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From: ljcreacy@gte.net
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS" <adhesions@dns.obgyn.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: pain
> At Wed, 3 Sep 2003, marian coughlan wrote:
> >
> >my doctor had told me that i have a cycle with the pain from my adhesons
> >and that i will never break it has anyone else been told this ?the pain
> >can wake me at anytime of the morning &i find at times it is very hard
> >to have a wee as the pain is so bad i can sit there crying with pain i
> >am at the stage i am afraid to go to bed as i know i have to wake to
> >this i take mobic ,spasmol ,(solpadol 6to 8 everyday ) zydol and then a
> >morphine injection ,i end up staying in bed for most of the morning
> >praying for the pain to stopi am so tired when i get out of bed all i
> >want is to sleep again i do believe its all the meds i am taking i have
> >had the opp for adhesions but got no relief and am now waiting to go
> >back in to hospital to have then redone does anyone have this problem in
> >the morning or is it just me ?my quality of life is not very good as i
> >cannot make any plans to go out even to visit friends as most times i
> >end up having to cancel.
> > thanks
> > marian coughlan
>
> Marian,
> You are not alone, I do the same thing. I hate to plan anything because
> I usually have to cancel. At least I am lucky enough to have a family
> that understands when I have to cancel. There are some people that
> don't even have that support. I find myself not having any energy even
> when I just wake up. I think it is because I wake up so many times
> during the night in pain. I live with my heating pad and ice packs. I
> use my ice packs and when they are all used up I put on the heating pad.
> I am not sure what all of the medications are that you are taking but I
> do know that the morphine injection can make you sleepy. I am so tired
> of laying in bed too, but there are some days when I feel better and I
> do take atvantage of those days. I usually over do it but that is okay,
> I just pay for it the next day or two. Our quality of life is better
> than a lot of people so I try to think of it like that. Some people
> can't even walk or talk or think. Keep your faith and we will all get
> well one day.
>
> A friend in Texas,
> Lynn
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