Dealing With Pain

[Rockhound]

Since weaning myself off my pain meds, so I can more safely drive my vehicle, which I had chosen not to drive since being on the pain meds, is getting harder and harder to deal with.

My pain meds have or rather, usually reduced my pain threshold to about 50% for the most part and in some areas it appeared to have reduced it to nearly 0%, since now I am experiencing pain in those areas, like I can't remember, having not had to deal with it in those areas for such a long time.

Life or rather my quality of life, even though I can drive my vehicle without the fear of causing an accident, due to the effects of a narcotic, has actually been reduced, since their are times when the pain is so bad, I am reduced laying in bed with out the strength to anything else. Even lying in bed becomes intolerble at times, I had forgotten how much of my anxiety was connected to my pain level and how often my panic attacks seemed to co-inside with my pain level.

I just don't know how much longer I will be able to contend with the pain, just because of my fear of being in an accident brought on by the affects of the pain meds. Now I fear I may be in an accident, becuase my attention was hampered while dealing with the pain and not on my driving.

I got to go now, because the pain in my hands, while typing is interfereing with my spelling the words I right, I have to keep making corrections as I go along, because my fingers don't seem to want to do or rather type the characters my fingers should reach to, twitching in pain as a move about the different key strokes.

Besides, it's time I should be thinking about something to eat for luch, which brings on a whole new set of pain issues from sitting to standing.

Rockhound Rider :P B) B)

[BoonDoc]

i am new to pain meds and take hydrocodone,and sometimes i get extremely nauseaus and have thrown up on several occasions . what do you do about that ?

Call your doctor and let them know what's going on with your meds this is something that they should document. It may just be side effects form being new to narcotics, they can cause nausia, itching, etc., go online and look for side effects on the hydro. to educate yourself, and make that call.

BoonDoc

[gp747]

Call your doctor and let them know what's going on with your meds this is something that they should document. It may just be side effects form being new to narcotics, they can cause nausia, itching, etc., go online and look for side effects on the hydro. to educate yourself, and make that call.

BoonDoc

will do boondoc thanx

[Commander Bob]

i am new to pain meds and take hydrocodone,and sometimes i get extremely nauseaus and have thrown up on several occasions . what do you do about that ?

Some pain meds shouldn't be taken on an empty stomach. try taking it with food or something light to eat. even if it's ensure. That helps some people.

Edited August 25, 2009 by Commander Bob 92-93

[Jayg]

Call your doctor and let them know what's going on with your meds this is something that they should document. It may just be side effects form being new to narcotics, they can cause nausia, itching, etc., go online and look for side effects on the hydro. to educate yourself, and make that call.

BoonDoc

Our pharmacist recommended the site "webMD" http://www.webmd.com/drugs/index-drugs.aspx as a source he relied upon for accurate general descriptions about meds he was unfamiliar with and I have found it good.

Unfortunately, those handouts include so much over responsive reporting (every time somebody sniffed or broke wind on a med its reported as a potential side effect or 'risk') that make it nearly impossible to understand what's going on with a med. I have found this site's description far more understandable.

There are plenty others of course, I just recommend this one as one I know.

[Mcafee]

Hello All Hope All Is Well.

This Friday I have an appointment with Pain Management and Neurologist for consultation or Examiniation as to proceed with Future Care for injuries sustained.Both Legs lower back 5th and 6th Vertebre fuzed.Medication taking right now are Morphine sulfate 15mg,Baclofin 10 mg,Gabpentin 600mg. I can tell you this much I can not function I am a vegtable with all of these meds.I am considering acupuncture.Pain is tough.Went for Orthopedic Consult with a very well known Physician in the area he told me and gave this to me in writing that if any invasive proceedures were done on eithier of my knees the FAILURE rate is 70-75 %.IMAGINE THAT.Take care folks

[Rockhound]

Well people, I couldn't stand the elivated pain in my left shoulder, that was previously thought to be the result of burcitus, but now instead of the pain being more in the area of the shoulder socket, it bares its ugly teeth in my bicept or the area between my shoulder socket and elbow and is much more intense than I remembered. Anyway, it got so bad I was forced to seek out an appointment with my PCP and once again was lucky enough to get a next day opening to see her.

If I don't start glowing in the dark from all the radioactive rays I have received this year, I'll probably be picking up scrap metal from the MRI's I've had. LoL Today I had several xrays taken of my shoulder and bicept area, I hope I haven't exceded my limit thus far. Only kidding people.

I go back into town tomarrow for an MRI of my back, hip, and thigh area for the pain and numbness in those areas and I hope I finally got my IMO referal streightened out for my IMO for my current claim in the DRO stage, hope I hear from the IMO specialist for the appointment date soon, because they told me it will probably be a couple of weeks before I can be seen. At least it will give me time to gather up the neccessary medical history that will satisfy the VA as having had access to the same information the C&P examiner and rater had in their opinion and decision.

Anyway, it has been some week thus far and I am not alone either, my kitten, Tammi is getting the last of her baby shots on thursday and also getting her bio chip, so she can be ID'd if she should get, by chance picked up by the dog catcher who has been know to be in the area at times. My kitten and cat are at risk, since they are indoor/outdoor cats, helping to keep the mice population down and since tammi will be getting fixed, she won't be adding to the population of cats either. It's a shame, she's such a cute thing, I hate to do it, but if I don't do it now, and she does get nabbed, it will go worse for me if I don't do it and i can't ill afford a higher fine and having to get her fixed anyway.

Well I feel like I can get some much needed shut eye, that I missed last night, I just hope it doen't mess up getting to sleep later tonight. I've pretty much given up having regular sleep hours, I take it when I can get it and hope things work out in the end.

Rockhound Rider