Re: just wanted to say something to the group

From: Lynn Creacy (anonymous@medispecialty.com)
Tue Sep 3 11:53:44 2002


At Tue, 3 Sep 2002, ROSES4CHRISSY2@aol.com wrote: >

Chrissy, I too live with having to take pain medicine for the rest of my life. The only way to avoid this is for someone to fix us. I am on 40mg oxycontin 3 times a day with norco for breakthrough pain. I have to take tne norco 2 every 4-6 hours sometimes depending on if I get out of bed or not. I also have endometriosis, IBS and I have had back surgery and am now batteling another disc problem and adhesions in my back and knees (not just in the pelvic and abdominal area). I had a hard time dealing with taking pain meds daily but I would much rather be the person I am now instead of the mess I was. I still hate taking the medicine but I know now that I have to in order to have part of my lifestyle back.

>thanks for sending me the emails on problems that you all have. my name is
>chrissy and i live in nort jersey and i suffer from massive adhesions to my
>entire pelvic area/ lower abdomen.
>i had a total of 11 laparatomy's. it was all due to me having endemetrisosis,
>ruptured cyst at age of 16 and that went undiagnosed. then i found ut i had
>p.i.d. too. had a total hysterectomy in july of 97. they only removed the
>last 2 parts of my reproductive organs; right ovary and uterus.
>the doctor told me that this would defantly be the end of my pain. today,
>9/3/02 i am in excruciating pain from this and all surgoens tell me to go to
>pain management. i am with my 4th pain management group and i am taking
>oxycontin.
>this medication is a narcoctic pain relieer and i have to take it every day
>of my life. i can not go without it now, especially because my body is
>addicted /used to having this drug in my body. i have gone threw alot of
>withdrawls from taking too much, when the pain is worse and my body has
>become immune to the doseage. i am on 40 mg ; 1 pill every 12 hors. i go
>tomorrow and my pain doctor is most likely going to up me to 80 mg; 1 pill
>every 12 hours.
>this really sucks having to rely on a drug /pain pill to help this disease.
>no surgeon will operate cause they are scared of a lawsuit and plus my age of
>bein too young; 34.
>i am so stressed over this problem that i cant understand why no surgeon will
>operate on me!!!!!!!! i know they come back, but i want to get off these
>pain/drug pills!!!!!!!!!
>if ya feel like talking and have a similiar story, please email me at:
>roses4chrissy2@aol.com & plus, i am on the adhesions quilt as well.
>
>chrissy - n. jersey

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