I always hate that I have to wait at least 30 minutes for my pain medication to kick in. The doctors say to just take the pain meds on a regular schedule (mine is 15mg of Morphine IR tablets every 4 hours), but I don't like getting my body so insanely addicted to it like that, so I try to only take my pain meds if I know I will or do need them. Sadly, by the time I realize I need a pain pill, I'm usually already in pain. I really hate having to wait so long for it to kick in and take the edge off my pain, and some days, it never kicks in.
Days like yesterday and today make me wish I had gone ahead and gonw through nursing school so I could administer IV morphine! Two milligrams of IV morphine completely wipe out my pain, and I can focus (hospital stay experiences), but when I have to sit and wait and wait and wait, it just sucks! I wish I could get my pain under control again!
I'm on morphine, for goodness sake, and this is the second day waking up with this horrible pain at the bottom of my hardware! It was at a 10 for almost the whole day yesterday until I mixed a Midol with morphine and a mixed drink.
The colder it gets, the worse it gets, and I almost went to the Emergency Department yesterday before I decided to try a Midol-morphine-Malibu cocktail. I might end up there today if it doesn't let up after a nap!
If the oral morphine hardly works, what am I supposed to do?! It seems like I'm running out of options here.
If I did become a nurse, would I be allowed to inject my own meds, or utilize a PICC line? Or a visiting nurse everyday? I am praying that I'm not out of options yet!
Post by kilg0retr0ut on Nov 2, 2014 6:17:16 GMT -8
I worry that I'll be at the point your at knight. What next? Don't take this the wrong way knight, but you sound like a junkie. It sucks, and it's not something I'm looking forward to. One day I'll be in that boat and it pisses me off.
I worry that I'll be at the point your at knight. What next? Don't take this the wrong way knight, but you sound like a junkie. It sucks, and it's not something I'm looking forward to. One day I'll be in that boat and it pisses me off.
It starts to feel that way after a while! Finally, my meds started working again last night and I got some relaxation. I hate sounding like "a junkie," but sometimes there is nothing that works on the pain! I spent Halloween morning & afternoon screaming and crying until I decided to mix a Midol with my morphine. Breakthrough pain on morphine is horrid. If you're only on Hydrocodone or Oxycodone, be thankful! The stronger the meds, the higher the risk of physical dependency, and that means it's one heck of a ride if you jump off that roller coaster of dependency!
Wow Knight that sounds terrible. I can't even imagine the pain you're experiencing but I don't think I ever want too. Is pain like this common with your kinda injury or are there other unknown complications?
Wow Knight that sounds terrible. I can't even imagine the pain you're experiencing but I don't think I ever want too. Is pain like this common with your kinda injury or are there other unknown complications?
My injury is a bit more extensive due to the extra damage from the infection, hardware dislodge, and vertebral re-fracture & collapse. I have A LOT of scar tissue, and some of my back muscles never healed back together, so I end up overcompensating with the back muscles I do have, and they get overused and sore.
Wow Knight that sounds terrible. I can't even imagine the pain you're experiencing but I don't think I ever want too. Is pain like this common with your kinda injury or are there other unknown complications?
My injury is a bit more extensive due to the extra damage from the infection, hardware dislodge, and vertebral re-fracture & collapse. I have A LOT of scar tissue, and some of my back muscles never healed back together, so I end up overcompensating with the back muscles I do have, and they get overused and sore.
Sorry to hear that Knight, you're doing amazing considering everything you have to deal with. I really hope things start getting better for you!
My pain doctor straightened out my meds and my pain is once again, under control! Phew! Well, except the lady pains...
Mine not so much . I need the straight talk knight, I feel my doc is playing games(for my own well being) but games just the same. I have been keeping the meds lowest level I can and still function. 300mgLyrica...300 mgtTramadol. I told her six months ago I started taking 50mg of Tramadol extra so I feel she knew It was loosing it effectiveness . We'll I called to have the tram maxed at 400mg a day. Her nurse called back and said she said no. Ok, figured that would happen one day that why I held out so long on starting the damn things. I never felt tram did a ton but when I've tried to stop taking them my legs feel like crap and so do I. Withdrawals? So I'm maxed out according to her, what next?
Post by petelanddownunder on Nov 16, 2014 0:25:14 GMT -8
I am guessing the Tramadol 300mg is SR (slow release)? We are all different and I found that when I used Tramadol 400mg SR I was dozing off a lot of the time so I asked to come back to 300mg. If my pain is too strong I take a Tramadol 50mg with the Tramadol 300mg SR to get quicker relief. I hope you find relief for your pain Knight and kilg0retr0ut.
Post by kilg0retr0ut on Nov 26, 2014 5:27:23 GMT -8
Not any of the harder drugs Knight. I'm still hanging with about half my meds. Takes the edge off but Im not functioning that we'll. I go to bed at 6pm, two hours before my daughters bedtime. I just lay there like a turd.