Re: I'm so frustrated!!!

[Guest guest]

Hello:

I just read your post, and I can fully understand what you are going

through. Stress causes so many problems for us.

I went through similar things with my daughter, from age 13 to a few

years ago. She just turned 39. Each surgery stressed me to the max. No

mother wants to see her children suffer, with or without surgery.

I am praying for your daughter, that she will feel much better soon, and

if she has surgery, that that will go well for her. Children bounce

back so quickly. I will be praying for the both of you, and that you

will feel better soon.

Wishing you pain free days, and God Bless you both. Putting Christmas

things out can be stressful, especially when things go wrong!!!!! I

unpluged my tree the other day, and the whole thing toppled over!!!

What a mess, but I finally got it fixed, and didn't break one ornament.

How lucky was that!!!! Merry Christmas to you and your family.

Hugs,

Barbara

>

> I guess it's my turn to whine and cry again. I was feeling so good ...

was

> on mtx oral (6 tabs) and only felt bad 1 1/2 to 2 days following the

meds,

> but was almost pain free ... I say ALMOST. I started the injections

this

> week and went up to .8ml (basically up 2 tabs worth) and today I feel

> horrible! I tried getting some washing done and when I was lifting all

the

> clothes the muscles in my arms felt so incredibly weak! They were

burning

> and the clothes felt like they weighed a ton!

>

> I rested for a bit and then tried to start getting the front room

ready for

> the Christmas tree ... yes, my Christmas tree is still in the attic!!!

I

> had to roll up a sleeping bag and tie it up. Well, the little buckle

fell

> off the tie piece and I had to thread the nylon strap back through (my

> daughter came and helped me with that), but I'm in some major pain

now! My

> hands hurt so bad!

>

> On top of this, I am incredibly worried about my daughter. She is 13

and

> has been home from school for the past week on some pretty strong pain

meds

> because she has an ovarian cyst. She feels pretty good as long as she

is

> laying around in a reclined or semi-reclined position, but as soon as

she

> gets up and moving around for more than a couple minutes, she is in

some

> pretty bad pain. We were waiting this week to see if the cyst would

resolve

> on its own and they wouldn't have to do surgery, but from the way she

is

> complaining about the pain, I'm thinking it hasn't resolved. We will

find

> out at her appointment tomorrow for sure. Also, because it is so big,

they

> will not be able to do it laproscopically. They will have to do the

full

> abdominal surgery. I am trying to be so strong for her, but I am

really

> worried! Not worried that something could go wrong, but I don't want

my

> baby to have to go through surgery!

>

> Could the stress of Christmas and my daughter's illness be causing the

> decrease in effectiveness of the mtx? Did anyone have less relief from

the

> injections over the pills?

>

> Thanks for letting me whine!

>

> If you are so inclined, I would appreciate a prayer for my daughter's

doctor

> appointment tomorrow!

>

> Hugs and wishes for pain free days to all!!!

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

KD, I hope you and your daughter feel better soon. Sounds like a good time to

rent movies and send for take out! If it helps at all, I was hyperstimulated

when I was on fertility drugs and had 3 mega cysts. My right ovary basically

tried to take over the world and even pushed my uterus into the other side of my

body. I had to take a lot of pain meds and wear sweat pants while I waited for

my budda belly to subside, but they did go down on their own. Before they do

surgery would there be a role for oral contraceptive pills? Sometimes they can

use those to shrink cysts. Best, Kate F

________________________________

From: Barbara <bcreedon@...>

Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 4:04:23 PM

Subject: [ ] Re: I'm so frustrated!!!

Hello:

I just read your post, and I can fully understand what you are going

through. Stress causes so many problems for us.

I went through similar things with my daughter, from age 13 to a few

years ago. She just turned 39. Each surgery stressed me to the max. No

mother wants to see her children suffer, with or without surgery.

I am praying for your daughter, that she will feel much better soon, and

if she has surgery, that that will go well for her. Children bounce

back so quickly. I will be praying for the both of you, and that you

will feel better soon.

Wishing you pain free days, and God Bless you both. Putting Christmas

things out can be stressful, especially when things go wrong!!!!! I

unpluged my tree the other day, and the whole thing toppled over!!!

What a mess, but I finally got it fixed, and didn't break one ornament.

How lucky was that!!!! Merry Christmas to you and your family.

Hugs,

Barbara

-

[Guest guest]

I wish that things were going better for you KD. I also will keep your daughter

in my thoughts and prayers. I hope if she needs surgery for it that she has an

easy recovery and feels better after the cyst is removed.

