Took my last percocet

Riding in a car, I still hold a pillow to my chest...still feel every bump. I plan on starting to drive by this weekend. Hoping, I will be able to manage the pain with Excedrin....we'll see.

Today, I see my pulmonologist...it is a 75 mile trip one way...that should be a good test of my pain level.   I will get a chest X-ray and find out how often, I will need to be scanned to see if there is any cancer reacurrence. I consider myself to be cured, but know that it is not unusual for adenocarcinoma to return to the original site or a distant one....even if there was no lymph node involvement. I know it is out of my hands and try not to even think about it. My goal is to get through everyday with a smile and to be grateful for all the blessings in my life.

I'm able to walk one loop around our mall and have been doing my breathing exercises daily. I still experiance becoming short of breath on occasion, but hoping in time my breathing capacity will get better...to me, it is still a miracle that the cancer was caught when it was and by removing the lower lobe of my lung, I have the chance to live.

Thanks for listening, my friends...you are great!!!

Hugs, Robin

You sound great!

huggies

Donna

So glad to hear of your remarkable progress. I hope the dr appt is a great one, just feel bad it is such a long ride to and fro.

I haven't been able to wear a bra in many, many yrs. The pain is intolerable. My back, in particular, burns and I can't tolerate the pain. It becomes my whole focus. I wear a tank top under my fall/winter tops, but in the summer, it is just too hot and sticky to tolerate anything under my top. I can't really worry about somebody being upset by my lack of under garments.

Get some rest when you get home. We want your wonderful progress to continue.

God bless you my friend.   Alice.

He explained to me that my cancer was the type that had nothing to do with my past smoking history...it was an invasive adenocarcinoma with a rare growth pattern...the type that can come back anywhere in the body...I will not be wasting time worrying about it

I have decided to let the "girls" hang naturally I'm not that endowed and could probably could dress each one comfortably in a tube sock.  ...I do have some retro looking smocked tops that do not cling and will work out.

The long drive has some body parts talking to me...the Excedrin will take the edge off. Twenty minutes more, I can take them.

Thank you, for seeing me through this you know I love you

Hugs, Robin

maybe in the 60's they burned the bra because they too were all in pain

I wear an arh bra, they are fab, but there are days when even they suck.

With love you give out, all i can say is backatcha

Azumi

I am so sorry to hear how rough last night and this morning have been for you. I think maybe it's a combination of stopping the med, the long ride, that bra, and waiting to hear what the dr had to say ALL have had an effect on your system.

I think your plan of drinking plenty of water and lots of rest maybe just the ticket. I hope so!!

I hope you see an improvement by noon. With all your good news from the dr, I had hopes of you having some fun w/ your neighbors & friends this weekend. But probably your body just needs some down time to get back up to speed.

I wish you the best, but you know that already.

God bless.  Alice.

Slept some this morning, and just took a dose of Excedrin...needed some relief. I have no percocet left and do not want to call for a refill, don't want to go through the tapering down or an episode like I had last night.

When I was released from the hospital, I was given a prescription for 60 percocet tabs 5-325 MG. Per directions, I could take 1 to 2 tabs as needed every 4 hours. The nurse at discharge told me I should only take them if my pain level reached an 8-9 level. The script had no refils. I was discharged from the hospital on 8-16 and took my last percocet  at 2:00 AM on 9-6....60 tabs lasted just over 20 days, an average of 3 tabs a day. I did a slow taper and was only taking a half a pill every 8 hours near the end.

I just think my body has gone through too much in a short period of time, physically and emotionally. It has been over 5 weeks since I've had my methotrexate which helps greatly with keeping my autoimmune stuff in check, and I've been flaring. We all know about the joys of fibro....I can't wait to just deal with my normal everyday pain. I know each day I will feel that much better.

So sorry about this rant....here is to better days ahead for all of us

Hugs, Robin