Yes, I'm addicted to heating pads.....no seriously, buy em on ebay. Meredith
----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric W Rudd" <c5sc...@gmail.com> To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 9:19:17 AM Subject: Re: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Pain Management LOL...I thought I was the only one whose best friend was the hair dryer. Eric W Rudd c5sc...@gmail.com From: Larry Willis Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 6:29 AM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Pain Management To state the obvious: It's easy to say don't take meds when you are not the one suffering. We have cold sweats, clammy and miserable, not heat sweat like a runner might have. We freeze and then start tightening our neck and shoulders into a knot of pain that further increases the misery. I can't count the days I have sat with a hair dryer blowing on my face and neck. It really angers me when doctors say the equivalent of "Take an aspirin and call me in the morning." Quality of life means something, and a life of constant misery is not one of quality. Sorry for the rant. Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com From: Mandy < moo_on_whe...@yahoo.com > Date: October 19, 2012 4:01:06 AM EDT To: "< quad-list@eskimo.com >" < quad-list@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pain Management <blockquote> Wow, she must be the wisest person alive to know something like that. Of course, many of us would rather take Aleve than narcotics. Hell, one or two of us would even consider going without pain for a few days. To make such a pat statement without at least discussing the increase in pain and how it is effecting your life is irresponsible. I hate that, when a doctor makes you feel like an addict, but when I feel unjustly ashamed of my pain med requests I remember what one of my Craig nurses said when I backed off the meds at a time when I really needed them, for fear of the harm they could do to my body. She said, "make note of ALL the symptoms that go along with your pain- is your heart working harder? Are you losing sleep? Are you able to eat normally? Do you tense up and create more pain?" (She was referring to my frozen shoulder) She pointed out that if the answer to most of these questions was yes, then the pain medicine should be taken because overall, it would do more good than bad. Just my 2 bits. Mandy c6-7 On Oct 18, 2012, at 2:35 PM, "Derrick" < whe...@cvn.net > wrote: <blockquote> same here. my doc says paralyzed people are not given narcotics.i'm to take aleeve.... i put up a survey online asking if u used narcotics but it did not get much response i wanted to take to doc and show her derrick <blockquote> ----- Original Message ----- From: diannal...@aol.com To: r.pra...@sbcglobal.net ; quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 4:03 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pain Management my doc says 3 a day (oxycodone) 5 mg. and no more. i may go to pain management after i talk to the spine specialist. they make me feel like i'm a drug seeker. <blockquote> he started me on 6 5mg of oxycodone to start and I still take 3 1mg of lorezapam per day. i will adjust and figure things out as i go, but so glad hes open to work with me. well worth the trip </blockquote> -----Original Message----- From: RONALD L PRACHT < r.pra...@sbcglobal.net > To: diannal767 < diannal...@aol.com > Sent: Thu, Oct 18, 2012 1:00 pm Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pain Management he started me on 6 5mg of oxycodone to start and I still take 3 1mg of lorezapam per day. i will adjust and figure things out as i go, but so glad hes open to work with me. well worth the trip ron From: " diannal...@aol.com " < diannal...@aol.com > To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Wed, October 17, 2012 8:49:41 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pain Management Hi Ron, If you don't mind me asking, what did they start you out on? I'm seeing a new spine specialist at the end of the month. <blockquote> I went to pain management today and they helped me. Gave me what I needed and is willing to work with me. Thank God! I feel validated as a human being. </blockquote> -----Original Message----- From: Danny Hearn < ddh...@sbcglobal.net > To: RONALD L PRACHT quad-list@eskimo.com >; quad-list < quad-list@eskimo.com > Sent: Wed, Oct 17, 2012 6:20 pm Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pain Management cool Ron, glad they helped you,Dan H. From: RONALD L PRACHT < r.pra...@sbcglobal.net > To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Wed, October 17, 2012 4:18:23 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Pain Management I went to pain management today and they helped me. Gave me what I needed and is willing to work with me. Thank God! I feel validated as a human being. ron c7 </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote>
