Re: Scared out of my mind!

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So happy for you that you got a Dr that listened and understood and more

importantly helped!

Glad your BP is back down.

Will be praying for you

Peggy

Subject: Scared out of my mind!

To: Hugs-N-Pain

Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 1:03 PM

Man o man. It's been an interesting few days for me. A few nights ago I noticed

my pulse acting strange...and started taking my blood pressure again. It want

really really bad. My blood pressure got into the real red zone and my heart

beat was so irregular I got plenty scared.

After a couple of days of this and my BP close to 200 over 117 and premature

beats every few heartbeats I called my doctors office and she said go to ER.

Man...a painer in an ER! Last thing I ever wanted to do!

You know how they treat painers.

Well...we use what is called " Urgent Care " with the particular hospital my

insurance uses. They are smaller then a typical ER and not connected to the

hospitals. They are scattered around the Reno area so you can get to them pretty

fast.

You're not gonna believe this. I was treated wonderfully. *disbelief* *gasp* I

was seen really quick...reassured before being called in...and guess

what....they have a tv set in the treatment room so you can watch while you wait

so you can relax some...I was still so scared. You ever hear of that?!? That was

a big wow for me.

I went in for the high blood pressure and strange pulse and did not complain of

the pain....A PA saw me there and we went over my history and pain history and

my BP was really up there....we did a 12 lead EKG.

My pain has reached such a constant state and I was trying to control on what I

had without complaining. That was a big mistake. My pain had gotten into such a

constant state I stopped knowing when I may be ok and not so ok. It was like all

blended together.

The PA concluded it was all from pain. The PVC's were from body stress from pain

and BP was high because of it. The Tylenol #3's were not doing it well but I was

really afraid to complain to anyone that it was getting really hard to control

things.

I was chasing pain around without adequate meds to cover a day and night at all.

3 Tylenol #3's in a 24 hour period....not much. I still have a low tolerance. I

just felt lucky that I had any treatment at all. I explained this to the PA and

he understood the poor treatment we all get and how we're not trusted to be

honest and drug seeking etc..

He prescribed Percocet to start right away. He wanted me to make an appointment

with my doc and get adequate pain management and meanwhile use two percocets

every 4 to 6 hours so I started them last night and the blood pressure started

dropping almost right away.

By morning the pulse went regular. That is this morning as I write.

If anyone ever says that pain cannot kill you....slap 'em. It can. It can leave

you stroked out.

Anyway...I'm writing up everything for my doctor...all the vital signs from when

I started taking them...what the PA said. The pain meds he prescribed and the

pharmacy I got them from which is different from my routine pharmacy that gives

me the Tylenol #3's.

I wrote out names, pharmacy, addresses, meds...all of it and will give it to my

Primary doc. That way everyone knows everything even the pharmacies. When and

how much Percocets I took which is every four hours one or two...enuff of this

brave, tuff it out crap. That's gonna kill me someday.

This urgent care unit treated me with such care and respect I plan to send them

a Christmas card thanking them. The PA and I talked about how CPer's are treated

and this guy just said he really understood that and knows I'm not a druggie and

not to worry at all. Then told me what to call 911 for should symptoms of severe

headache happen or chest pain. Wow...these guys were tops.

Anyway...my Primary and I will have to work out a new pain management. The PA at

the Urgent Care and I talked about the possibility of using a drug like

Oxycontin or MScontin with break thru meds for pain management. We'll see. It'll

be up to my primary. I hope he doesn't send me to a pain doc....I like working

with him as I have been for the last 10 years.

I'm just so glad the Blood Pressure is down and my heart beat is back to a

normal beat.

Take care guys. Merry Christmas.

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Thank you for the prayers. Much appreciated. Will see primary tomorrow.

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> Subject: Scared out of my mind!

> To: Hugs-N-Pain

> Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 1:03 PM

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Man o man. It's been an interesting few days for me. A

> few nights ago I noticed my pulse acting strange...and

> started taking my blood pressure again. It want really

> really bad. My blood pressure got into the real red zone and

> my heart beat was so irregular I got plenty scared.

>

> After a couple of days of this and my BP close to 200 over

> 117 and premature beats every few heartbeats I called my

> doctors office and she said go to ER. Man...a painer in an

> ER! Last thing I ever wanted to do!

>

> You know how they treat painers.

>

> Well...we use what is called " Urgent Care " with

> the particular hospital my insurance uses. They are smaller

> then a typical ER and not connected to the hospitals. They

> are scattered around the Reno area so you can get to them

> pretty fast.

>

> You're not gonna believe this. I was treated

> wonderfully. *disbelief* *gasp* I was seen really

> quick...reassured before being called in...and guess

> what....they have a tv set in the treatment room so you can

> watch while you wait so you can relax some...I was still so

> scared. You ever hear of that?!? That was a big wow for me.

>

> I went in for the high blood pressure and strange pulse and

> did not complain of the pain....A PA saw me there and we

> went over my history and pain history and my BP was really

> up there....we did a 12 lead EKG.

>

> My pain has reached such a constant state and I was trying

> to control on what I had without complaining. That was a big

> mistake. My pain had gotten into such a constant state I

> stopped knowing when I may be ok and not so ok. It was like

> all blended together.

>

> The PA concluded it was all from pain. The PVC's were

> from body stress from pain and BP was high because of it.

> The Tylenol #3's were not doing it well but I was really

> afraid to complain to anyone that it was getting really hard

> to control things.

>

> I was chasing pain around without adequate meds to cover a

> day and night at all. 3 Tylenol #3's in a 24 hour

> period....not much. I still have a low tolerance. I just

> felt lucky that I had any treatment at all. I explained this

> to the PA and he understood the poor treatment we all get

> and how we're not trusted to be honest and drug seeking

> etc..

>

> He prescribed Percocet to start right away. He wanted me to

> make an appointment with my doc and get adequate pain

> management and meanwhile use two percocets every 4 to 6

> hours so I started them last night and the blood pressure

> started dropping almost right away.

>

> By morning the pulse went regular. That is this morning as

> I write.

>

> If anyone ever says that pain cannot kill you....slap

> 'em. It can. It can leave you stroked out.

>

> Anyway...I'm writing up everything for my doctor...all

> the vital signs from when I started taking them...what the

> PA said. The pain meds he prescribed and the pharmacy I got

> them from which is different from my routine pharmacy that

> gives me the Tylenol #3's.

>

> I wrote out names, pharmacy, addresses, meds...all of it

> and will give it to my Primary doc. That way everyone knows

> everything even the pharmacies. When and how much Percocets

> I took which is every four hours one or two...enuff of this

> brave, tuff it out crap. That's gonna kill me someday.

