I'm off the codeine!
From: Nancy E. Hale (nanny@nbnet.nb.ca)
Wed Aug 29 21:17:57 2001
Hello again!
COLETTE: Hang in there kiddo. You know we are all pulling for you to find
relief.
KARLA: I'll be thinking of you tomorrow when you go back in. I know it's
been a long week for you, glad you made it.
LEIGHSA: So sorry for your loss and for your continuing pain. Figuring
out what caused adhesions can be so difficult, and dealing with the
aftermath can be so frustrating. I think we all have been victims of the
"but you don't look sick" mentality.
TONI: ARGHHH! I can feel your pain. How about if we form a virtual
cheerleading squad for you? Something like "Push it out! Shove it
out!". Nope, that wouldn't work either, cause pushing hurts too. Been
there, done that. Sorry, Sweetie, wish I was more help.
LISA: This is great news! Congratulations on starting to regain your life.
JO: So sorry you're under the weather as well as under the
equator. You've been through so much since we met, that I feel guilty when
we chat and I'm not in the best of moods. Gentle hugs to you my friend.
I'm in a great frame of mind tonight. I had a dr. appt. today, and when
she came in the room, she started apologizing to me as she had just learned
that codeine does not work for some people, who do not have the right
receptors to break the drug down so that it will control the pain. I knew
this already, as it was released by the National Institute of Health fro
the National Center for Research about a month ago. I was so relieved I
almost started crying.
So I am now on Oxycodone for the next three weeks to see what happens. I
also have a follow-up appointment with the doctor in three weeks, at which
time she will try a session of acupuncture (at my request - the Pain
Management Unit nurse said that they would probably try acupuncture and
nerve blocks when I finally get in to see them sometime the first part of
next year). The doctor agreed with me that if they are going to suggest it
anyway, and my family physician is a licensed acupuncturist, we may as well
try it now and see if it helps. At least the doc knows that I am willing
to try anything and I am not afraid to research this problem on my own and
then go to her for a professional opinion on what I have learned.
The first dose of oxycodone has lowered the pain levels somewhat, so I
guess I'll find out what works or doesn't work over the next couple of weeks.
I'm off to the archives to do my research! And to find the link to that
snowball fight ;)
Nancy in NB
ICQ #9683431
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