From: "benandkori" 
Subject: help
Date: 2000/10/14
Message-ID: #1/1
Organization: @Home Network
NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 17:41:57 PDT
Newsgroups: fido.chronic_pain

HELLO ALL, I JUST DISCOVERED THIS WONDERFUL NEWS GROUP ,AND JUST SITTING
HERE READING THE DIFFERENT POSTS AND MESSAGES I AM SO IMPRESSED WITH THE
"OPENNESS" AND INCREDIBLE SUPPORT THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN BACK AND FORTH AMONG
SO MANY OF YOU.. THIS IS JUST EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED.I SIT HERE NOW TEARY
EYED...WOW, THERES OTHERS OUT THERE JUST LIKE ME AND IN PAIN AND NOT GETTING
THE HELP THEY NEED. I'M ACTUALLY AT THE POINT OF ACTUALLY "FEELING GUILTY"
FOR MY OWN PAIN AND INJURIES. I'M JUST 26 YEARS OLD BUT AFTER A  CAR
ACCIDENT IN 94' HAVE HAD SEVERE CHRONIC  BACK PAIN (AND THEREFORE -CHRONIC
"TRIGGERED" MIGRAINES EVER SINCE) SOMETIMES I FEEL MORE LIKE AN OLD WORN OUT
LADY, THEN THE 26 YEARS YOUNG I REALLY AM. I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN THROUGH IT
ALL...STARTING OUT WITH CHIROPRACTORS, PHYSICAL THERAPY, EVEN A SPECIAL PAIN
CLINIC. I LEARNED ALOT FROM THESE THERAPIES.  BUT HERE I AM SIX YEARS LATER
AND THE INJURIES (NOW CAUSING ARTHRITIS AND DETERIORATION) I HURT SOMETIMES
SO MUCH I CAN'T FUNCTION WITH MY REGULAR ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING. THE
DOCTORS I HAD INITIALLY WERE ASSIGNED TO ME FOR THE ACUTE COURSE OF MY
CARE...BUT NOW I'M ON MY OWN. I'VE FOUND THAT GENERAL PRACTICE PHYSICIANS
ARE SO VERY STRICT AND CONSERVATIVE WHEN HELPING YOU TREAT THE PAIN. I SWEAR
FOR A GIRL MY AGE I HAVE TRIED A PHARMACEUTICAL WONDERLAND OF SO CALLED PAIN
REMEDIES OR PREVENTATIVE "PAIN" PILLS.  ASIDE FROM ALLERGIC REACTIONS, YUCKY
SIDE EFFECTS OR JUST PLAIN FEELING HORRIBLE, I'VE LEARNED TO HATE MOST
EVERYTHING AND OF COURSE WHAT DOES WORK...ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE A NO OF SORTS
LIKE  SOME OF THE SCHEDULED NARCOTICS.  LIKE I SAID BEFORE "EVEN WITH THESE"
SOME WORK AND SOME DO NOT OR AGAIN THE SIDE EFFECTS JUST ARE TOO MUCH.  AT
ONE POINT YEARS AGO WHEN THINGS WERE REALLY BAD THEY GAVE ME LORTAB/VICODIN,
I HAD TO TAKE TWO OF THESE 5MG PILLS EVERY 4 HOURS TO STAY JUST
COMFORTABLE...BUT AFTER A DAYS WORTH OF TAKING THEM I'D BECOME SICK FROM THE
TOXIC EFFECTS OF TOO MUCH ACETOMETAFIN(TYLENOL)OR APAP AS IT SAYS ON THE
BOTTLE. FINALLY MY PAIN MANAGEMENT DOCTOR INTRODUCED ME TO LORTAB 10'S OR
LORCET PLUS. PROBLEM SOLVED NO  MORE OVER DOSING. THESE WORKED WONDERFUL AND
STILL- TO THIS DAY ARE WHAT WORK BEST FOR ME.  THEY'RE NOT THE BIG SCHEDULE
2 NARCOTICS-- THEY DON'T CAUSE EXAGGERATED SIDE EFFECTS W/ THE EXCEPTION
THAT THEY CAN CREATE SOME CONSTIPATION.. I'M SURE ALL OF YOU OUT THERE
ALREADY KNOW THAT. SO WHY IS IT SO BAD TO HELP WITH THIS MEDICINE WHEN IT
WORKS AND WORKS WELL, MAKING LIFE EASIER TO LIVE, AND ALLOWING YOU (ME) TO
BE MORE ACTIVE AND THEREFORE HAPPY!!!.WELL PROBLEM IS THEY CAN CAUSE
DEPENDENCY SO MY CURRENT DOCTOR AND EVEN SOME OTHERS IN THE PAST DO NOT WANT
TO PRESCRIBE THEM, ESPECIALLY THE HIGHER MG'S I REQUIRE.  FUNNY THINGS I'M
NOT EVEN SCARED OF THIS DEPENDENCY THING...I JUST WANT TO FEEL BETTER.  IN
94 I TOOK THE LORTAB THEN UP TO THE PERCOCET GRADUATING TO DILAUDED AFTER MY
THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME SURGERY(PART OF INJURIES INCURRED IN ACCIDENT)  I
TOOK THEM FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS! THEN THE SURGEON SLOWLY REDUCED THEM...THE
ONLY SUFFERING FROM BEING REMOVED FROM THE NARCOTICS WAS SOME EXAGGERATED
PAIN AND SORRY TO SAY SO CANDIDLY BUT DIARRHEA.THESE WERE BOTH EXPECTED AND
NORMAL.  I WAS ALLOWED SOME MAINTENACE LORTAB FOR 'WHEN NEEDED' BUT AFTER
RETURNING HOME TO MY OWN FAMILY PHYSICIAN HE TOOK EVEN THAT SMALL ACCESS TO
RELIEF FROM ME. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WHERE TO GO OR FIND OUT WHERE THE
HELP I SO BADLY NEED AND BEG FOR IS? LIKE MY HEADING STATES HELP!!!
SORRY I WROTE SO MUCH...IF YOU READ ALL THIS THANKYOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY
HEART. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING SOME OF YOUR POSTED RESPONSES...IN FACT I
CAN'T WAIT.   BLESS YOU ALL.   "K"