Lori

http://home.comcast.net/~queenstitcher/

http://stitchingqueen.multiply.com

[Guest guest]

Thanks so much Kate ... the doc said that at this point the bc pills

wouldn't do much because it was so large when she saw her last week.

We are definitely doing take out and I have bought her 2 new pair of sweats

so that she still feels good in them ... ya know, not the same ole grungy

ones.

Thanks again!

On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Fair <kalfoley@...> wrote:

> KD, I hope you and your daughter feel better soon. Sounds like a good

> time to rent movies and send for take out! If it helps at all, I was

> hyperstimulated when I was on fertility drugs and had 3 mega cysts. My right

> ovary basically tried to take over the world and even pushed my uterus into

> the other side of my body. I had to take a lot of pain meds and wear sweat

> pants while I waited for my budda belly to subside, but they did go down on

> their own. Before they do surgery would there be a role for oral

> contraceptive pills? Sometimes they can use those to shrink cysts. Best,

> Kate F

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much Barbara! Prayers are wonderful things!

Whew ... I'm glad no ornaments broke!

KD

On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Barbara <bcreedon@...> wrote:

>

> Stress causes so many problems for us.

>

> I went through similar things with my daughter, from age 13 to a few

> years ago. She just turned 39. Each surgery stressed me to the max. No

> mother wants to see her children suffer, with or without surgery.

>

>

> Wishing you pain free days, and God Bless you both. Putting Christmas

> things out can be stressful, especially when things go wrong!!!!! I

> unpluged my tree the other day, and the whole thing toppled over!!!

> What a mess, but I finally got it fixed, and didn't break one ornament.

> How lucky was that!!!! Merry Christmas to you and your family.

>

>

[Guest guest]

KD,

First of all I hope you're feeling better today. Mtx CAN make you

weak just as you described. Not enough people realize that some of

our symptoms come from the meds. Please do your research yourself on

everything that goes in your body because even though they can help

with one thing they can also make very sick in another way. Flu like

aching is misereable. I've had that for over 40 years, but it's from

fibromyalgia, etc.... Yesterday I was misereable, especially last

night. My feet up to just over the knees and my hips and hands ached

horribly. I took 2 Aleeves and wrapped my legs in a heating pad and

eventually it calmed down enough that I could go to sleep.

Anyway, just be careful. I hope all will be well with your daughter.

I had a large ovarian cycst when I was 24 and it was extremely

painful and was removed surgically.

Thinking of you and your daughter with warm gentle hugs,

Stella

>

> I guess it's my turn to whine and cry again. I was feeling so

good ... was

> on mtx oral (6 tabs) and only felt bad 1 1/2 to 2 days following

the meds,

> but was almost pain free ... I say ALMOST. I started the

injections this

> week and went up to .8ml (basically up 2 tabs worth) and today I

feel

> horrible! I tried getting some washing done and when I was lifting

all the

> clothes the muscles in my arms felt so incredibly weak! They were

burning

> and the clothes felt like they weighed a ton!

>

> I rested for a bit and then tried to start getting the front room

ready for

> the Christmas tree ... yes, my Christmas tree is still in the

attic!!! I

> had to roll up a sleeping bag and tie it up. Well, the little

buckle fell

> off the tie piece and I had to thread the nylon strap back through

(my

> daughter came and helped me with that), but I'm in some major pain

now! My

> hands hurt so bad!

>

> On top of this, I am incredibly worried about my daughter. She is

13 and

> has been home from school for the past week on some pretty strong

pain meds

> because she has an ovarian cyst. She feels pretty good as long as

she is

> laying around in a reclined or semi-reclined position, but as soon

as she

> gets up and moving around for more than a couple minutes, she is in

some

> pretty bad pain. We were waiting this week to see if the cyst

would resolve

> on its own and they wouldn't have to do surgery, but from the way

she is

> complaining about the pain, I'm thinking it hasn't resolved. We

will find

> out at her appointment tomorrow for sure. Also, because it is so

big, they

> will not be able to do it laproscopically. They will have to do

the full

> abdominal surgery. I am trying to be so strong for her, but I am

really

> worried! Not worried that something could go wrong, but I don't

want my

> baby to have to go through surgery!

>

> Could the stress of Christmas and my daughter's illness be causing

the

> decrease in effectiveness of the mtx? Did anyone have less relief

from the

> injections over the pills?

>

> Thanks for letting me whine!

>

> If you are so inclined, I would appreciate a prayer for my

daughter's doctor

> appointment tomorrow!

>

> Hugs and wishes for pain free days to all!!!

>

>

>