>

> This urgent care unit treated me with such care and respect

> I plan to send them a Christmas card thanking them. The PA

> and I talked about how CPer's are treated and this guy

> just said he really understood that and knows I'm not a

> druggie and not to worry at all. Then told me what to call

> 911 for should symptoms of severe headache happen or chest

> pain. Wow...these guys were tops.

>

> Anyway...my Primary and I will have to work out a new pain

> management. The PA at the Urgent Care and I talked about the

> possibility of using a drug like Oxycontin or MScontin with

> break thru meds for pain management. We'll see.

> It'll be up to my primary. I hope he doesn't send me

> to a pain doc....I like working with him as I have been for

> the last 10 years.

>

> I'm just so glad the Blood Pressure is down and my

> heart beat is back to a normal beat.

>

> Take care guys. Merry Christmas.

>

> Lotacats

>

> Express Chronic Pain Awareness

> http://www.cafepres s.com/lotacatspi x/5815010

>

> Lotacatsfunpix. com

> http://www.lotacats funpix.com/

>

> Deviantart

> http://lotacats05. deviantart. com/

>

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> Hi Wend here , I have been having that for weeks now , and a blood

rushing feeling and pounding in my head , thought it was nothing , now

I am sure it is due to my body's reaction to my back pain and will see

my doctor right away . My pulse was out of control as well. Thanks for

your story , I was getting scared too , Wend~

> Man o man. It's been an interesting few days for me. A few nights

ago I noticed my pulse acting strange...and started taking my blood

pressure again. It want really really bad. My blood pressure got

into the real red zone and my heart beat was so irregular I got plenty

scared.

>

> After a couple of days of this and my BP close to 200 over 117 and

premature beats every few heartbeats I called my doctors office and

she said go to ER. Man...a painer in an ER! Last thing I ever wanted

to do!

>

> You know how they treat painers.

>

> Well...we use what is called " Urgent Care " with the particular

hospital my insurance uses. They are smaller then a typical ER and

not connected to the hospitals. They are scattered around the Reno

area so you can get to them pretty fast.

>

> You're not gonna believe this. I was treated wonderfully.

*disbelief* *gasp* I was seen really quick...reassured before being

called in...and guess what....they have a tv set in the treatment room

so you can watch while you wait so you can relax some...I was still so

scared. You ever hear of that?!? That was a big wow for me.

>

> I went in for the high blood pressure and strange pulse and did not

complain of the pain....A PA saw me there and we went over my history

and pain history and my BP was really up there....we did a 12 lead EKG.

>

> My pain has reached such a constant state and I was trying to

control on what I had without complaining. That was a big mistake.

My pain had gotten into such a constant state I stopped knowing when I

may be ok and not so ok. It was like all blended together.

>

> The PA concluded it was all from pain. The PVC's were from body

stress from pain and BP was high because of it. The Tylenol #3's were

not doing it well but I was really afraid to complain to anyone that

it was getting really hard to control things.

>

> I was chasing pain around without adequate meds to cover a day and

night at all. 3 Tylenol #3's in a 24 hour period....not much. I

still have a low tolerance. I just felt lucky that I had any

treatment at all. I explained this to the PA and he understood the

poor treatment we all get and how we're not trusted to be honest and

drug seeking etc..

>

> He prescribed Percocet to start right away. He wanted me to make an

appointment with my doc and get adequate pain management and meanwhile

use two percocets every 4 to 6 hours so I started them last night and

the blood pressure started dropping almost right away.

>

> By morning the pulse went regular. That is this morning as I write.

>

> If anyone ever says that pain cannot kill you....slap 'em. It can.

It can leave you stroked out.

>

> Anyway...I'm writing up everything for my doctor...all the vital

signs from when I started taking them...what the PA said. The pain

meds he prescribed and the pharmacy I got them from which is different

from my routine pharmacy that gives me the Tylenol #3's.

>

> I wrote out names, pharmacy, addresses, meds...all of it and will

give it to my Primary doc. That way everyone knows everything even

the pharmacies. When and how much Percocets I took which is every

four hours one or two...enuff of this brave, tuff it out crap. That's

gonna kill me someday.

>

> This urgent care unit treated me with such care and respect I plan

to send them a Christmas card thanking them. The PA and I talked

about how CPer's are treated and this guy just said he really

understood that and knows I'm not a druggie and not to worry at all.

Then told me what to call 911 for should symptoms of severe headache

happen or chest pain. Wow...these guys were tops.

>

> Anyway...my Primary and I will have to work out a new pain

management. The PA at the Urgent Care and I talked about the

possibility of using a drug like Oxycontin or MScontin with break thru

meds for pain management. We'll see. It'll be up to my primary. I

hope he doesn't send me to a pain doc....I like working with him as I

have been for the last 10 years.

>

> I'm just so glad the Blood Pressure is down and my heart beat is

back to a normal beat.

>

> Take care guys. Merry Christmas.

>

> Lotacats

>

> Express Chronic Pain Awareness

> http://www.cafepress.com/lotacatspix/5815010

>

> Lotacatsfunpix.com

> http://www.lotacatsfunpix.com/

>

> Deviantart

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>

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I just this minute got back from my doctor after my urgent care visit. My blood

pressure is still hiking back up when the pain meds wear off. The BP goes down

for awhile then crawls right back up. Like I told him...I'm only chasing the

pain with the T#3's and quite frankly, we ain't got enough of the stuff to do

that and I don't want a stroke.

He told me the PVC's were caused by the pain. The stress on everything and all.

I have now been put on MSCONTIN and I can keep my T#3's for breakthru. But we

have to do something to keep this pain lowered in a more consistent manner and

oxycontin or mscontin seem the best to do this with because of the timed

release. There is no question in anyone's mind anymore that pain is the cause

of all of this. I've always been such a tuffy about pain most of my life. This

is all really weird for me.

I just took my first dose. It's the lowest Morphine dose possible for the one

of the contin type drugs which is fine. We are going to find out how a

continuous dose of opiates help keep the BP down.

Yes...it is scary. I told my doc how I don't ever think my diastolic blood

pressure was ever over a 100 and he showed me it had been. *sigh* To me it's

just too dangerous to have it like that day after day after day.

I'm getting too scared of getting a stroke. My BP has a normal of 120's to

130's over 70's or 80's and this getting close to 200 is NOT acceptable. At

least the guy at urgent care was someone outside of the office who figured it

was the pain that was out of control and my pain management not doing the job.

The doc talked about Cymbalta or something like that for fibro but the fibro,

quite honestly, has gotten secondary to the other crap. So...long acting narcs

to see if we can keep this BP out of the red zone is something new to try.

Cross your fingers for me.... I'm not, by nature, hypertensive.

Having your own blood pressure cuff is good to have. If you don't have one you

may consider getting one. You can follow your body's reaction to pain. I had no

idea my body's reaction to my pain was getting so out of control. Those

irregular heart beats surprised the heck out of me tho and now I know the pain

can cause them. That's a new twist for me.

