Posted by kerria on September 14, 2009, at 22:58:04
In reply to Re: i hate having to take meds for pain, posted by bulldog2 on September 14, 2009, at 14:52:18
> > tears
> > no- not really- i just tried to understand the not understandable calculater at some site and have been taking kadian and avinza. feeling bad most of the time. too much pain so i couldn't do anything- not even eat or try to go through the trouble of making anything bc all i can think about is how much it hurts.
> > then the meds i took started to work - for a while it was ok- not taking all the pain away though and when i added more that i thought was right - it wasn't. All last night i was too groggy and that terrible feeling in the pit of your stomach when you take too much pain meds.
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> > This morning we called the drs office again and have an appt tomorrow- not today bc dr isn't seeing pts today.
> > tears i feel like nobody cares about me and i can't stop crying
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> > i don't want to take the old expired medicine for another day
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> > i better take it soon bc it's wearing off very soon. i wish someone would tell me what is the equilavent -i'm so upset that nobody will.
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> > sometimes i hate my life so much
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> > i'm sorry bulldog - i didn't respond- it's terrible to be in pain and have to depend upon meds and other people. Best wishes to you and to you Phillipa. Thank you for writing for caring about us.
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> > kerria
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> I think pain is bad as it begins to wear you down mentally and makes me depressed.
> So I'm thankful that pain meds are available for relief.My wife can always tell when my meds are working by my moods.
> My ortho doc only gives me enough meds for 12 hours so laying in bed in pain makes it hard to sleep. I use the meds during the day when I need to around.
> I will try to find out the conversion thing.
>Thank you bulldog. There's not much worse than being in pain. i'm very sorry that your dr is not understanding enough to treat pain for 24 hrs. It should be a basic human right to have severe pain controlled.
Thanks for the link to the conversion chart. i can't understand how to do the math though.
Last week i had to see my regular gp- not the same dr who treats my pain- and explained about the pain meds running out and he printed out a simular chart. He wouldn't directly say exactly how much meds to take though and i can't do math. It''s so frustrating- i can't understand how. maybe it's a DID thing or something, i can't help it.Best wishes,
kerria
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