Posted by corafree on July 25, 2006, at 11:22:01
In reply to Re: COLONOSCOPY PREP'AIR'ATION COUNTDOWN » corafree, posted by llrrrpp on July 25, 2006, at 9:07:45
Hi L. I just woke up.
Soma is on the list. I've been on it for about a month now for sleep, and it helps w/ muscle relaxation. I've found that taking it instead of an AD (like trazodone) w/ sleep-inducing properties increased my overall sense of well-being. In fact, I'd made minor mention of feeling depression remission. Anyway, I didn't take it last night. Instead 'have some extra' Valium, so took two of those.
Percodan is on the list. I'm on 10/650mg 3x a day maintenance! Cervical discs 3-4, 4-5, 5-6 extruded. Maybe I've already said this, but I've been on narcotic maintenance for under 10yrs .. prob' 6yrs would be correct.
What do you all think? Do you think you can 'cold turkey' a narcotic?
Last time an MRI was read .. I was still 'not' a surgical candidate. They are waiting for it to get worse.(?)
The ACPA is working to show that 95% of people on narcotic pain mgt are not addicted.(?)
A little over a wk ago I tried to begin cutting back on my own.
I experienced 'ginormous' IBS reaction. I'd eat something, then spend the next two hours in excruciating abdominal pain until what I ate left my body! It wasn't even dairy!
My emotions became, well, somewhat like one's emotions when try to quit smoking ... 'someone you'd best stay far away from'! I felt 'any' emotion to the extreme!
Pain started to come back full force from my mid back straight up to the top of my head where it explodes like a migraine, and then goes across my shoulders and down both arms.
Oh ... think I goofed in saying 'local' anesthetic. (A butt shot?) Phillipa told me what they use for a colonoscopy, something(?) and Versed. Just yesterday I called the butt doc's office to tell them I want 'the max sedation', but she didn't tell me what it would be. I was going to check w/ Phillipa today and see what it is they give you exactly.
Of course doc's office not open yet.
Thing is, I've already (unknowingly) broken the rules, w/ Percocet, Soma.
I just looked at the word 'Check In' on my preparation paperwork and at first glance I thought it said 'Crack In' ... LOL!
I've been taking fish oil, magnesium, calcium. Don't believe these fall under the herb category.
The 'do not take for 2wks list' contains vit-E (I hope there isn't vitamin E in fish oil!), St. John's Wart, herbal supplements, lots of pain meds, Indocin, Vioxx & Celebrex and the like, all products w/ ibuprofen, all products w/ aspirin, and naproxen sodium or Aleve. There aren't any ADs or benzos on it.
Maybe people on chronic pain management follow a different protocal than this?! Why didn't this doctor make issue of this. My list of meds was right there for him to see!
I don't know for sure how I feel about narcotic dependence ... whether it is an addiction or not, but it sure felt like 'withdrawal' when I tried cutting back. I've already been down all pain mgt avenues you may think of in effort to not need the narcotic. I can't 'go there' now.
Physically, I need a procedure, but it could throw me into 'a mental meltdown'!
I'm already 'freaking out' and I'm on Valium 10mg 3x a day!
Does anyone think this bears 'detox inpatient' to prepare for, in my situation?
This could be dangerous. I know people on Oxycontin @ high dosages. What do they do to prepare for a colonoscopy?
I know none of you will say, "You've got to learn to handle the pain!" (Please?) I can't get through this. RU sick of me yet? (I heard that!)
This is 'SO' my luck!
Oh, I can drink coffee (Yippee!) and I'm gettin' it now!
love, cf
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