I hope you and your doctor can work something out. It's bad enough to hurt but

being scared on top of it is nuts. Don't wanna do that. I'll sure keep you

posted about how this is working for me.

I want it to work so badly. Good luck to you.

Lotacats

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> Subject: Re: Scared out of my mind!

> To: Hugs-N-Pain

> Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008, 12:45 PM

>

> > Hi Wend here , I have been having that for weeks now ,

> and a blood

> rushing feeling and pounding in my head , thought it was

> nothing , now

> I am sure it is due to my body's reaction to my back

> pain and will see

> my doctor right away . My pulse was out of control as well.

> Thanks for

> your story , I was getting scared too , Wend~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> > Man o man. It's been an interesting few days for

> me. A few nights

> ago I noticed my pulse acting strange...and started taking

> my blood

> pressure again. It want really really bad. My blood

> pressure got

> into the real red zone and my heart beat was so irregular I

> got plenty

> scared.

> >

> > After a couple of days of this and my BP close to 200

> over 117 and

> premature beats every few heartbeats I called my doctors

> office and

> she said go to ER. Man...a painer in an ER! Last thing I

> ever wanted

> to do!

> >

> > You know how they treat painers.

> >

> > Well...we use what is called " Urgent Care "

> with the particular

> hospital my insurance uses. They are smaller then a

> typical ER and

> not connected to the hospitals. They are scattered around

> the Reno

> area so you can get to them pretty fast.

> >

> > You're not gonna believe this. I was treated

> wonderfully.

> *disbelief* *gasp* I was seen really quick...reassured

> before being

> called in...and guess what....they have a tv set in the

> treatment room

> so you can watch while you wait so you can relax some...I

> was still so

> scared. You ever hear of that?!? That was a big wow for

> me.

> >

> > I went in for the high blood pressure and strange

> pulse and did not

> complain of the pain....A PA saw me there and we went over

> my history

> and pain history and my BP was really up there....we did a

> 12 lead EKG.

> >

> > My pain has reached such a constant state and I was

> trying to

> control on what I had without complaining. That was a big

> mistake.

> My pain had gotten into such a constant state I stopped

> knowing when I

> may be ok and not so ok. It was like all blended together.

> >

> > The PA concluded it was all from pain. The PVC's

> were from body

> stress from pain and BP was high because of it. The

> Tylenol #3's were

> not doing it well but I was really afraid to complain to

> anyone that

> it was getting really hard to control things.

> >

> > I was chasing pain around without adequate meds to

> cover a day and

> night at all. 3 Tylenol #3's in a 24 hour

> period....not much. I

> still have a low tolerance. I just felt lucky that I had

> any

> treatment at all. I explained this to the PA and he

> understood the

> poor treatment we all get and how we're not trusted to

> be honest and

> drug seeking etc..

> >

> > He prescribed Percocet to start right away. He wanted

> me to make an

> appointment with my doc and get adequate pain management

> and meanwhile

> use two percocets every 4 to 6 hours so I started them last

> night and

> the blood pressure started dropping almost right away.

> >

> > By morning the pulse went regular. That is this

> morning as I write.

> >

> > If anyone ever says that pain cannot kill you....slap

> 'em. It can.

> It can leave you stroked out.

> >

> > Anyway...I'm writing up everything for my

> doctor...all the vital

> signs from when I started taking them...what the PA said.

> The pain

> meds he prescribed and the pharmacy I got them from which

> is different

> from my routine pharmacy that gives me the Tylenol

> #3's.

> >

> > I wrote out names, pharmacy, addresses, meds...all of

> it and will

> give it to my Primary doc. That way everyone knows

> everything even

> the pharmacies. When and how much Percocets I took which

> is every

> four hours one or two...enuff of this brave, tuff it out

> crap. That's

> gonna kill me someday.

> >

> > This urgent care unit treated me with such care and

> respect I plan

> to send them a Christmas card thanking them. The PA and I

> talked

> about how CPer's are treated and this guy just said he

> really

> understood that and knows I'm not a druggie and not to

> worry at all.

> Then told me what to call 911 for should symptoms of severe

> headache

> happen or chest pain. Wow...these guys were tops.

> >

> > Anyway...my Primary and I will have to work out a new

> pain

> management. The PA at the Urgent Care and I talked about

> the

> possibility of using a drug like Oxycontin or MScontin with

> break thru

> meds for pain management. We'll see. It'll be up

> to my primary. I

> hope he doesn't send me to a pain doc....I like working

> with him as I

> have been for the last 10 years.

> >

> > I'm just so glad the Blood Pressure is down and my

> heart beat is

> back to a normal beat.

> >

> > Take care guys. Merry Christmas.

> >

> > Lotacats

> >

> > Express Chronic Pain Awareness

> > http://www.cafepress.com/lotacatspix/5815010

> >

> > Lotacatsfunpix.com

> > http://www.lotacatsfunpix.com/

> >

> > Deviantart

> > http://lotacats05.deviantart.com/

> >

[Guest guest]

(I hope this posts. I've been a member for months and tried, because

you need to read this).

You said you're worried. Well hon, I am VERY worried for you. I used

to go through what you did all the time. I think the worst was when my

BP got to 280 over 220. When your BP is high or you complain of chest

problems they usually take you right away. I wound up having a mild

stroke from it.

If you have that kind of pain going on the T3 or even Percocet are not

going to do the trick. I won't go into my problems, but I use a 100

duragesic patch, 15 mg of pillsfor the break-through and still have to

use muscle relaxers and anti-inflammatory. I pray you don't have to

wait the way I did for a pain control doc., but I had 2 and 1/2 months

of hell before I was seen. And in between my BP would start the

vicious cycle every couple of weeks.

Good luck! Jeanne (if this goes through I'll try an intro next.

(lol).

>

> Man o man. It's been an interesting few days for me. A few nights

ago I noticed my pulse acting strange...and started taking my blood

pressure again. It want really really bad. My blood pressure got

into the real red zone and my heart beat was so irregular I got plenty

scared.

>

> After a couple of days of this and my BP close to 200 over 117 and

premature beats every few heartbeats I called my doctors office and

she said go to ER. Man...a painer in an ER! Last thing I ever wanted

to do!

>

> You know how they treat painers.

>

> Well...we use what is called " Urgent Care " with the particular

hospital my insurance uses. They are smaller then a typical ER and

not connected to the hospitals. They are scattered around the Reno

area so you can get to them pretty fast.

>

> You're not gonna believe this. I was treated wonderfully.

*disbelief* *gasp* I was seen really quick...reassured before being

called in...and guess what....they have a tv set in the treatment room

so you can watch while you wait so you can relax some...I was still so

scared. You ever hear of that?!? That was a big wow for me.

>

> I went in for the high blood pressure and strange pulse and did not

complain of the pain....A PA saw me there and we went over my history

and pain history and my BP was really up there....we did a 12 lead EKG.

