Hi everyone, I was never what you could call a "regular" member in here, but I came in when I could. I've been stuck in a really abusive relationship for the last six months. I was too ill to say no...
Oh, maybe I typed that incorrectly lol. My doctor and I have discussed it, and he thinks it's safe for me to come off of this one immediately because I was off of it for three days in hospital with...
Hola folks, Well, to start with, my incision looks fine, just got to wear the dressing for a few more days and that'll be dandy. Secondly, I've decided to stop my antidepressant because it just isn't...
Just a thought, but it doesn't sound too unlike Fibromyalgia? I might be wrong, it's just a thought, I wonder if anyone else agrees? If I'm correct, a tricyclic antidepressant or something like...
It was a laparotomy, not a laparoscopy, so no gas stuff. They had to fully explore the abdomen as it ruptured, so I have a 6 inch scar across my tummy. Honestly, I'm grateful it was done this way....
Hello folks, Sorry I disappeared so abruptly a couple of months ago, I've just been very busy with college amongst other things. I'm afraid I have nothing cheery to report with regards to the pain....
Hint - Tylenol is better for fevers than aspirin ;) I've finished a week of tamiflu, a week of double dose antibiotics......and I'm still sick. I can't catch a break lol. On the bright side, I've got...
......about an extended release opioid (Oxycontin and MS Contin were mentioned). As we had to have a telephone consultation due to my joyous swine flu (hereinafter referred to as 'bacon'), the...
The stomach is a little higher, anatomically than you might think! In the meanwhile, as it's a Sunday and all, and I'm sure you don't want a trip to the ER, lots of fruit - pears especially. They're...
Excessive daytime sleepyness (sp?) is a symptom of atypical depression. That might be something worth considering. Christopher...
I have a very simple point to make. Pain pills, assuming they're opioids (Codeine, Vicodin, Percocet, Morphine etc), cause constipation in 90% of patients. If the constipation gets worse every time...
I used mircopore surgical tape, although for a different kind of patch altogether - one that doesn't stick at all, I swear. Hope it works for you. Why do they make patches that don't stick properly?...
I can read tarot cards? But I guess you already kinda took that whole genre, PAlady. Hehehe. :P...
Yo folks. Just woke up at 5am coughing up green things the size of a £2 coin (That's BIG for those of you that are in the US). Also my dad is noisy and accidentally turned the hallway light on. I was...
While I was working at the pharmacy, every single PPI prescription said take 30-60mins before food. It's not serious if you don't. I think doctors are really just trying to help when they give the...
My doctor came to visit me at home a short while ago. He's very concerned. I coughed up some more green stuff while he was here, and there was also some blood. He wants to double cover me, so now I'm...
I was on prevacid for a couple of months, during my last futile attempt to use NSAIDs. It was very useful for relieving the stomach pain, but not the nausea. The label on the pharmacy bottle said to...
Ohhh you make it too easy for me. I'll just come as a pig :) - maybe I could magically switch between pig and human, that'd be slightly more interesting....
Joy/couchtater, I'm really glad to hear that you're doing better. I've just started taking a multivitamin with calcium in it to help me get over this flu, so who knows, maybe it'll help me lol. If it...
I ought to have mentioned these things in my first post, but it's no biggie. I also have Fibromyalgia and Restless Legs Syndrome. My psych diagnoses are Agoraphobia, GAD, Panic Disorder, Depression &...
I've never ever ever had a tooth removed or even had a filling. I must be very lucky. I hope you feel better soon PALady. I don't know what illnesses you have, but ibuprofen even might reduce the...
Alas, it has been confirmed as swine flu. I'm on antivirals now. So much for a successful start to the college year lol. One the bright side, I'm not smoking nearly as much as I was. Who knew, swine...
Sorry for the delay in responding, folks. Morgoth - Firstly, I approve of your choice of nickname very very much lol. Secondly, I already have two canes. One is actually a replica from the TV show...
I would look into it, but I have to get a bus, a train, then another train from where I live, bit difficult to take things like that on a long journey! Thank you for the suggestions though. I'm...
I cannot bloody describe the pain that I am in now. Don't get me wrong, pain and panic attacks aside, the day went well. There was just a lot of walking involved :( Need a serious talk with my doctor...
It might work a little differently here - I'm in the UK, England specifically. As far as I'm aware, and this is the way it has worked with me before, I get referred to someone by my GP, and then they...
The PM doctor wants me off of temazepam, diazepam, trazodone and gabapentin (and opioids in the long term), the irony being that he prescribed the increased dose of gabapentin. Basically he's...
My bad with the typo there. I only saw him two weeks AGO - so I have been on the patches, cream and increased gabapentin for two weeks now. He will see me soon. But he said he will only see me if I...
Thank you both for your replies. Unfortunately, all the doctors I am seeing, that is, my GP (Who is the father of my best friend - he is always open and honest with me. He went on a pain management...
Hola all, I've been a member here for a while now, but I've never really had the courage to post anything about myself. So here goes. About two and a half years ago, I was a professional fencer (the...
Chris xxx...
He was an an Orthopod, but I've got another one who's much better qualified that him, that I'm lined up to see in a fortnight, and he'll have some results for me. I'm sorry it's such a problem for...
I just saw a new consultant who said that I shouldn't be taking anything more than paracetomal three times a day. All my other doctors have been so much more compassionate and sympathetic than this...
Thanks to everybody for your replies. They've been remarkably helpful. Feel free to continue offering advice :) Thanks again, Chris x...
It's not acute, it's been a year. Ice used to help but the pain has got so bad recently that nothing has helped me at all, unfortunately. I've been given sleeping tablets so I can get some sleep...
Ironically, he said exercise as much as you can. But my GP says he's an idiot and that I should keep it immobile as much as possible, which I have been doing, staying in bed all day and only getting...
I've had physio, it made it worse unfortunately. I hope your right, but my GP is usually pretty accurate, and he says I'm going to need pain meds for the rest of my life. *Fingers crossed* though....
Thank you. I have been referred to an orthapaedic consultant, but the x-rays haven't revealed anything. The MRI, however, revealed a lump behind my right knee, and a huge tear in my cruciate...
Hey, I'm Chris, I'm new to this forum. My current combination of pain meds are not working for me at all, and I'm very distressed with it all. I'm currently on Tramadol (100mg 4 times a day),...