Pain and medication

[Guest guest]

Hi Barbara

I have several ways that I deal with pain. First there are drugs. I take

Vicodin and Neurontin for the neuropathy pain in my feet and ankles. Second- I

seek out things to laugh at. Laughter is the best medicine! Don't take

anything too serious. Of course we have these diseases and the pain and more

than likely it will never go away....so we need to learn to put it in its'

place. Third-I allow myself a pity party no oftener than once a month and no

longer than about ten minutes...cry, holler, whatever and then put it away. And

lastly, if all else fails, I bite my tongue. LOL! It's not easy living with

pain, but for our own sanity we have to divert our attention. I'm sure you are

going to get a lot of replies, so sit back and take notes and see what is best

for you to work with.

Peggy

Barbara Dalton wrote:Hi everyone

I am in pain everyday and sometimes the pain is so severe I am sick on my

stomach--

Peggy (mhksmom)

Today is the first day of the rest of my life........

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[Guest guest]

Hi Barbara,

Vioxx clearly isn't for everyone, but it does work differently than

aspirin. It works very well for me, in addition to my other meds.

I use OxyContin, OxyIR, Vioxx, Prevacid, Paxil and have an implanted spinal

column stimulator to help with leg pain. Along with that, I garden and do

woodworking, as I feel able to. Those hobbies help me concentrate on

something that I enjoy doing and help me, I feel, through relaxation and

focusing.

http://home.dejazzd.com/hower

[Guest guest]

Thank you --the vioxx does not help me at all--I am on these

med's--vioxx--hydocodrone--amitiripaline--Zoloft--Prevacid--and at this time

can not remember the other's and I am to tired to go look--I have a hobby

doing graphics--it keeps my mind off of the pain most of the time--the past

3 weeks have been very painful--The Doctors in y area--you have to become a

nasty person to get anything stronger then the vioxx--also I have noticed

that the small of my back--the pain radiates from there on down to my

hip's--and my feet tingle a lot--

the right side is the worst---Does this happen to you--

Re: pain and medication

>

> Hi Barbara,

>

> Vioxx clearly isn't for everyone, but it does work differently than

> aspirin. It works very well for me, in addition to my other meds.

>

> I use OxyContin, OxyIR, Vioxx, Prevacid, Paxil and have an implanted

spinal

> column stimulator to help with leg pain. Along with that, I garden and do

> woodworking, as I feel able to. Those hobbies help me concentrate on

> something that I enjoy doing and help me, I feel, through relaxation and

> focusing.

>

>

>

> http://home.dejazzd.com/hower

>

>

>

>

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>

[Guest guest]

Hi Peggy==I agree laughter is the best medicine--I have a 3 yr old

grand-daughter and she helps me forget about my pain--but at times--It

really bothers me because I can't pick her up--she knows this--and she will

tell me to sit down and hold her--No it is not easy living with pain--and

every year it hurts more--The doctors put me on ssi--and I have been on it

since 1999---September of 98--I was told I could not work anymore--I am 50

now--

Re: pain and medication

>

> Hi Barbara

> I have several ways that I deal with pain. First there are drugs. I take

Vicodin and Neurontin for the neuropathy pain in my feet and ankles.

Second- I seek out things to laugh at. Laughter is the best medicine!

Don't take anything too serious. Of course we have these diseases and the

pain and more than likely it will never go away....so we need to learn to

put it in its' place. Third-I allow myself a pity party no oftener than

once a month and no longer than about ten minutes...cry, holler, whatever

and then put it away. And lastly, if all else fails, I bite my tongue. LOL!

It's not easy living with pain, but for our own sanity we have to divert our

attention. I'm sure you are going to get a lot of replies, so sit back and

take notes and see what is best for you to work with.

> Peggy

> Barbara Dalton wrote:Hi everyone

> I am in pain everyday and sometimes the pain is so severe I am sick on my

stomach--

>

>

>

>

> Peggy (mhksmom)

>

> Today is the first day of the rest of my life........

>

>

>

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>

[Guest guest]

At 11:25 PM 8/17/02 -0400, Barbara wrote:

>also I have noticed that the small of my back--the pain radiates from

>there on down to my

>hip's--and my feet tingle a lot--the right side is the worst---Does this

>happen to you--

I get the same thing, but my left side is affected. Nerve involvement --

pinching, inflammation, etc. -- at L5 and S1 can cause tingling and

numbness in the feet. I have pinched nerves at several levels, inflammation

in the nerve root at several, scarring from previous surgery, so I have to

watch my step, literally. Several years ago the therapist had me start

wearing a foot-drop brace on my left foot. I can't flex or rotate the ankle

or move the toes, so I was dragging that foot and tripping over my own toes.

http://home.dejazzd.com/hower

[Guest guest]

hi,

I know how others are feeling when it comes to pain meds. I think its not

only pain meds that docs get controlling on but other meds too. Like a PRN med

that you need to take daily and run out. They act so bad when you call to get

more. You get the " you took all of that " . Not to mention many insurance

companies limit how much you can get of a med iirrigardless of what the doc

writes. I take prevacid 30mg 2 pills a day. Insurance will only allow for 30

day

supply so I end up suffering for 15 days or undermedicated for 30 days. The

reason for this is, this is the stipulation on the contract made by your

employer due to drug costs of certain drugs.

I know that no healthcare system is perfect but socialized medicine is really

beginning to look better and better. At least we could get our needs met.

Toni