>

> My pain has reached such a constant state and I was trying to

control on what I had without complaining. That was a big mistake.

My pain had gotten into such a constant state I stopped knowing when I

may be ok and not so ok. It was like all blended together.

>

> The PA concluded it was all from pain. The PVC's were from body

stress from pain and BP was high because of it. The Tylenol #3's were

not doing it well but I was really afraid to complain to anyone that

it was getting really hard to control things.

>

> I was chasing pain around without adequate meds to cover a day and

night at all. 3 Tylenol #3's in a 24 hour period....not much. I

still have a low tolerance. I just felt lucky that I had any

treatment at all. I explained this to the PA and he understood the

poor treatment we all get and how we're not trusted to be honest and

drug seeking etc..

>

> He prescribed Percocet to start right away. He wanted me to make an

appointment with my doc and get adequate pain management and meanwhile

use two percocets every 4 to 6 hours so I started them last night and

the blood pressure started dropping almost right away.

>

> By morning the pulse went regular. That is this morning as I write.

>

> If anyone ever says that pain cannot kill you....slap 'em. It can.

It can leave you stroked out.

>

> Anyway...I'm writing up everything for my doctor...all the vital

signs from when I started taking them...what the PA said. The pain

meds he prescribed and the pharmacy I got them from which is different

from my routine pharmacy that gives me the Tylenol #3's.

>

> I wrote out names, pharmacy, addresses, meds...all of it and will

give it to my Primary doc. That way everyone knows everything even

the pharmacies. When and how much Percocets I took which is every

four hours one or two...enuff of this brave, tuff it out crap. That's

gonna kill me someday.

>

> This urgent care unit treated me with such care and respect I plan

to send them a Christmas card thanking them. The PA and I talked

about how CPer's are treated and this guy just said he really

understood that and knows I'm not a druggie and not to worry at all.

Then told me what to call 911 for should symptoms of severe headache

happen or chest pain. Wow...these guys were tops.

>

> Anyway...my Primary and I will have to work out a new pain

management. The PA at the Urgent Care and I talked about the

possibility of using a drug like Oxycontin or MScontin with break thru

meds for pain management. We'll see. It'll be up to my primary. I

hope he doesn't send me to a pain doc....I like working with him as I

have been for the last 10 years.

>

> I'm just so glad the Blood Pressure is down and my heart beat is

back to a normal beat.

>

> Take care guys. Merry Christmas.

>

> Lotacats

>

> Express Chronic Pain Awareness

> http://www.cafepress.com/lotacatspix/5815010

>

> Lotacatsfunpix.com

> http://www.lotacatsfunpix.com/

>

> Deviantart

> http://lotacats05.deviantart.com/

>

[Guest guest]

The Percocets brought it down right away and the PVC's went away. I saw my

primary within' two days and he put me on MSCONTIN and keeping the T#3's for

breakthru pain and to keep the BP down.

No one waited and I'm very fortunate to, first, have a primary that does care

and waits for no one. He just wasn't there that day I called...so I went to the

urgent care.

That PA that saw me saw the problem very well and didn't hesitate to get me that

percocet while I was getting to my primary. They brought down the BP right away

and stopped the PVC's. My primary said that the pain can cause the PVC's to

happen. I guess I can understand that now. The stress on the body must be

really something to cause your heart to go so irregular.

So far...and it's early....the MSCONTIN with my regulars are keeping things

where they should be. Both the Urgent care and my doctor treated this as a

serious development and no one waited at all.

My primary said he wanted to see me in about two weeks....and I will...to make

sure it is working the way he wants it to.

I am very fortunate to have a doctor who will not wait and to have seen a PA who

made sure I had the meds to bring it down and hold it stable until my doctor and

I could get things on the right track.

I was amazed after my first night on the MSCONTIN. lol...I woke up and looked

at the clock and it said 6am. That is instead of 1am and 2am and 3am and so

forth. Gads!!!! I slept thru the night and my blood pressure was 127/62.

Wow...that's new for me anymore. I actually slept.

I've been just hangin' tight for so long and just grateful for any kind of

treatment I had going that I forgot things were getting worse. He NEVER would

have waited no 2 1/2 months. No way. My primary is my pain doc. I don't want

anyone else. He's the first to have believed me and treated me and taken me

seriously.

Thank you so much for your letter and being worried for me. With PA's like the

one I saw...there has to be hope for us painers in emergency pain situations.

He was very worried for me and was so on the ball about the pain and I didn't

even complain about the pain....just the bp and irregular heart beats...he

picked up on the rest after he knew my history. Bless his heart.

I'm so sorry you had to have a stroke. There has to be legal ramifications for

waiting so long before you got treatment to prevent it from happening. I was

scared to death about that and had pictures of my kids finding me all paralyzed

or something like that.

Lotacats

Express Chronic Pain Awareness

http://www.cafepress.com/lotacatspix/5815010

Lotacatsfunpix.com

http://www.lotacatsfunpix.com/

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http://lotacats05.deviantart.com/

>

> Subject: Re: Scared out of my mind!

> To: Hugs-N-Pain

> Date: Friday, December 19, 2008, 4:50 PM

> (I hope this posts. I've been a member for months and

> tried, because

> you need to read this).

>

> You said you're worried. Well hon, I am VERY worried

> for you. I used

> to go through what you did all the time. I think the worst

> was when my

> BP got to 280 over 220. When your BP is high or you

> complain of chest

> problems they usually take you right away. I wound up

> having a mild

> stroke from it.

>

> If you have that kind of pain going on the T3 or even

> Percocet are not

> going to do the trick. I won't go into my problems, but

> I use a 100

> duragesic patch, 15 mg of pillsfor the break-through and

> still have to

> use muscle relaxers and anti-inflammatory. I pray you

> don't have to

> wait the way I did for a pain control doc., but I had 2 and

> 1/2 months

> of hell before I was seen. And in between my BP would

> start the

> vicious cycle every couple of weeks.

>

> Good luck! Jeanne (if this goes through I'll try

> an intro next.

> (lol).

>

>

>

> >

> > Man o man. It's been an interesting few days for

> me. A few nights

> ago I noticed my pulse acting strange...and started taking

> my blood

> pressure again. It want really really bad. My blood

> pressure got

> into the real red zone and my heart beat was so irregular I

> got plenty

> scared.

> >

> > After a couple of days of this and my BP close to 200

> over 117 and

> premature beats every few heartbeats I called my doctors

> office and

> she said go to ER. Man...a painer in an ER! Last thing I

> ever wanted

> to do!

> >

> > You know how they treat painers.

> >

> > Well...we use what is called " Urgent Care "

> with the particular

> hospital my insurance uses. They are smaller then a

> typical ER and

> not connected to the hospitals. They are scattered around

> the Reno

> area so you can get to them pretty fast.

