Chronic Pain

Good Afternoon Gang

I started my post for the end of october and after I had a lovely chat with Deborama. My silly batter went dead, cuz our lardo pug was back behind my chair last night messing around and stepped on the button of the surge protector. Geesh- He does that too my all the time. Crazy dog. I should of checked it last night after he was back there, but of course I was just too lazy and when my sinuses hurt, the pressure is worse when I bend over, so I just did not want to do it. UGH Atleast I was able to finish my chat with Deb, before my puter went deal and I lost everything I had going. lol

We can begin typing over in this discussion now and anyone who would like t join in, come on in and visit with us. Everyone is welcome!

Gods Peace
Betty

Good Morning Pain Friends

It's Sunday am @ 11:58 and so I can still call it morning. lol
I've been up since 8 or 9? depends on if you've turned your clocks yet or not. hehe
Rod got home from work and he started a nice warm fire for me. Now I'm really sweating,but hey, he tried to keep the house warm and that's all that counts. My home ministry Lady will be here later this afternoon, but I'm not sure what time and we have to leave at about 3:15 to get to Rods parents home for a family dinner. I'm going to wear my new black sweat pants and put a blouse on. lol with sweats lol
They already know I can't be comfortable in rigid waste bands or tight ones, so I am not worried about my fashion statement. lol and if his sisters or neice make fun of me. I really don't give a hoot. I'm lucky to make it. Thank the dear lord that my husband understands and does not criticize my wardrobe at all. He's sweet and tells me I'm beautiful when I look like a wreck. lol He's really silly for doing it, I can look in the mirror too. giggle

I'm feeling a bit better today, I still have the pressure in my right side of my head, but I'll take some tylenol sinus pain & pressure and just get my self ready to go. We don't stay all that long and Rods pretty good and looking over at me and saying we better go when my face is in pain. He says he can always tell, by just looking at my face. I don't have to even say anything. It's really nice for him to notice and then I don't have to ever explain why I'm sleeping in the chair or why I'm quiet or why I'm not going somewhere. It used to bug me to have to tell him all the time and have to explain what seemed quite obvious to me. It's taken many years for us to figure all this out, but I think it's been worth the work.

Thank you all for continueing on while I was gone. I was feeling bad for abandoning you, but I also know you all understand the whys & whats of my own pain flares. That's a very nice feeling to visit with friends who all understand. Love you guys.

Binkie; I hope your temp implant goes well, you'll be in my prayers friend. Take Care of yourself. We will be anxiously waiting for your next post.

Gimpy; I'm sorry for your ins hassle. Just irks me too. There should be laws against what they do to us patients. We pay our payments and then have to beg & plead for treatments. Just infuriates me. I'll be praying you get your approval very soon. Please try not to let it get you too down. I'm sure it's aweful to have relief for several days and then have to go back to extreme pain. I'd be crying too. doggone ins companies. GRRRRRRr

DS/Deb: I;m so glad your power is back on. I really hate having ours out too. We paineacs have to have power to survivie. If my power goes out my pain just ramps up like crazy. Stress and not having anything to occupy my mind. So all I can do is lay here and think about pain. YUK!
Also, thank you for the big font idea. did not know about that trick and it worked well. I'm assuming that if I hold ctrl down and press the minus key that the font will shrink back down too??? is that right? Have not tried it yet, but just thought about it. Thank you for your im's too. I liked them very much. Hopefully we can catch up with one another and chat. hugs girlie. have a good day!

Deborama; Thank you for chatting with me this am. I had missed you yesterday and was signing out when one came in. It was really nice to get to chat this am though and I hope we can do it more. Do you guys know we can invite others into our chat so we can all or most of us chat at the same time??? I just don't have the ability for video. I have the webcam, just dial up and it does not work right. toooooooslloooooooow. So if anyone wants to do a group one, we can plan one. Have a good day

Danielle; hope to hear from you today and also hope your severe pain has let up on you. I hate it when it's so high that you begin to feel desperation for relief and think about the er. That happended to me recently and I had to fight the urge off. I don't go to the er and have only went once last winter with a gall bladder pain problem. I had to wait like six hours in severe pain with my mom inlaw and so that tends to make me want to just stay home too. lol Rod just gets worried about me and especially when he has to leave me all night and go to work. I will sleep with the phone by my pillow, as I do have times the pain is too high to even roll over and reach for the phone and that is also a scarry time.
Talk to you soon honey girl

Scooter: I hope your doing alright now sweetie. I've been thinking of you and praying that your grief be comforted and your daughters too. Hope to hear from you when your ready friend. My prayers are with you. Warm loving hugs

Eunique28; I hope everything is working out for you. Please let us know how you & the children are doing when you can. Hugs & sending my prayers for you too.

