Re: the answer to my prayers!
From: Peggy (pklippe1@nycap.rr.com)
Thu Dec 2 14:05:09 1999
At Thu, 2 Dec 1999, jenny wrote:
>
>Hello all,
>I haven't posted for ages, but read all the postings every day.
>I had a really rough weekend two weeks ago, and was started on Oramorph
>solution which really has been the answer to my prayers. It is liquid
>morphine. I now feel in control of my pain instead of it being the
>other way round. The pain is not away completely, but is much more
>bearable.
>I go for surgery next Wednesday for division of my adhesions, and for
>removal of an ovarian cyst and the remainder of the little bit of ovary
>that I have left. I'm sure that you'll all understand when I say that
>in many ways I can't wait for the op, although in other ways I'm
>terrified!
>I've tried really hard to distract myself from pain, by continuing to
>work. The problem is then that people then don't believe that you are
>any pain and think that everything is fine. Mind over matter is great
>in theory, hard in practice! I do think that distraction of any sort
>really does help though.
>Love to everyone, and thanks for sharing your experiences. On a hard
>day, I can't wait to read how everyone has got on that day - the forum
>is so helpful!
>Jenny
Hi Jenny. I would like to wish you luck with your upcoming surgery on
December 10th. I hope that all turns out well for you.I had given
second thoughts to having my last surgery but I am really happy that I
went through with it. It has been almost 2 weeks since my surgery and I
am feeling really good. The pain that I had on the left side is so much
better than before. I still have some pain on and off but not near the
constant pain that I had.The Dr. did not find any adhesions at all
,What he did find was endomertiosis So I am hopeful that I am on the
road to recovery from the nightmare that I have been in.THe Dr.applied
interceed when I had the surgery back in April of this year and all
along I was thinking that it did not help me at all But I guess I was
wrong. So there is hope out there for adhesion sufferers. I contribute
me having no adhesions to the interceed that was used.I may be wrong .I
am sure that I will never know if it was the interceed that helped me or
not.Any way good luck and please post and let us know how your surgery
went.
"FRIENDS THAT STICK TOGETHER" PEGGY