> >

> > You're not gonna believe this. I was treated

> wonderfully.

> *disbelief* *gasp* I was seen really quick...reassured

> before being

> called in...and guess what....they have a tv set in the

> treatment room

> so you can watch while you wait so you can relax some...I

> was still so

> scared. You ever hear of that?!? That was a big wow for

> me.

> >

> > I went in for the high blood pressure and strange

> pulse and did not

> complain of the pain....A PA saw me there and we went over

> my history

> and pain history and my BP was really up there....we did a

> 12 lead EKG.

> >

> > My pain has reached such a constant state and I was

> trying to

> control on what I had without complaining. That was a big

> mistake.

> My pain had gotten into such a constant state I stopped

> knowing when I

> may be ok and not so ok. It was like all blended together.

> >

> > The PA concluded it was all from pain. The PVC's

> were from body

> stress from pain and BP was high because of it. The

> Tylenol #3's were

> not doing it well but I was really afraid to complain to

> anyone that

> it was getting really hard to control things.

> >

> > I was chasing pain around without adequate meds to

> cover a day and

> night at all. 3 Tylenol #3's in a 24 hour

> period....not much. I

> still have a low tolerance. I just felt lucky that I had

> any

> treatment at all. I explained this to the PA and he

> understood the

> poor treatment we all get and how we're not trusted to

> be honest and

> drug seeking etc..

> >

> > He prescribed Percocet to start right away. He wanted

> me to make an

> appointment with my doc and get adequate pain management

> and meanwhile

> use two percocets every 4 to 6 hours so I started them last

> night and

> the blood pressure started dropping almost right away.

> >

> > By morning the pulse went regular. That is this

> morning as I write.

> >

> > If anyone ever says that pain cannot kill you....slap

> 'em. It can.

> It can leave you stroked out.

> >

> > Anyway...I'm writing up everything for my

> doctor...all the vital

> signs from when I started taking them...what the PA said.

> The pain

> meds he prescribed and the pharmacy I got them from which

> is different

> from my routine pharmacy that gives me the Tylenol

> #3's.

> >

> > I wrote out names, pharmacy, addresses, meds...all of

> it and will

> give it to my Primary doc. That way everyone knows

> everything even

> the pharmacies. When and how much Percocets I took which

> is every

> four hours one or two...enuff of this brave, tuff it out

> crap. That's

> gonna kill me someday.

> >

> > This urgent care unit treated me with such care and

> respect I plan

> to send them a Christmas card thanking them. The PA and I

> talked

> about how CPer's are treated and this guy just said he

> really

> understood that and knows I'm not a druggie and not to

> worry at all.

> Then told me what to call 911 for should symptoms of severe

> headache

> happen or chest pain. Wow...these guys were tops.

> >

> > Anyway...my Primary and I will have to work out a new

> pain

> management. The PA at the Urgent Care and I talked about

> the

> possibility of using a drug like Oxycontin or MScontin with

> break thru

> meds for pain management. We'll see. It'll be up

> to my primary. I

> hope he doesn't send me to a pain doc....I like working

> with him as I

> have been for the last 10 years.

> >

> > I'm just so glad the Blood Pressure is down and my

> heart beat is

> back to a normal beat.

> >

> > Take care guys. Merry Christmas.

> >

> > Lotacats

> >

> > Express Chronic Pain Awareness

> > http://www.cafepress.com/lotacatspix/5815010

> >

> > Lotacatsfunpix.com

> > http://www.lotacatsfunpix.com/

> >

> > Deviantart

> > http://lotacats05.deviantart.com/

> >

[Guest guest]

hi lotacats sounds like you are haveing a bad thing go good i hope you are able

to keep a handl on it good luck donnieKY

> From: Jeanne Amequohi Wahali <amequohiwahali@ yahoo.com>

> Subject: Re: Scared out of my mind!

> To: Hugs-N-Pain@ yahoogroups. com

> Date: Friday, December 19, 2008, 4:50 PM

> (I hope this posts. I've been a member for months and

> tried, because

> you need to read this).

>

> You said you're worried. Well hon, I am VERY worried

> for you. I used

> to go through what you did all the time. I think the worst

> was when my

> BP got to 280 over 220. When your BP is high or you

> complain of chest

> problems they usually take you right away. I wound up

> having a mild

> stroke from it.

>

> If you have that kind of pain going on the T3 or even

> Percocet are not

> going to do the trick. I won't go into my problems, but

> I use a 100

> duragesic patch, 15 mg of pillsfor the break-through and

> still have to

> use muscle relaxers and anti-inflammatory. I pray you

> don't have to

> wait the way I did for a pain control doc., but I had 2 and

> 1/2 months

> of hell before I was seen. And in between my BP would

> start the

> vicious cycle every couple of weeks.

>

> Good luck! Jeanne (if this goes through I'll try

> an intro next.

> (lol).

>

>

>

> >

> > Man o man. It's been an interesting few days for

> me. A few nights

> ago I noticed my pulse acting strange...and started taking

> my blood

> pressure again. It want really really bad. My blood

> pressure got

> into the real red zone and my heart beat was so irregular I

> got plenty

> scared.

> >

> > After a couple of days of this and my BP close to 200

> over 117 and

> premature beats every few heartbeats I called my doctors

> office and

> she said go to ER. Man...a painer in an ER! Last thing I

> ever wanted

> to do!

> >

> > You know how they treat painers.

> >

> > Well...we use what is called " Urgent Care "

> with the particular

> hospital my insurance uses. They are smaller then a

> typical ER and

> not connected to the hospitals. They are scattered around

> the Reno

> area so you can get to them pretty fast.

> >

> > You're not gonna believe this. I was treated

> wonderfully.

> *disbelief* *gasp* I was seen really quick...reassured

> before being

> called in...and guess what....they have a tv set in the

> treatment room

> so you can watch while you wait so you can relax some...I

> was still so

> scared. You ever hear of that?!? That was a big wow for

> me.

> >

> > I went in for the high blood pressure and strange

> pulse and did not

> complain of the pain....A PA saw me there and we went over

> my history

> and pain history and my BP was really up there....we did a

> 12 lead EKG.

> >

> > My pain has reached such a constant state and I was

> trying to

> control on what I had without complaining. That was a big

> mistake.

> My pain had gotten into such a constant state I stopped

> knowing when I

> may be ok and not so ok. It was like all blended together.

> >

> > The PA concluded it was all from pain. The PVC's

> were from body

> stress from pain and BP was high because of it. The

> Tylenol #3's were

> not doing it well but I was really afraid to complain to

> anyone that

> it was getting really hard to control things.

