Re: Re: Some thoughts: pain levels and medications RX

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Hey Debra and

How the words from your voice rings true.

I fell in 97 through a pier 15 feet, busted shoulder ,

tore up rotator and all the tissues and joint

associated with the scapula region, tore my left quad

and buldge 4 cspine vertabrae.

any way needless to say other will be no more scuba

night dives or any other , lol and jaw's missed his

chance.

I recooped and after reconstruction of the left

shoulder , PT and a regimend of contious pain meds, it

took a bout of hip pain non connected mind u for s ome

to ask about other problems.

I got my fibro legitiment diagnosis 9 months ago.

i got concerned however when i ask my ortho man about

the use of flexiril and perc's and well as darvocetts

for a period of time. His reply was if you are in pain

you are less likely to get dependant and you can not

heal if you are in pain. made sense.

now i can not heal because i can not get much relief.

and for the last 12 weeks its been a roller coster.

tonight is misable for the spine and leg aches .

the experts here are not the doctors we go to but

ourselves it's just ashame that those who are trained

to provide support and treatment sometimes do more

harm by just not listening to the multitudes of us who

have the most familar with this demon called Fibro.

God's speed and a restful night ya'll

Diane

--- wrote:

> Gee, Debra, instead of going upstairs when I walked

> into the house

> after going out to the back porch to get a Dr.

> Pepper, I tripped and

> fell, once again, flat on my face! Of course, when

> I am home I

> scream, (if dh is home!) and he cane to help me up

> as I could not do

> it on my own! --- Had been carrying a cup of water

> and came back

> with the cup and the can! There I lay spralled on

> the floor amongst

> all of the boxes he had brought inside as it was

> snowing and they

> were getting wet! But instead of, once he helped me

> up, going

> upstairs for the strong pain meds, I could have

> grabbed a bottle and

> self medicated that way!! And I would have just as

> much sense when I

> took another pain pill tonight and then called my

> sister!! I know,

> even if I had not told her that I had taken the

> meds, she would have

> known because I was so spaced out!!!

> And I am pretty sure the reason my father drank as

> much beer as he

> did was that it dulled his pain (probably both

> physical and

> mental!). Mother did not like it --- especially if

> he was driving,

> that had to upset her even more than many people

> after they had lost

> their only son to the SOB of a drunk driver!

> And if I had a wee bit of the bottle, I might have

> just gone off to

> sleep so quickly. But I don't like the hang over

> the next day!!!

> I have had a few of those and they do nasty things

> to me --- one time

> triggered one of the worst migraines I had had in

> years.

>

>

>

> >

> > I can look back years ago and recall that I had

> fibro though it was

> not diagnosed. The symptoms were mild then and I

> could brush them

> off for the most part. Up until 5 years ago when it

> hit me really

> hard, I never had a pain that Tylenol would not take

> care of. Had a

> doctor have told me I had fibro back then, I would

> have thought, well

> I can take this without medication. It was not bad

> then. Matter of

> fact, pain was not even an issue at the time... it

> was just some

> numbness and tingling in my fingers, some fibro fog

> (which I did not

> know it was then), and being overly tired. The pain

> did not hit me

> bad until that flare from hell about 5 years ago.

> Then I found that

> no amount of over the counter meds would take care

> of it or touch

> it. I remember being at work one day several weeks

> before the

> diagnosis.... I thought I was getting a " virus " . I

> was aching all

> over. I remember taking Tylenol.... no relief.

> Added some Advil to

> it.... no relief.... took some

> > naproxen.... no relief. I thought to myself...

> " that is

> strange.... wonder why these medicines don't work...

> must be a really

> bad virus coming on " .

> > I would not have imagined that within a week I

> would be in such

> pain that I would think I was dying and had some

> terminal illness.

> Thus, I went to doctor after doctor and finally got

> the diagnosis of

> fibromyalgia.

> >

> > So, let me just say that this disease certainly

> has its stages and

> its difference in severity from one person to the

> next. And when the

> pain gets so bad, and over the counter meds no

> longer work, I promise

> that any human being will take a RX medication to

> try to help it or

> they will become non functional and lay in misery.

> > Hopefully, some people will never progress to this

> stage and will

> continue to have mild symptoms because I don't wish

> this on anyone.

> BUT, from my own experience... I know that without

> RX pain killers I

> would not be able to get up and go to work or do

> anything.

> >

> > COST issues-- I do not have insurance, but the

> cheapest and oldest

> drugs for narcotic pain relief are cheap.

> Hydrocodone compared to

> some other drugs is definately not expensive.

> (unless you get them

> off the street.. then the price will be very high).

>

> >

> > Also, lets just look at the facts. Rx drugs work

> on the pain

> before they get you " high " or " zombied " . If you

> take a RX that is

> really too strong for the amount of pain, yes you

> will probably get

> wasted on it. But if the pain is bad enough, the

> medication will

> work on the pain and will not put you out of it and

> into neverland.

> >

> > Just some thoughts.

> >

> > love and hugs,

> > Debra V.

> >

> >

> >

> >

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> 1. While it is wonderful to share our experiences

> with everyone on the list as to what treatments do

> and don't work for us, pls always check with your

> dr. Some treatments are dangerous when given along

> with other meds as well as to certain health

> conditions or just dangerous in general.

>

> 2. If you are in a difficult situation (doesn't

> matter what it is) pls don't be afraid to ask for

> help. It is the first step to trying to make that

> situation better.

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> 4. Also, it is not uncommon for more than one member

> to be feeling bad at the same time when it comes to

> flares and b/c of that potentially take something

> another member says the wrong way. And that

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> (even if it's laughing at fibro itself) even though

> we who deal with illness whether one such as fibro

> or multiple illnesses try to keep a sense of humor.

>

> 5. Pls let's be gentle with each other, and if you

> are having a bad day pls let us know so that we can

> do our best to offer our support.

>

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