Oxy 30mg every 3 hrs. Fentyl patches (synthetic heroin) 250 mcg hr changed every 48 hrs.
I have Arachnoiditis and fractured Pars bone at L5. Inoperable. Funny tho, I'm not drooling at all. Sent from Billy's IPAD2 On Aug 15, 2012, at 20:25, [email protected] wrote: > I feel exactly like you. I'd rather be active then lay around in pain. > Sometimes quality beats quanity. I have blood work every 6 mos. I'd love to > be here to watch my granddaughter go to college, marry, etc. But I'm not > giving up on walks thru the park, movies, zoo, etc. > Dianna > I have the same miserable symptoms and take the same pills as John. Two oxy's > a day help a great deal with spasms as well. When the pain breaks through, I > supplement them with a percocet. I'm probably decimating my liver, but I'm > wagering the liver will last as long as the rest of me. After 41 years, I'm > about shot anyway. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lwillis821 <[email protected]> > To: quad-list <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, Aug 15, 2012 4:23 pm > Subject: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Pain > > I have the same miserable symptoms and take the same pills as John. Two oxy's > a day help a great deal with spasms as well. When the pain breaks through, I > supplement them with a percocet. I'm probably decimating my liver, but I'm > wagering the liver will last as long as the rest of me. After 41 years, I'm > about shot anyway. > > Sent from my iPad > > Begin forwarded message: > >> Resent-From: [email protected] >> From: "John S." <[email protected]> >> Date: August 15, 2012 2:59:39 PM EDT >> To: Danny Hearn <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pain >> Reply-To: "John S." <[email protected]> >> >> 20mg time release twice a day. without it I sweat and shake and spasm >> violently. After 20 years or around there, even normal quads have bone >> density equal to chalk. In the early years, often quads are encouraged to do >> dangerous stretching and spend hours "excersising". This wears out joints >> and fractures bones that simply turn into an outragious form of aurthritis. >> It would save us a lot of pain if folks understood we were different, PT's >> are the worst offenders. >> BW, >> john >> >> From: Danny Hearn <[email protected]> >> To: John S. <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" >> <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 2:28 PM >> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pain >> >> John, my doc said it was best for me to keep the pain med in my >> system------so I take oxy every day--Do you too?? If I don't take any my >> spasms and pain gets bad. Thanks, Dan H. >> >> From: John S. <[email protected]> >> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wed, August 15, 2012 1:20:58 PM >> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pain >> >> I take the damn vicodin. I also take time release oxy's and valium. I dont >> get a buzz from it but I dont feel so much joint pain. >> BW, >> john >> >> From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 11:55 AM >> Subject: [QUAD-L] Pain >> >> Hi all. >> >> I haven't been on this list that long, I was on it a long time ago but I >> haven't been up to date until about a month ago. So I have missed any >> discussions about dealing with chronic pain. >> >> I have been disabled for 31 yrs. I have only been in pain for about a year. >> It is in my neck, upper back and shooting into my left arm. I have tried >> chiropractic adjustments but he doesn't want to make me worse so he actually >> told me that I should stop. I had a cortisone shot in my neck but it did >> not help. So I have tried naproxin, tramadol and vicodin. The vicodin is the >> only medication that helps. I don't want to take it for the rest of my life >> because I know it isn't safe. My question is what do all of you do for >> pain? Thanks. >> >> Meredith >> >> >> >>