> >

> > I was chasing pain around without adequate meds to

> cover a day and

> night at all. 3 Tylenol #3's in a 24 hour

> period....not much. I

> still have a low tolerance. I just felt lucky that I had

> any

> treatment at all. I explained this to the PA and he

> understood the

> poor treatment we all get and how we're not trusted to

> be honest and

> drug seeking etc..

> >

> > He prescribed Percocet to start right away. He wanted

> me to make an

> appointment with my doc and get adequate pain management

> and meanwhile

> use two percocets every 4 to 6 hours so I started them last

> night and

> the blood pressure started dropping almost right away.

> >

> > By morning the pulse went regular. That is this

> morning as I write.

> >

> > If anyone ever says that pain cannot kill you....slap

> 'em. It can.

> It can leave you stroked out.

> >

> > Anyway...I'm writing up everything for my

> doctor...all the vital

> signs from when I started taking them...what the PA said.

> The pain

> meds he prescribed and the pharmacy I got them from which

> is different

> from my routine pharmacy that gives me the Tylenol

> #3's.

> >

> > I wrote out names, pharmacy, addresses, meds...all of

> it and will

> give it to my Primary doc. That way everyone knows

> everything even

> the pharmacies. When and how much Percocets I took which

> is every

> four hours one or two...enuff of this brave, tuff it out

> crap. That's

> gonna kill me someday.

> >

> > This urgent care unit treated me with such care and

> respect I plan

> to send them a Christmas card thanking them. The PA and I

> talked

> about how CPer's are treated and this guy just said he

> really

> understood that and knows I'm not a druggie and not to

> worry at all.

> Then told me what to call 911 for should symptoms of severe

> headache

> happen or chest pain. Wow...these guys were tops.

> >

> > Anyway...my Primary and I will have to work out a new

> pain

> management. The PA at the Urgent Care and I talked about

> the

> possibility of using a drug like Oxycontin or MScontin with

> break thru

> meds for pain management. We'll see. It'll be up

> to my primary. I

> hope he doesn't send me to a pain doc....I like working

> with him as I

> have been for the last 10 years.

> >

> > I'm just so glad the Blood Pressure is down and my

> heart beat is

> back to a normal beat.

> >

> > Take care guys. Merry Christmas.

> >

> > Lotacats

> >

> > Express Chronic Pain Awareness

> > http://www.cafepres s.com/lotacatspi x/5815010

> >

> > Lotacatsfunpix. com

> > http://www.lotacats funpix.com/

> >

> > Deviantart

> > http://lotacats05. deviantart. com/

> >

[Guest guest]

hi lotacats i have the same problem i cant control my bloodpresher it go;s up

with my pain my pain go;s down so dose my blood presher good luck i hope you get

it figerd out donnieKY

> From: uncertainsmile33 <uncertainsmile33@ yahoo.com>

> Subject: Re: Scared out of my mind!

> To: Hugs-N-Pain@ yahoogroups. com

> Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008, 12:45 PM

>

> > Hi Wend here , I have been having that for weeks now ,

> and a blood

> rushing feeling and pounding in my head , thought it was

> nothing , now

> I am sure it is due to my body's reaction to my back

> pain and will see

> my doctor right away . My pulse was out of control as well.

> Thanks for

> your story , I was getting scared too , Wend~

~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~

> > Man o man. It's been an interesting few days for

> me. A few nights

> ago I noticed my pulse acting strange...and started taking

> my blood

> pressure again. It want really really bad. My blood

> pressure got

> into the real red zone and my heart beat was so irregular I

> got plenty

> scared.

> >

> > After a couple of days of this and my BP close to 200

> over 117 and

> premature beats every few heartbeats I called my doctors

> office and

> she said go to ER. Man...a painer in an ER! Last thing I

> ever wanted

> to do!

> >

> > You know how they treat painers.

> >

> > Well...we use what is called " Urgent Care "

> with the particular

> hospital my insurance uses. They are smaller then a

> typical ER and

> not connected to the hospitals. They are scattered around

> the Reno

> area so you can get to them pretty fast.

> >

> > You're not gonna believe this. I was treated

> wonderfully.

> *disbelief* *gasp* I was seen really quick...reassured

> before being

> called in...and guess what....they have a tv set in the

> treatment room

> so you can watch while you wait so you can relax some...I

> was still so

> scared. You ever hear of that?!? That was a big wow for

> me.

> >

> > I went in for the high blood pressure and strange

> pulse and did not

> complain of the pain....A PA saw me there and we went over

> my history

> and pain history and my BP was really up there....we did a

> 12 lead EKG.

> >

> > My pain has reached such a constant state and I was

> trying to

> control on what I had without complaining. That was a big

> mistake.

> My pain had gotten into such a constant state I stopped

> knowing when I

> may be ok and not so ok. It was like all blended together.

> >

> > The PA concluded it was all from pain. The PVC's

> were from body

> stress from pain and BP was high because of it. The

> Tylenol #3's were

> not doing it well but I was really afraid to complain to

> anyone that

> it was getting really hard to control things.

> >

> > I was chasing pain around without adequate meds to

> cover a day and

> night at all. 3 Tylenol #3's in a 24 hour

> period....not much. I

> still have a low tolerance. I just felt lucky that I had

> any

> treatment at all. I explained this to the PA and he

> understood the

> poor treatment we all get and how we're not trusted to

> be honest and

> drug seeking etc..

> >

> > He prescribed Percocet to start right away. He wanted

> me to make an

> appointment with my doc and get adequate pain management

> and meanwhile

> use two percocets every 4 to 6 hours so I started them last

> night and

> the blood pressure started dropping almost right away.

> >

> > By morning the pulse went regular. That is this

> morning as I write.

> >

> > If anyone ever says that pain cannot kill you....slap

> 'em. It can.

> It can leave you stroked out.

> >

> > Anyway...I'm writing up everything for my

> doctor...all the vital

> signs from when I started taking them...what the PA said.

> The pain

> meds he prescribed and the pharmacy I got them from which

> is different

> from my routine pharmacy that gives me the Tylenol

> #3's.

> >

> > I wrote out names, pharmacy, addresses, meds...all of

> it and will

> give it to my Primary doc. That way everyone knows

> everything even

> the pharmacies. When and how much Percocets I took which

> is every

> four hours one or two...enuff of this brave, tuff it out

> crap. That's

> gonna kill me someday.

> >

> > This urgent care unit treated me with such care and

> respect I plan

> to send them a Christmas card thanking them. The PA and I

> talked

> about how CPer's are treated and this guy just said he

> really

> understood that and knows I'm not a druggie and not to

> worry at all.

> Then told me what to call 911 for should symptoms of severe

> headache

> happen or chest pain. Wow...these guys were tops.

> >

> > Anyway...my Primary and I will have to work out a new

> pain

> management. The PA at the Urgent Care and I talked about

> the

> possibility of using a drug like Oxycontin or MScontin with

> break thru

> meds for pain management. We'll see. It'll be up

> to my primary. I

> hope he doesn't send me to a pain doc....I like working

> with him as I

> have been for the last 10 years.