Chuck; How ya doing friend. hope your having a nice weekend and have done something fun. Did you watch the Taps Haloween speccial on friday night?? or any other good ghost programs. There sure have been alot of them and I've tried to watch as many as I could. Take Care buddy

Well, I suppose I do a few things and think about when I'm going to get ready for dinner. UGH don't really want to go, but I really need too. So I'm forcing myself to just get my buns moving.

Love & hugs to all of you
Talk to you after bit
Betty

I hope I did not miss someone or say the wrong comment to someon either. I get messed up sometimes with this crazy fm fog Sorry

Hi, friends!
What a great idea to enlarge the print!! I love it and it will save my poor eyeballs. I will do that for my online class as well. Thanks for the idea.

Betty, don't let that sinus problem go too long, girl. If it a sinus infection, you need to make sure you get yourself taken care of. Ok?

Alright, everybody,I have to go get ready to go out for dinner with my family. I'm with you on the blouse over sweat pants. Not a problem. Talk to you guys later.

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HELLO EVERYBODY, SORRY IT HAS BEEN A WHILE. THANK YOU BETTY FOR YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT BEING ONE OF THE FINALIST IN THE PAIN ART EXHIBITION. I WISH TO SAY HELLO TO EVERYBODY IN THE DAILY GRIND, I MISS YOU ALL. I HAVE FELT PREETY GOOD, BUT GAINED A LOT OF WIEGHT DUE TO LYICA. I HOPE TO BE A DAILY GRINDER EVERYDAY NOW. SEE YOU SOON

Good Evening pain gang

We had a very nice dinner at Rods parents house tonight. The whole family was there including the grandkids, except for Rod & I's son and he's up in Seattle at school. I hate it when he misses family stuff, but he can't help it and needs to study on Sunday nights. Someday he'll be done with college.

My pain has been alright since we got home. It got high this afternoon and so I broke down and took some bt meds. I've not been using my bt meds to try and lower my tolerance. They were not working very well lately, so I've hardly used any for the past month to try and lower my tolerance back down to where they work again. It's better and easier than asking & trying to change to a higher dosage and it seems to work too. So I do this a few times per year and it makes them work better again. I just have to suffer through the weeks of not using them.

Gimpy; Thanks hon, I think you might be right about the sinus infection. I have had chronic sinus problems since I was about 8 yrs old. Tonight when we drove down off the mountains and dropped about 15000 feet, my ear popped really loudly, it hurt and I could feel drainage from it and a girgling, like I had fluid plugged up in my ear, sinus or what ever. I'm going to email my primary care and let him know, so hopefully he'll just call me in an rx for an abx to pick up with my meds this week. For tonight, I'm going to use my sinus flush again. It helped last night too. The pressure is just miserable.

I really like DS/Debs clue on how to raise the font size too. It's been a life saver on my eyes. Wow! Thank you DEB! It really helps alot.
My eyes were in so much pain, I've been wondering around here with a blue ice pak, covered with one of Mats old short socks and it tied to my head with a peice of sticky gause bandaging tape. lol Looks rediculous and I'd be imbarassed if anyone but Rod were to see me, but it really helps with my headaches and I can still watch tv. lol
Some home remedies just crack me up. I'll try just about anything to decrease pain in this body. LOL I've also been using those sinus strips the football players wear, then I slap on a thick layer of icey/hot and smell like linament. I'm a real glamor gal when I get ready for bed. LOL Cracks me up. Poor Rod! When I think about, geesh I'm an ole lady.

