Length/Severity of Attacks

August 9, 2005

Hi all! Hope everyone is feeling great today. I had to go to my

pain clinic appt. yesterday (this was my 3rd time going), the last 2

appts have been checkups to see if the meds are doing their job.

They finally sent me home with a script for 4mg of dilaudid for BT

pain. Thank g-d! When I got home, I started feeling fatigued and

the feeling got worse as the night when on. Around 6 or 7 I was

vaguely naseous and had a little pain and I mostly just felt " yucky "

(I can't really describe it any better). Has anyone else had this

feeling? Well, I laid down about 7 and eventually was in a fit of

BT pain! Thank g-d for having permission from the pain clinic to

take dilaudid. They are so strict with their routines and

protocols, which is better than how I was juggling all the pain meds

by myself. But I don't have to run to the ER when having pain, as I

did 2 times last week.

The last few weeks (since my stents were removed) I've had attacks

that come out of nowhere and last for about 3-6 hours, usually

during late afternoon or at night. The pain level usually goes up

after 30 min-1 hour after inital onset. Once I take something for

it and go to sleep (~8 hours) I wake up and I am fine. Has anyone

else had periods where all the attacks are the same like this?

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