> >

> > I'm just so glad the Blood Pressure is down and my

> heart beat is

> back to a normal beat.

> >

> > Take care guys. Merry Christmas.

> >

> > Lotacats

> >

> > Express Chronic Pain Awareness

> > http://www.cafepres s.com/lotacatspi x/5815010

> >

> > Lotacatsfunpix. com

> > http://www.lotacats funpix.com/

> >

> > Deviantart

> > http://lotacats05. deviantart. com/

> >

[Guest guest]

hi lotacats i hope everthing works out for you donnieKY

Subject: Re: Scared out of my mind!

To: Hugs-N-Pain

Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008, 8:45 PM

> Hi Wend here , I have been having that for weeks now , and a blood

rushing feeling and pounding in my head , thought it was nothing , now

I am sure it is due to my body's reaction to my back pain and will see

my doctor right away . My pulse was out of control as well. Thanks for

your story , I was getting scared too , Wend~

> Man o man. It's been an interesting few days for me. A few nights

ago I noticed my pulse acting strange...and started taking my blood

pressure again. It want really really bad. My blood pressure got

into the real red zone and my heart beat was so irregular I got plenty

scared.

>

> After a couple of days of this and my BP close to 200 over 117 and

premature beats every few heartbeats I called my doctors office and

she said go to ER. Man...a painer in an ER! Last thing I ever wanted

to do!

>

> You know how they treat painers.

>

> Well...we use what is called " Urgent Care " with the particular

hospital my insurance uses. They are smaller then a typical ER and

not connected to the hospitals. They are scattered around the Reno

area so you can get to them pretty fast.

>

> You're not gonna believe this. I was treated wonderfully.

*disbelief* *gasp* I was seen really quick...reassured before being

called in...and guess what....they have a tv set in the treatment room

so you can watch while you wait so you can relax some...I was still so

scared. You ever hear of that?!? That was a big wow for me.

>

> I went in for the high blood pressure and strange pulse and did not

complain of the pain....A PA saw me there and we went over my history

and pain history and my BP was really up there....we did a 12 lead EKG.

>

> My pain has reached such a constant state and I was trying to

control on what I had without complaining. That was a big mistake.

My pain had gotten into such a constant state I stopped knowing when I

may be ok and not so ok. It was like all blended together.

>

> The PA concluded it was all from pain. The PVC's were from body

stress from pain and BP was high because of it. The Tylenol #3's were

not doing it well but I was really afraid to complain to anyone that

it was getting really hard to control things.

>

> I was chasing pain around without adequate meds to cover a day and

night at all. 3 Tylenol #3's in a 24 hour period....not much. I

still have a low tolerance. I just felt lucky that I had any

treatment at all. I explained this to the PA and he understood the

poor treatment we all get and how we're not trusted to be honest and

drug seeking etc..

>

> He prescribed Percocet to start right away. He wanted me to make an

appointment with my doc and get adequate pain management and meanwhile

use two percocets every 4 to 6 hours so I started them last night and

the blood pressure started dropping almost right away.

>

> By morning the pulse went regular. That is this morning as I write.

>

> If anyone ever says that pain cannot kill you....slap 'em. It can.

It can leave you stroked out.

>

> Anyway...I'm writing up everything for my doctor...all the vital

signs from when I started taking them...what the PA said. The pain

meds he prescribed and the pharmacy I got them from which is different

from my routine pharmacy that gives me the Tylenol #3's.

>

> I wrote out names, pharmacy, addresses, meds...all of it and will

give it to my Primary doc. That way everyone knows everything even

the pharmacies. When and how much Percocets I took which is every

four hours one or two...enuff of this brave, tuff it out crap. That's

gonna kill me someday.

>

> This urgent care unit treated me with such care and respect I plan

to send them a Christmas card thanking them. The PA and I talked

about how CPer's are treated and this guy just said he really

understood that and knows I'm not a druggie and not to worry at all.

Then told me what to call 911 for should symptoms of severe headache

happen or chest pain. Wow...these guys were tops.

>

> Anyway...my Primary and I will have to work out a new pain

management. The PA at the Urgent Care and I talked about the

possibility of using a drug like Oxycontin or MScontin with break thru

meds for pain management. We'll see. It'll be up to my primary. I

hope he doesn't send me to a pain doc....I like working with him as I

have been for the last 10 years.

>

> I'm just so glad the Blood Pressure is down and my heart beat is

back to a normal beat.

>

> Take care guys. Merry Christmas.

>

> Lotacats

>

> Express Chronic Pain Awareness

> http://www.cafepres s.com/lotacatspi x/5815010

>

> Lotacatsfunpix. com

> http://www.lotacats funpix.com/

>

> Deviantart

> http://lotacats05. deviantart. com/

>

[Guest guest]

hi lotacats you hang in there donnieKY

>

> From: Lotacats <boutimebobby@ yahoo.com>

> Subject: Scared out of my mind!

> To: Hugs-N-Pain@ yahoogroups. com

> Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 1:03 PM

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Man o man. It's been an interesting few days for me. A

> few nights ago I noticed my pulse acting strange...and

> started taking my blood pressure again. It want really

> really bad. My blood pressure got into the real red zone and

> my heart beat was so irregular I got plenty scared.

>

> After a couple of days of this and my BP close to 200 over

> 117 and premature beats every few heartbeats I called my

> doctors office and she said go to ER. Man...a painer in an

> ER! Last thing I ever wanted to do!

>

> You know how they treat painers.

>

> Well...we use what is called " Urgent Care " with

> the particular hospital my insurance uses. They are smaller

> then a typical ER and not connected to the hospitals. They

> are scattered around the Reno area so you can get to them

> pretty fast.

>

> You're not gonna believe this. I was treated

> wonderfully. *disbelief* *gasp* I was seen really

> quick...reassured before being called in...and guess

> what....they have a tv set in the treatment room so you can

> watch while you wait so you can relax some...I was still so

> scared. You ever hear of that?!? That was a big wow for me.

>

> I went in for the high blood pressure and strange pulse and

> did not complain of the pain....A PA saw me there and we

> went over my history and pain history and my BP was really

> up there....we did a 12 lead EKG.

>

> My pain has reached such a constant state and I was trying

> to control on what I had without complaining. That was a big

> mistake. My pain had gotten into such a constant state I

> stopped knowing when I may be ok and not so ok. It was like

> all blended together.

>

> The PA concluded it was all from pain. The PVC's were

> from body stress from pain and BP was high because of it.

> The Tylenol #3's were not doing it well but I was really

> afraid to complain to anyone that it was getting really hard

> to control things.