Scottie; I'm so happy that you stopped by to say hello. Great job on the artwork. I'm just so proud of you & Zoe. Two members both fron the daily grind making the finalist was really good. You guys are the best.
I am also really happy that you've gotten on top of your pain control. That's terrific news. I'm sure your wife is really happy too. You just sound so much better friend and that's worth a million to me. talk to ya again soon. Hugs buddy

How was everyones weekend??? Come tell us about it when you get time. I'd love to hear what ya all did.

I'm going to head to bed w/my four pooches. Daddy works all night tonight, so I'll have all found in bed with me. Lots of snuggles with my pack friends.

Hugs & love to all of you. Have a great rest and I hope everyone sleeps well
Betty

Hi,
It is 3:20 A.M. and I cannot sleep, for Pete's sake! I started getting a pain attack at Wal-Mart after having a very nice Chinese dinner with my family. So, I thought I would just go home, go get ready, lie down, and go to sleep early. So much for that plan. Despite my best efforts, and extra meds. and heating pad, and millet bag, the pain ramped up so high, it was making me break out in a sweat in the bed. I finally came out here to the living room to watch tv, my ultimate addiction/distraction, and now I'm on the computer, too. I get so tired of this blasted pain!!

Just helps to talk to you all and think of you each hopefully snuggled in your cozy beds and sleeping soundly. Maybe I will get some sleep soon, if I can at least get the pain down and get it to calm down with the shooting and stabbing pains.

Well, I'm going to post this in case anyone else is up, then you will know you are not alone. Love ya!

Good Morning All - wow, finalists in the APF contests , that is wonderful .. expression is wonderful , no matter the medium ...

Just read back a bit, and seems like things are heppening for all .. wish I could take more time to reply to each one , but just thought I would pop in to say "Hey" , and let you know that we found a place , and have been packing up .. the dogs just love it here and can roam freely in the yard .. and it looks like I will be back on?or the 14th ...

Will pop in when I can to read , and miss you all too , and Betty , thanks for starting the November issue .. love, peace, charity and faith - A

Good Day Friends

I fought the insomnia dragon till wee hours, but finally fell asleep sometime between 3am & 4am. I woke back up by 8am and Rod got me up at 9am. I've been dozing on & off all morning in my recliner. I sure wish I could of slept better last night. It really ruins the next day when you cannot get any sleep the night before. I had even taken something for sleep and it never even phased me. Weird huh?

Gimpy; I"m sorry you were up all night struggling with the dragon too. If I would of went out for dinner and then to wally world, my pain would ramp up like crazy too. Both in one day or evening is just way too much for me. Do you think maybe your nerves are stirred up from them removing the temp machine?? I was just wondering if that would be an issue now while you have to wait for the silly ins company. Did they say what the hold up is?? or are they just dragging their feet??
I hope you have a lower pain day today and don't have a million things to do. Mondays can be tough anyway. Try to rest the best you can hon and I hope & pray that the pain will come back down. Hugs sweetie

Adrian; How is my dear friend??? so nice to hear from you dear heart. Sounds like things are moving in the planned direction. That's pretty exciting stuff. Will the doggies have a yard of their own now?? I bet they will love it.
Enjoy the rest of your trip and we will see you when you can. Hugs & love honey girl

Well guys, I suppose your all off to work, apts, resting your pain riddled bodies or taking care of buisness. Hang in there all and I'll be back later today.

Luvs ya all
Betty

Hi!

Adrian! So good to hear from you! I really miss you and look forward to whenever you can post. Please be careful in packing and everything and take care of yourself, ok?

Betty, I'm so sorry about you not sleeping either. Isn't that so frustrating? I had already planned for a friend to pick me up to go to lunch today. I almost called her and said I couldn't make it. But, I decided to just get ready and see how I felt. I'm glad I went with her and we had a nice talk. So, even though my pain is very high, it was good to get out. I hope you can catch up on your rest and perk up, my dear. You need some comfort and peace. I will pray for you. OK?

Dockside Deb, how are you today, sweet lady? Are you hanging in there okay? How are you feeling today?

Deborama, I hope you are doing well also. It is November! Hard to believe, especially because here in Colorado, we are having such a lovely fall. It has been warm and sunny as the leaves change. I hope you are having some nicer weather that you can enjoy.

Binkie, looking forward to the rest of your beautiful, deeply touching story, whenever you have the opportunity. It is nice to get to know you and that you are choosing to share yourself with us.

