muscle and bone pain
- Chemotherapy Working / Worked
- Yup six months
- Mastectomy Working / Worked
- Had a radical on the right (CA) site and then an elective on the left (modified) I am now having trouble with both shoulders - deterioration ? in the joints
- Radiotherapy Working / Worked
- Nasty the worst of all. the techs treated all of us as though we were just lumps. and my bad back made it hard to stay still ended up taking lortab 10 mg before and 10 mg after just to survive (except the Friday I worked none after until late in the afternoon)
- Surgery Working / Worked
- oh yeah a total of four. got sent home with drains which pretty much either fell out or stopped working
- Taxotere Working / Worked
- this is nasty stuff. the oncologist had to decrease the dose for each treatment because of side effects (the scariest - re blotches marching up my arms)