>

> I was chasing pain around without adequate meds to cover a

> day and night at all. 3 Tylenol #3's in a 24 hour

> period....not much. I still have a low tolerance. I just

> felt lucky that I had any treatment at all. I explained this

> to the PA and he understood the poor treatment we all get

> and how we're not trusted to be honest and drug seeking

> etc..

>

> He prescribed Percocet to start right away. He wanted me to

> make an appointment with my doc and get adequate pain

> management and meanwhile use two percocets every 4 to 6

> hours so I started them last night and the blood pressure

> started dropping almost right away.

>

> By morning the pulse went regular. That is this morning as

> I write.

>

> If anyone ever says that pain cannot kill you....slap

> 'em. It can. It can leave you stroked out.

>

> Anyway...I'm writing up everything for my doctor...all

> the vital signs from when I started taking them...what the

> PA said. The pain meds he prescribed and the pharmacy I got

> them from which is different from my routine pharmacy that

> gives me the Tylenol #3's.

>

> I wrote out names, pharmacy, addresses, meds...all of it

> and will give it to my Primary doc. That way everyone knows

> everything even the pharmacies. When and how much Percocets

> I took which is every four hours one or two...enuff of this

> brave, tuff it out crap. That's gonna kill me someday.

>

> This urgent care unit treated me with such care and respect

> I plan to send them a Christmas card thanking them. The PA

> and I talked about how CPer's are treated and this guy

> just said he really understood that and knows I'm not a

> druggie and not to worry at all. Then told me what to call

> 911 for should symptoms of severe headache happen or chest

> pain. Wow...these guys were tops.

>

> Anyway...my Primary and I will have to work out a new pain

> management. The PA at the Urgent Care and I talked about the

> possibility of using a drug like Oxycontin or MScontin with

> break thru meds for pain management. We'll see.

> It'll be up to my primary. I hope he doesn't send me

> to a pain doc....I like working with him as I have been for

> the last 10 years.

>

> I'm just so glad the Blood Pressure is down and my

> heart beat is back to a normal beat.

>

> Take care guys. Merry Christmas.

>

> Lotacats

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hi lotacats nice to here the meds are working donnieKY

> From: Peggy <preacherslady59@ yahoo.com>

> Subject: Re: Scared out of my mind!

> To: Hugs-N-Pain@ yahoogroups. com

> Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009, 4:03 AM

> Thank you!! for sharing this, I was getting spikes of high

> blood

> pressure, waking in the middle of the night with it

> 180/110. Did not

> connect it to the pain that was so bad when I woke. Dr is

> changing

> meds for pain, will let you know.

> Again, thank you for sharing, it really helped.

>

>

> >

> > Man o man. It's been an interesting few days for

> me. A few nights

> ago I noticed my pulse acting strange...and started taking

> my blood

> pressure again. It want really really bad. My blood

> pressure got

> into the real red zone and my heart beat was so irregular I

> got

> plenty scared.

> >

> > After a couple of days of this and my BP close to 200

> over 117 and

> premature beats every few heartbeats I called my doctors

> office and

> she said go to ER. Man...a painer in an ER! Last thing I

> ever

> wanted to do!

> >

> > You know how they treat painers.

> >

> > Well...we use what is called " Urgent Care "

> with the particular

> hospital my insurance uses. They are smaller then a

> typical ER and

> not connected to the hospitals. They are scattered around

> the Reno

> area so you can get to them pretty fast.

> >

> > You're not gonna believe this. I was treated

> wonderfully.

> *disbelief* *gasp* I was seen really quick...reassured

> before being

> called in...and guess what....they have a tv set in the

> treatment

> room so you can watch while you wait so you can relax

> some...I was

> still so scared. You ever hear of that?!? That was a big

> wow for me.

> >

> > I went in for the high blood pressure and strange

> pulse and did not

> complain of the pain....A PA saw me there and we went over

> my history

> and pain history and my BP was really up there....we did a

> 12 lead

> EKG.

> >

> > My pain has reached such a constant state and I was

> trying to

> control on what I had without complaining. That was a big

> mistake.

> My pain had gotten into such a constant state I stopped

> knowing when

> I may be ok and not so ok. It was like all blended

> together.

> >

> > The PA concluded it was all from pain. The PVC's

> were from body

> stress from pain and BP was high because of it. The

> Tylenol #3's

> were not doing it well but I was really afraid to complain

> to anyone

> that it was getting really hard to control things.

> >

> > I was chasing pain around without adequate meds to

> cover a day and

> night at all. 3 Tylenol #3's in a 24 hour

> period....not much. I

> still have a low tolerance. I just felt lucky that I had

> any

> treatment at all. I explained this to the PA and he

> understood the

> poor treatment we all get and how we're not trusted to

> be honest and

> drug seeking etc..

> >

> > He prescribed Percocet to start right away. He wanted

> me to make

> an appointment with my doc and get adequate pain management

> and

> meanwhile use two percocets every 4 to 6 hours so I started

> them last

> night and the blood pressure started dropping almost right

> away.

> >

> > By morning the pulse went regular. That is this

> morning as I write.

> >

> > If anyone ever says that pain cannot kill you....slap

> 'em. It

> can. It can leave you stroked out.

> >

> > Anyway...I'm writing up everything for my

> doctor...all the vital

> signs from when I started taking them...what the PA said.

> The pain

> meds he prescribed and the pharmacy I got them from which

> is

> different from my routine pharmacy that gives me the

> Tylenol #3's.

> >

> > I wrote out names, pharmacy, addresses, meds...all of

> it and will

> give it to my Primary doc. That way everyone knows

> everything even

> the pharmacies. When and how much Percocets I took which

> is every

> four hours one or two...enuff of this brave, tuff it out

> crap.

> That's gonna kill me someday.

> >

> > This urgent care unit treated me with such care and

> respect I plan

> to send them a Christmas card thanking them. The PA and I

> talked

> about how CPer's are treated and this guy just said he

> really

> understood that and knows I'm not a druggie and not to

> worry at all.

> Then told me what to call 911 for should symptoms of severe

> headache

> happen or chest pain. Wow...these guys were tops.

> >

> > Anyway...my Primary and I will have to work out a new

> pain

> management. The PA at the Urgent Care and I talked about

> the

> possibility of using a drug like Oxycontin or MScontin with

> break

> thru meds for pain management. We'll see. It'll

> be up to my

> primary. I hope he doesn't send me to a pain doc....I

> like working

> with him as I have been for the last 10 years.

> >

> > I'm just so glad the Blood Pressure is down and my

> heart beat is

> back to a normal beat.

> >

> > Take care guys. Merry Christmas.

> >

> > Lotacats

> >

> > Express Chronic Pain Awareness

> > http://www.cafepres s.com/lotacatspi x/5815010

> >

> > Lotacatsfunpix. com

> > http://www.lotacats funpix.com/

> >

> > Deviantart

> > http://lotacats05. deviantart. com/

> >