Me too, I took my hair dryer to college. I drove my family absolutely NUTS running my hair dryer constantly! Bobbie
Sent from my iPad On Oct 19, 2012, at 12:19 PM, "Eric W Rudd" <c5sc...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> > >> 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: >> >>> 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 >>> ----- 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. >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> -----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. >>> >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> -----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 >
