My turn to whine and vent

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Well,

More like a whole lot of whining, because I'm in too much pain to exert the

steam to vent.

I feel like I'm on the leading edge of another attack, if I'm reading all the

signs right. All I

need is to start getting nautious and then I'll know for sure, sigh.

I was feeling pretty great up until Saturday. Some pains off and on as always,

but nothing

that my meds couldn't handle. About an hour before I was supposed to drive to

Savannah

to pick up Austin at the airport the pains started up stronger than usual. I

went and got

Austin and did okay that evening after taking a BT med as soon as we got home

from the

airport.

Pain kept me awake most of that night and then since Sunday morning it's just

been all

down hill. Fortunately we didn't have any special plans for the holiday because

Bob was

working until late yesterday afternoon. I slept with the heating pad last

night, hardly

sleeping at all, and then was in too much pain to get out of bed this morning.

It took me a

house search to even find where I'd left the heating pad, since I've not needed

it. Then I

remembered that I'd packed it " just in case " in my luggage for Belize and never

unpacked

it. Spent the day today doing nothing at all except for a long jacuzzi before

trying to eat

dinner. Even that was a chore and I only ate half of what was on my plate. And

then

tonight the back pain has come with a vengence, so I'm bent over here trying to

type this

and catch up on everyone's news.

Fortuntely Bob is here and was able to spend some time with Austin today goofing

around.

But he will be gone again on Friday and I have to go to ton for wedding

stuff, so I

have to get over this. Tonight Bob wanted to know if it was time to " hit the

road for St.

ph/Chandler " ?...........So anyone who reads this, say a prayer or two

because I do not

want to have to go to the hospital!

I'm hoping this is just a real, real BAD episode and that it's going to blow

over soon. I

have an appointment with my PM doc on Friday morning, but tomorrow I'll run out

of BT

meds....I'd thought I had enough to make it to the appointment when I checked

last week,

naturally that was before this stuff started up again. Fortunately I have some

leftovers

from when we were doing all the experiementing earlier this year trying to find

something

that worked, so I can get by with those. None of them are doing much good,

anyway,

that's the part about the whole thing that scares me.

I hope you are all doing better now than I am, and continue that way.

With love, hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

www.pancassociation.org/anthology.htm#heidi

Bluffton, SC

SC State & SE Regional Representative

Pancreatitis Association, International

Note: All comments or advice are personal opinion only, and should not be

substituted for professional medical consultation.