Eunique, I hope it goes well for you. Please let us know, okay? Hugs for you too!

Danielle, my whipper-snapper friend!! How are you? Is work comp. behaving themselves any better? Is your job still tolerable? Are you feeling any better?

Zoe, I hope you are okay and that you are experiencing some peace in your life. I hope to hear from you here, so that we know how you are, okay? No pressure if you are not up to it. I just care about ya!!

Scooter, you are still in my prayers often. It has certainly been a rough road. May God give you the strength to carry through with peace, serenity, hope and comfort.

Mark, dude, how is Norway? Are you still feeling better? Is it still a wonderful experience? Hope you are good.

Chuck, man, you are in my thoughts often. Keep your head up and hold strongly to your life. I really hope you are finding relief and fulfillment.

To all those I am missing at the moment, please know you are precious and valuable. I am going to post now because I am very sleepy from little sleep last night. But hang in there, everybody! Peace, love, talk to you soon!!

Love ya!

Hi Everyone,
It sounds like we could have had a middle of the night group meeting Sharon & Betty. I am so sorry both of you had high pain last night. I think I got to sleep around midnight and woke twice with pain (but not really so bad), then the alarm went at 7 am so I could get to my GP appointment at 10 am. I am soooooooooooo slow in the morning and with the doggies routines too it takes me forever to get out of the house. In the end, I didn’t have time for a shower . Can you believe it?

My GP, osteopath and I do NOT think the Cymbalta is helping the nerve pain at all. The tears stopped (from the reduction of effexor) but that is all. In fact, we all agree that I am getting worse. My daily migraines are back (they were completely under control) and the shooting nerve pain and tingling in my feet have increased. So…….the doctor debated continue for the month or stop……..eventually he said stop the Cymbalta and go back to 150 mg of effexor (he had me weaned to only 75mg). For those of you who are considering Cymbalta, it didn’t have any bad side effects; it just didn’t work how I needed it to work for me. I wouldn’t discourage you from trying it.

I didn’t make it to the ENT doctor the Wednesday the power was out so I have to reschedule after Nov 15th when his new schedule comes out. I brought a sample of what my sinus on the left is currently draining (sorry for the gross topic) to my GP. My glands are swollen on the left too but we agreed to wait for antibiotics for another week because I have had so much of it. I will call next week if I need it.

I had my FLU shot too. Don’t forget to have your flu shots. We don’t need the flu with our back conditions.

I have to have my mammogram (my younger sister had breast cancer & is ok 3 years after a radical mastectomy). I have to have my bone density test done again (2 ½ years since the last one when they discovered I have osteopenia……the precursor to osteoporosis). I have to see the eye doctor at the end of the month to see if I need surgery to prevent rapid onset glaucoma. I HATE ALL THESE APPOINTMENTS. I am only 56 years old. I am house bound except for maximum 2 hour jaunts with no sitting involved. I so envy those of you who can go out for lunch or travel or work. Keep doing it as long as you can.

As I was leaving the doctors office, I got up the courage to ask him, At what point do we consider this a permanent disability? He said, I think we cans say that you will have some permanent disability. My face began to leak and I walked towards the door and he said see you in a month. Thank you I said.

So there you have it, a little self pity party. I hate it when I get that way but I am so grateful that you guys are there to listen. Releasing it does help a bit.

Adrian, great to hear from you and that you found a place in Arizona. Is there another place near by for me? ……I’m only half kidding.

Scottie, it was nice to meet you and Congratulations!

Mark, where are you? I love your postings. You are able to say in 6 lines what we women can say in 6 paragraphs

Zoe, how are you? I think of you so often. Hang in sweetie.

Danielle, I really want to hear how you are doing.

Binkie, how have things worked out?

Deborama, Are you taking it easy? It is only day 4 from the cortisone shot in your hip……..and still icing?

For all those I forgot, love and strength.

I look forward to hear from all of you. It really helps me not feel so alone with my pain. So please be good to yourselves and I wish you all good luck voting tomorrow. Bring a chair and cane and pillow and food……….

