Hi Audrey, I can't offer much more of what White Beard has explained to you. I had my pain pump only since July. I lived in Illinois before moving here to Florida and I wasn't as lucky there, they...
Suzie, sorry if i made it sound like the dr is giving me a hard time about overpaying, i just meant that the receptionist is not the brightest bulb and won't listen. They are giving me credit each...
First thing this morning I started looking for the card that the Medtronic rep gave me, the one who attended both my trial and my surgery and emailed him. I got a response back from him within 20...
Thank you Skeye, that is very helpful and I guess i just wanted to make sure it was the right thing to do. The Medtronic folks have always been so nice and you're right they would at least advise me...
Hi All, sorry i haven’t posted in awhile, but I’ve been lurking and reading the posts here especially anything regarding pain pumps. I don’t offer my own experiences because the mods here are so well...
Again, thanks Susie. My printout reads morphine 5.0 mg/ML so I guess that's the answer. Yes, they told me before hand it would be a process getting the dosage figured out and I realize it is. I'm...
Susie, do you think those numbers above are about right ? She said yesterday that 1.something is the highest they like to or usually go, and I said I just want to be able to get off the morphine and...
I know what you're going through BunnyGirl, I recently got a pain pump and so far I think I'm going to be happy just because I won't have to go through the hassle of getting my morphine refilled...
Yeah, Susie, i know you're right and I've been good lately. Thanks for comforting me that it would take a lot to mess up catheter. I am now at .7495 as of yesterday and have to tell you that this is...
I feel better this morning and some pain, but duller than before. I went from .4996 mg to .7495 which she said would be a bigger jump. I think it is a withdrawal symptom, but in the back of my mind I...
How do you know if you've accidently messed up the tube from your pain pump? I haven't been the best patient and have done some things I was told not too, like carrying in groceries, lifting a flower...
Exactly, I was going to say that in my post that I live in Florida but then figured I'd have to explain how hard it is to get meds, it is also one of the reasons I opted for the pump, theres only two...
I guess because I was taking too much morphine, which I know wasn't being good to my body. I had been on them quite awhile, two years or so. I was taking three 30mg and two 15 IR a day. I go to a...
Yes I can tell by reading the posts that the dr decides how often and how much a patient gets with the PTM. Hoping that they can get me to the level I was before I got the pump because the dosage I...
What an ordeal you went through, I hope it has gotten better for you. I consider myself very blessed as I didn't have to go through anything like that, in fact as apprehensive as I was about getting...
Catwoman, you are right, after I took the benadryl I was fine the next day and when they upped my dosage on Wednesday for the 2nd time I had no itching, so I guess it was like you say it was the...
I will ask again at tomorrow's appointment. Perhaps we just haven't gotten that far since I've only just had my first fill up on Friday and it was very low. Thanks for letting me know what to call it...
i know it was morphine. I asked them about that device, but they said they will regulate it for me and I won't be doing any bolus (extra doses). After we get regulated to the dose i need without...
In the beginning I was under the impression I would have control, much like a cancer patient who can press a button every few hours, but then this office told me that all my medication is dispensed...
Thank you for your response. I don't know what you mean by PTM or a bolus ? I think their objective is to increase the morphine each week as they slowly reduce my orals. Actually, mg wise, I am not...
Nine days ago I had a pain pump inserted and they are doing something different so instead of it being filled on the day of surgery they filled it today for the first time. it's a medtronic. Anyway I...