Re: Robin fr

[Guest guest]

Robin,

Your e-mail did help. This attack was one of the worst ones as far as pain

goes. However, I've had some as severe with normal labs. Thanks for the

info on the jello and broth. I don't have them much at home, but in the

hospital I've had both with no problems when my diet was advanced from NPO

to clear liquids.

So far, I'm hanging in there. I've had a few times today that I thought the

pain was going stay at the intolerable rate, but then it settled back down

after oral meds. I am going to ask my pain doc about the duragesic patches

when I see him on Monday. It just occurred to me that since those go

through the skin vs oral, I could use them to get the pain under control

until I could tolerate oral meds again. I have phenergan suppositories

already, which do help sometimes when I can't keep anything down.

Going to bed with hopes of not having a repeat episode.

W

[Guest guest]

> Robin,

> Your e-mail did help. This attack was one of the worst ones as far

as pain

> goes. However, I've had some as severe with normal labs. Thanks

for the

> info on the jello and broth. I don't have them much at home, but

in the

> hospital I've had both with no problems when my diet was advanced

from NPO

> to clear liquids.

I'm so glad the email helped you. Let me know what else I can

do...even if it is just talking through email or IM...just let me

know.

>

> So far, I'm hanging in there. I've had a few times today that I

thought the

> pain was going stay at the intolerable rate, but then it settled

back down

> after oral meds. I am going to ask my pain doc about the duragesic

patches

> when I see him on Monday. It just occurred to me that since those

go

> through the skin vs oral, I could use them to get the pain under

control

> until I could tolerate oral meds again. I have phenergan

suppositories

> already, which do help sometimes when I can't keep anything down.

I can't use the suppositories as they burn when they are

inserted....so much so, the area get raw, so I don't use them. If

the Zofran ODT doesn't work for me, then I have the Phenergan IV to

use (I have a Hickman Catheter).

The Duragesic is something that maybe you can switch to

indefinitely. It takes a good three days to get in your system, and

is a medication that is used more for long term pain relief than

short term, as you are describing it for you. By the time it gets to

work for you, then the pain may already settle down on it's

own...make sense?

>

> Going to bed with hopes of not having a repeat episode.

Hope you ar doing better.

Robin