Deb (Dockside)

Howdy folks

It's only 6:30pm and I'm already thinking about going to bed. I'm just pooped again today and not getting my sleep last night has really messed up my day. I'm just drowsie blah!

Maybe I'll read before I doze off. My pain is not too bad and I've already taken my night time meds. My stomach has been upset and I'm not sure why about that either. Could I be getting the flue??? not sure, but starting toconcern me. gosh I hope not. I still have a few more days till I plan to head back to Helens. I'm taking a full week off before going back down. Her neice will be fine. She lives next door, so her neice gets to go home and do stuff around her house and make dinner for her son and what ever, even just to take a break from Helen's house. When I'm down there, there is no break, except to run to the store. lol

I hope everyone has a good sleep and I'm going to head in with hopes to do the same.
Much love & hugs to all of you. Take Care of yourselves and I'll be back in the am.

Hugs& Love
Betty

hey all,
i'm behind on your lives and happenings~ my internet was turned off for several days. money. anyway, i was thinking i forgot to answer your q. betty, i don't have IM. yet- something my son could probably help me with but it's kind of hard to connect with him nowadays.
i've been really depressed today, hope tomorrow the 'sun will come out' perhaps~ or my legs will feel sturdy enough to go dancin' in the rain.

just thot i'd say hello-

Good evening all.......... my hip is feeling a bit better today, it still hurts to sit but way more bearable tonight. Thank-you DS Deb I have been icing it faithfully since you recommended it. Thank goodness you and I chatted! Thank-you Betty too for the chat. I would love to have a group chat too. I think it would be so much fun. Some popcorn and OJ and a chat!
Things have been topsy turvy here today. Hubby giving me the cold shoulder for reasons I thought we had already discussed. That is one thing I don't like about not working. When going to work, one gets a break from being at home, has an opportunity to socialize with the work crowd etc.
I am not happy about my apt with the urologist. I keep going through it in my mind. I really didn't get a chance to articulate myself. I expected him to have the consult letter with my chart. I am going to make another apt with him before Dec.
Yesterday we did have family dinner. My husband and step daughter cooked the dinner. It was nice for a change to have someone cook. I am still such a control kitchen freak. I have to let go. LOL....... one of my many misgivings!I feel bored and antsy again. I just finished my good run......... which always ends in a crash. I was making headway with organizing things that should have been done a long time ago etc. Things feel out of control again. I don't like it!!!!
So here is my letter, ty for listening. I have had DS Deb's leaky face as of late too. It's rare that I get hugs when this happens anymore. The household seems immune to this. Sometimes that makes one even sadder. Blah Blah......... enough of that.

Zoe: congrats on your art. It is so beautiful. Hugs to you. The homefront is difficult for you I know.

Betty: I hope you catch up on your rest hon. Thank-you for all of your kind words. It is nice you have a few days left before going back to Helen's.

DS Deb: I have been icing that hip faithfully. It sure makes a difference, thank-you again. It sounds like you have a very good physician.
How is your weather have you had much more snow?

Adrian: it was so nice to see you pop in. I hope your pain is low and you are enjoying your time. Look forward to hear of your adventures when you get home.

Gimpy: I sometimes can't believe how the health care system can hold a person hostage while we wait for things to be approved etc. The Canadian system is alot different, sometimes to the good and sometimes the bad. The stimulator issues....... it is like throwing the dog a bone and taking it back!!! Here is a taste of how good this might be BUT, now you have to wait! UNBELIEVABLE!! Stay strong, I am glad you went to lunch with your friend. The weather has been phenominal here on Vancouver Island!

Danielle: How are things going? I am anxious to hear about the WCB issues etc. Post when you can. Thinking of you.

Binkie: Thinking of you!! Post when you can.

Eunique: Hope things are smoothing out for you! Sending hugs.

Mark: Things must be going well for you. Keep in touch when you can.

Chuck: How are you? Hopefully your weather is still favourable.

Love and strength to all that I have missed. I am not as good at this as Betty. I do take notes sometimes (hee hee). I don't want to get mixed up. With the meds it isn't hard.

Deborama

had a long post, typed something wrong and my laptop ate it. *sigh* will try again later. to disscusted to try now.

had a long post, typed something wrong and my laptop ate it. *sigh* will try again later. to disgusted to try now.