Dear Sally,
The nurse told me that Ultracet is new, but let me tell you I had a much
better day yesterday than I have had in quite awhile. Maybe it's the
combination of the two, Neurontin and Ultracet. I can just hope and
pray its doing something for me. I've never tried the Oxycontin before
but if it gets bad again I'm going to ask for it. I see my gyn on Tues.
that did my surgery last month, and he's the one that gave me the
Tylenol #3. My primary dr is the one that gave me the other two meds.
You say it is beautiful here, so where is here? I live in Henderson
Nevada, a suburb of Las Vegas. It's hot, but I love it here. I am
orginally from Texas. You are lucky to have a job that you can lay down
at and take alittle break from. I work for the State. I usually work 4
10hr shifts, but since my surgery the dr. put me on light duty 6 hours
a day. I don't think I can return to full-time with this pain. I just
don't want to lose my job. I know my doctor will continue to keep me on
light duty, I just don't know how long my employers are gonna like
it....Anyway, I hope you have a good day, and god bless you,
Your friend,
Tami
At Fri, 31 May 2002, Sally Grigg wrote:
> >Dear Tami, It's really hard to work in constant pain. If you can do it at >all, you deserve a medal. And the more we work the more it hurts, so that's >a vicious cycle. I work here at the Inn too much, but I can lay down when I >need to and I can spend 45 minutes in the loo without boss problems, so >that is nice. > >I've never heard of ultracet. It sounds new, but maybe not. I'm on oxycontin >plus patches and breakthrough pills. Sometimes I still stuff a washcloth in >my mouth so I won't scream and freak everybody out. People hate that. Most >of my severe pain comes from scretching and lifting. But there is really >little choice. Well, I guess there are a lot of choices, but I can't seem to >give up my life here and it takes a lot of physical strength and endurance >to keep it all together. But its beautiful here and I love it, so that's >something very much on the positive side. > > Take care. Love, Sally