What did it take for me to function today? You won't believe it

March 23, 2008

I was washed out, tired and in constant all over body pain today. It was bad.

I finally got tired of it and took a mixture of meds and it did work.... but it

is too much I am sure.

Ok.... I took a total of 15mg of Hydrocodone, 440 mg of Naproxen, 650mg of

Aspirin, and a Robaxin muscle relaxer. ALL at once. It did it for a while. I

was able to move without pain finally, participate in life with my kids a little

bit instead of laying on the couch like a pile of lifeless matter, and I even

bathed my little boy and cleaned to kid's bathroom. I cleaned the toilet, the

tub, the sink, the counter and the floor and the mirror. That was alot for me.

Just saying, it seems it gets harder and harder to put symptoms at bay. I

could have chosen to not take all those meds and just lay on the couch. But

just for today, I took that amount because that is what it took to get me out of

pain. I took some tramadol last night and a couple of flexerils because I did

not want to take any more hydrocodone after work. I also put some icy hot all

over my legs, arms and neck and upper back after my mineral bath last night. I

woke up feeling just as crappy as I did before I went to bed. Well, so be it.

I guess if I have to concoct some formula of pills once in a while to feel half

way functional, then I will. I know that any one of those meds alone would not

have done a thing for me. But together, I got some results.

It is also not good to take naproxen and aspirin together as they are both

anti inflamatory drugs and also are anti platelet drugs can make you bleed.

But, I don't do that every day.

Well, Thanks for listening,

hugs,

Debra V.

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March 23, 2008

>

> I was washed out, tired and in constant all over body pain today.

It was bad. I finally got tired of it and took a mixture of meds and

it did work.... but it is too much I am sure.

>

> Ok.... I took a total of 15mg of Hydrocodone, 440 mg of Naproxen,

650mg of Aspirin, and a Robaxin muscle relaxer. ALL at once. It did

it for a while. I was able to move without pain finally, participate

in life with my kids a little bit instead of laying on the couch like

a pile of lifeless matter, and I even bathed my little boy and

cleaned to kid's bathroom. I cleaned the toilet, the tub, the sink,

the counter and the floor and the mirror. That was alot for me.

>

> Just saying, it seems it gets harder and harder to put symptoms

at bay. I could have chosen to not take all those meds and just lay

on the couch. But just for today, I took that amount because that is

what it took to get me out of pain. I took some tramadol last night

and a couple of flexerils because I did not want to take any more

hydrocodone after work. I also put some icy hot all over my legs,

arms and neck and upper back after my mineral bath last night. I

woke up feeling just as crappy as I did before I went to bed. Well,

so be it. I guess if I have to concoct some formula of pills once in

a while to feel half way functional, then I will. I know that any

one of those meds alone would not have done a thing for me. But

together, I got some results.

>

> It is also not good to take naproxen and aspirin together as they

are both anti inflamatory drugs and also are anti platelet drugs can

make you bleed. But, I don't do that every day.

>

> Well, Thanks for listening,

> hugs,

> Debra V.

>

> Debra, I think there are times when one med just won't do it! I

try to save the percocet for really bad days and I never take the

valium during the day if I can avoid it. But the Bayer Back and Body

will sometimes work and then there are the days when I have a

migraine which just adds to it.

And then, my dh says he is making an appointment to meet with the

retirement person for next Monday and he could not understand why I

said I have an appointment with my psychiatrist at two and then a 3

with my pyschiatric social worker. He knows I go everyother week and

they are really difficult to do both in one day. (that is I see the

social worker every other week --- thank God! I don't see the

pyschiatrist but every three months and next week IS THE LAST TIME

she is going to see me --- I am going to see my favorite

psychiatrist. (I have a crush on him but keep that quiet!!!)

Well, I am going to bed.

I worked on taxes today once again DH does not understand what I need

to do it all! I am so tired of his thinking it's easy to do!! I now

have to search for his pension deduction for this year and see if I

paid my 2008 IRA last year!!!

Thank goodness one of us knows how to do this!!!! Oh, and while all

of that is going on, " do you want everything in this box? " He's

packing. I would just rather wait until we move before I do any more

sorting!

I know, it bitch, bitch, bitch~~~~

March 24, 2008

Debra,

I know they pulled the naproxen from me because for me, it hurts my

kidney function (I think it's a side effect). And sometimes, the pain

is so much I do want to take a robaxin and darvocet, only it would

make me sleep! I'm glad you were able to function, if only for a

little while. It's too bad that the feeling didn't carry over into

the next morning for you! I know with the Lyrica, I can at least get

out of bed without feeling as though I'm 100 yrs old, which is good.

But I'm still pretty " slow to start " in the mornings.

Darlene