Dolores- Duragesic Patch
From: Jean Long (creative@enter.net)
Sun Jan 27 23:42:21 2002
Dolores,
Hi stranger!! So nice to hear from you. Glad to hear your ordeal is finally
over with!
Hope you are feeling much better, keep in touch!
Stay out of hospitals for awhile!!!
JEAN
"SMILE............It confuses people!"
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From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org]On Behalf Of
dtouch
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 7:29 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
Subject: Re: Kath & Lesa- Duragesic Patch
Good Luck Jean Dolores in Louisiana dtouch@bellsouth.net
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Jean Long wrote:
Kath & Lesa,Thanks for the reply and information.I kept throwing up ever
since I went on the patch so they gave me Phenergan Suppositories to help
with the nausea.I couldn't eat or drink anything at all or it came back up.
Even my Herblax all came back up after I took them.I still threw up even
with the first 2 suppositories. Due to the throwing up and nausea I had
spent almost all of my time laying down, only up for 10-15 minutes at a time
and back down for an hour or so until it passed. "I think" I may have
finally gotten through that stage.I always feel better when laying down so
now that I am staying up again I will see if the pain keeps getting worse
again.I finally felt better yesterday although I wasn't laying down and
didn't throw up. I use the suppositories every 8 hours.I am on 25 mg which
is the lowest dose to start with so I do have lead-way if I need a stronger
one for pain if my stomach tolerates it.They are hoping my body will adjust
after awhile and accept the patch without causing any more nausea.We had to
start with the lowest dose since we have a problem with my body tolerating
meds.Like they said.....We have to give it our best shot since I can't
tolerate anything that goes through my digestive system and we are running
out of meds to try.That is also why they gave suppositories instead of pill
form for nausea, they didn't want to put anything thorough my digestive
system.I had already tried 2 different nausea pills and they didn't help me
at all.They want me to hang in there as long as I can before giving up on
the patch because the only other pain meds to try would be the pain pump
which doesn't intrigue me.Right now we just have to work on the nausea and
my body tolerating it.Today I do feel more pain so I don't know if it will
totally help the pain or not. I did have my hopes up yesterday because other
than my mind I actually did feel better. Maybe it is weakening since it is
time to change it tonight?! I thought I would feel better today since it is
a very warm sunny day but the longer I have been up the more the pain is
building again. Maybe it will take awhile for the total affects to take
place?! I just went on it 2-1/2 days ago. I guess it doesn't help either
because my nerves are also shot now after 2 years of fighting for help (not
to mention the prior 25 years before these additional problems), "trying" to
run a business in pain and even while in a nursing home, not being able to
function properly for 2 years, and going through 4 surgeries in 10 months
time and zillions of tests. I will know better in a few days if the patch
will work. I have to change it tonight so I am hoping a new patch doesn't
start the throwing up again and helps the pain more.JEAN
"SMILE............It confuses people!"
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