Re: guilt- illness- and Lyrica- called in sick

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Debra - I hope you wipe away that guilt, because it just weighs you down more.

I'm hoping for the best with the Lyrica. Get some rest and hope your pain level

goes down with it. Sorry about the loss of your patient. Take care.

Jeanne in WI

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Thanks sweetie. I just need to quit trying to tell anyone anything about this

disease because you can talk until you are blue in the face and they will NEVER

get it.

Gonna take a hot bath in a few minutes and rest.

love,

Debra V.

Jeanne and Dave djgraves9497@...> wrote:

Debra - I hope you wipe away that guilt, because it just weighs you

down more. I'm hoping for the best with the Lyrica. Get some rest and hope your

pain level goes down with it. Sorry about the loss of your patient. Take care.

Jeanne in WI

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Debra,

Being a nurse is a tough job both physically and emotionally. You worked a long

day that would have wiped out even a healthy person. So, don't feel guilty!!

Plus, your patient died....that adds to your exhaustion. Try to pamper yourself

today. Let me know how you do with the Lyrica.

Jill

guilt- illness- and Lyrica- called in sick

Yep, here I am. Overdid it yesterday to the max. I had to call in sick. Do I

feel guilty? Yes. Should I? NO. The crap has hit me all over from working a 10

hour shift yesterday, running all over the nursing home non stop and to boot I

had to get up yesterday morning at 630 for my doctor appt. Strange thing, I felt

good yesterday through all of it until about 6 in the evening when my body

rebelled. I had to stay until midnight because I had a dying patient whom I

loved dearly and her family was in alot of grief.

Of course the nurse I consider to be my best friend said " well, just sleep in

tomorrow " . THEY NEVER GET IT. The NORMAL person can do that and feel refreshed.

Fibro won't let that happen. You either wake up in pain and can't go back to

sleep or even if I did sleep 9 or 10 hours, my body would still be screaming.

I did take my first dose of Lyrica about 5 minutes ago. I guess I will give it

a try. Hell, I would drink muddy water if I thought it would help. So, we will

see if I get drunk from it or what. At this point, I don't give a $hit.

To the only ones that understand,

love and hugs,

Debra V.

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Debra,

Sorry you did yourself in..that was good of you to stay with that family. Yeah,

sleep in..that'll do it!!! Good luck with the Lyrica. I have had no side effects

that I know of taking it. I'm still on once in the evening, so we shall see. I

hope it works for the both of us!!

Hugs,

/Mi

guilt- illness- and Lyrica- called in sick

Yep, here I am. Overdid it yesterday to the max. I had to call in sick. Do I

feel guilty? Yes. Should I? NO. The crap has hit me all over from working a 10

hour shift yesterday, running all over the nursing home non stop and to boot I

had to get up yesterday morning at 630 for my doctor appt. Strange thing, I felt

good yesterday through all of it until about 6 in the evening when my body

rebelled. I had to stay until midnight because I had a dying patient whom I

loved dearly and her family was in alot of grief.

Of course the nurse I consider to be my best friend said " well, just sleep in

tomorrow " . THEY NEVER GET IT. The NORMAL person can do that and feel refreshed.

Fibro won't let that happen. You either wake up in pain and can't go back to

sleep or even if I did sleep 9 or 10 hours, my body would still be screaming.

I did take my first dose of Lyrica about 5 minutes ago. I guess I will give it

a try. Hell, I would drink muddy water if I thought it would help. So, we will

see if I get drunk from it or what. At this point, I don't give a $hit.

To the only ones that understand,

love and hugs,

Debra V.

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Debra,

I feel for you honey - and NO, you should not feel guilty. Take care of

yourself today and get some rest. Let everything else go except making sure

you are okay.

I'm sure not only the physical part of the whole day working, but the

emotional stress of the dying patient added to your pain.

I know what you mean about overdoing it and the NORMAL term. I work from

home doing transcription and normally only work about 25 hours a week. For

some reason my employer must think I'm on full time status and last week I

worked 42 hours. As I said to my doctor on the phone yesterday - that may

not sound like much to the normal person, but I'm not normal and those kinds

of hours just about killed me. They started me off this week working a lot

of hours too. Fortunately so far this morning, I'm only scheduled for my 5

hour shift. If they send me additional work, I may have to tell them I am

not able to accept the extra work at the moment - I'm one of those stupid

people that can't seem to say no, so they think I'm the " go to " person for

extra work. I am taking off on Friday and am not accepting weekend work

because I need the rest after my body has rebelled big time. I had to talk

to the doc about getting something extra for the pain besides my norm. She

was understanding and did prescribe something else for me on top of my

regular meds - I thank God for that woman.

Let us know how it goes with the Lyrica.

Teri (central Wisconsin)

guilt- illness- and Lyrica- called in sick

Yep, here I am. Overdid it yesterday to the max. I had to call in sick. Do I

feel guilty? Yes. Should I? NO. The crap has hit me all over from working a

10 hour shift yesterday, running all over the nursing home non stop and to

boot I had to get up yesterday morning at 630 for my doctor appt. Strange

thing, I felt good yesterday through all of it until about 6 in the evening

when my body rebelled. I had to stay until midnight because I had a dying

patient whom I loved dearly and her family was in alot of grief.

Of course the nurse I consider to be my best friend said " well, just sleep

in tomorrow " . THEY NEVER GET IT. The NORMAL person can do that and feel

refreshed. Fibro won't let that happen. You either wake up in pain and can't

go back to sleep or even if I did sleep 9 or 10 hours, my body would still

be screaming.

I did take my first dose of Lyrica about 5 minutes ago. I guess I will give

it a try. Hell, I would drink muddy water if I thought it would help. So, we

will see if I get drunk from it or what. At this point, I don't give a $hit.

To the only ones that understand,

love and hugs,

Debra V.