Re: Overdoing it

[Guest guest]

Hey everyone,

Yes, Becky and all who wonder, I am doing better. I have kept some Jell-O

down and now I am getting ready to have a feast...broth!!!! Anyway, the VN

came today to get me ready for my TPN evenings. I will be on from 10 to 10.

Not bad, that way I can still have my Camerata Singers rehearsals and do my

Pampered Chef shows with hardly any inconvenience!! The doctor decided not

to give me the Phenergan and I am a little upset, especially if I get

nauseous and don't have it. However, I am putting Pepsid into my TPN so that

should help a little. Overdoing it is my middle name and I am so guilty of

that...I have my PC show tomorrow and my husband left a couple of hours ago

to make a " run " to Pennsylvania with my girls in tow. We have family there

and they will be visiting them. I am alone for the weekend and am quite sad

about it. Jeff got one of his bosses (we are also friends) to help me with

my PC show tomorrow so hopefully I will not overdo it!

If this were a normal weekend and Jeff and the girls weren't here, I would be

calling my best bud to go out to a late night movie with me...so much for

normal anymore...I can barely wrap my own arm (at the IV site) to take a

shower...I can do it, it's just that when I am finished, I have expended my

daily allowance of energy!!! LOL! Anyway, I will be on line for a while,

that seems to pass some time and I will watch one of my many movies in my own

library. Thanks for " listening " .

Shari - Singing Pampered Chef Queen

*Jesus Loves You*

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Hi Karyn and all,

Well Karyn I didn't listen to you and I am back home again today.

Yesterday I had to work a full day be cause my co worker had a funeral

to attend. Anyway I worked a full day and then went to womens

fellowship at church. No nap all day and no lunch hour at work. I woke

up at 5 am hurting like crap! My pancreas was throbbing away. I took a

Darvocet and went back to bed. I feel better now but, the Darvocets

knock me out and I feel like I am in outerspace not to mention the

headache I have.

I think the hardest thing for me to adjust to is the fatigue. I

have adjusted my diet and am doing ok. But it is hard to " slow " down.

I have always been so active. I find it hard to just stop! It's like I

feel good and I just run with it! I am happy to feeling so good and I

overdo! My bad!

. My husband and I will be married one year April 10th. He has been

through so much with me. I know I sing his praises constantly to you,

but he is terrific and he is sooo special! Some days it is so hard and

he is always there for me! He hugs me and holds me on my bad days and

relishes in my good days! I don't know what I would do with out him!

I appreciate him and try to tell him everyday!

I hope everyone else is having a great day!

Shari i hope you are doing better, you are in my prayers!!!

Becky

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In a message dated 3/24/00 2:24:31 PM Central Standard Time,

briffle@... writes:

<< I think the hardest thing for me to adjust to is the fatigue. I have

adjusted my diet and am doing OK. But it is hard to " slow " down. I have

always been so active. I find it hard to just stop! It's like I feel good

and I just run with it! I am happy to feeling so good and I overdo! >>

Hi Becky, and all,

Oh Becky, I understand exactly how you are feeling. I went to a folk music

festival this weekend. I play the autoharp and wanted to spend every minute

of this weekend jammin'. Fortunately I have learned my lesson (although the

hard way) and restricted my participation and made myself make choices on

what activities I wanted to do. I did feel " left out " some of the times. But

in the end I was grateful that I had taken the time to take naps, elevate my

legs, etc. Most of all, I still had energy to perform in concert in front of

350 people. That was the highlight of my weekend.

I find that learning to live with Pancreatitis is about gathering data and

using that data to make choices.

It is interesting that another commonality that we all seem to have is that

we are go getters, very active, and don't want to do anything that might make

us miss one minute of enjoying life. This make it extra hard for us to learn

to adapt our lifestyles. This is one thing I get out of the group, you have

shown me that there can be life after Pancreatitis.

Karyn

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is Support Network</A>

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hi everyone. my fatigue is around almost everyday. somedays i feel like i can

do anything and everything i choose. if i do i pay for it later.i have been

working in the yard the past few days, like raking leaves and any kind of

bending over i feel it in my pancreas. most days i haved the kind of fatigue

that if i have a choice to get up and walk around outside or sit on the

couch, i will prefer to stay on the couch. at times i have to force myself to

get up and clean the kitchen or go outside for a walk. i definantely have

fatigue due tp this pancreatitis. now i am finding out i am diabetic i am not

sure the fatigue is due to that and may very well be. i havent heard too many

people here talk about diabetes. i would imagine a good majority must at

least be heading that way due to pancreatic functions such as producing

insulin. well if you all have time please write thanks jim s.

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In a message dated 3/24/00 2:24:31 PM Central Standard Time,

briffle@... writes:

<< I think the hardest thing for me to adjust to is the

fatigue. I have

adjusted my diet and am doing OK. But it is hard to

" slow " down.

In pancreatitisonelist, KarynWms@a... wrote:

> It is interesting that another commonality that we all seem to have

is that

> we are go getters, very active, and don't want to do anything that

might make

> us miss one minute of enjoying life. This make it extra hard for us

to learn

> to adapt our lifestyles.

Hi everyone. I have had multiple sclerosis for about 18 years,

chronic pancreatitis for about 8 years. Fatigue has been a problem

for the past 10 years, but much worse for the past 7 or 8 years.

I never connected fatigue with pancreatitis before. My docs &

I thought it was the MS acting up, but now I'm starting to wonder.....

When y'all say fatigue, what exactly do you mean? Do you mean an

increased need for sleep? I get so " drained " I can't walk another

step, can't read because its too much effort to turn a page---stuff

like that. Yet, I don't feel " sleepy " . I do notice that if I'm

feeling extremely fatigued its often the forerunner of an attack

of severe pancreatic pain. Could some of you let me know what

you mean by fatigue? Thanks.

jang

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In a message dated Mon, 27 Mar 2000 1:01:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, " jan

goldberg " writes:

>When y'all say fatigue, what exactly do you mean? Do you mean an

> increased need for sleep? I get so " drained " I can't walk another

> step, can't read because its too much effort to turn a page---stuff

> like that. Yet, I don't feel " sleepy " . Could some of you let me know what

> you mean by fatigue?

This is the exact same type of fatigue that I have. You described it perfectly.

I am not tired. I am just worn out and feel as if my body can not make it

another step... I just don't have the strength to move. I don't feel this was

every day, but when I do feel this way walking a block for school is enough to

exhaust me for hours. I also find that any type of stressor on my body whether

it be exhaustion, pain, emotional stress...whatever.. wears my body down even

further. Then because my body is so fatigued from that my pain and illness get

even worse because it is too worn down to fight it. It's a vicious cycle.

-Malisa

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