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Author Topic: PN: didn't want to hijack other thred!  (Read 4004 times)

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Offline tigger2376

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PN: didn't want to hijack other thred!
« on: July 06, 2007, 09:55:42 pm »
Am getting hideous shooting pains up/down arms and legs. Been taking very effective anti inflammatories to date but they've stopped working, ideas? please? Cant sleep or walk more than about 50m. Am seeing consultant this week...maybe stress?
I know i'm going to enjoy the party in the afterlife, but do you all mind that I'm going to be VERY late!!!

Offline Miss Philicia

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Re: PN: didn't want to hijack other thred!
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2007, 10:08:09 pm »
I take 900 mg of Neurontin twice/day when it's acting up, less on better days.
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Offline tigger2376

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Re: PN: didn't want to hijack other thred!
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2007, 10:14:06 pm »
same here, its not working any more! Added to that are my meds and 120mg of dihydrcodeine each day to kill pain...and 500mg codydramol for when it gets too bad! I know I'm hooked on painkillers, so they work less and less but at the moment I just feel like shooting myself...its OBSCENE amounts of pain
I know i'm going to enjoy the party in the afterlife, but do you all mind that I'm going to be VERY late!!!

Offline paolo10954

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Re: PN: didn't want to hijack other thred!
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2007, 10:16:00 pm »
I hope your ID doctor has you seeing a Neurologist or a Pain Management Physician who has the qualification to help you with PN. Like you, a lot of patients no longer respond to anti-inflammatory drugs, NSAIDS, COX-2 inhibitors esp. after either prolonged use or advanced PN. There are postherpetic drugs, anti-seizure meds or those used for diabetic PN that Neurologists prescribe such as Neurontin and Lyrica that have given relief to a lot of patients.


Good luck.

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Offline Miss Philicia

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Re: PN: didn't want to hijack other thred!
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2007, 10:18:34 pm »
That sucks... really.  And if you're in extreme pain screw worrying about pain killer addiction.  I hope your doctor can find you something better.
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Re: PN: didn't want to hijack other thred!
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2007, 11:26:44 pm »
I don't know what you're feeling but it sounds awful, i'm sorry :( Like philly said, fuck addiction, take whatever can make you walk properly, sleep properly and not suffer.

I'm sending you hugz, that's all I can do :(

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Re: PN: didn't want to hijack other thred!
« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2007, 01:33:54 am »
Neuropathic pain cannot be quantified, or qualified by any known means of testing. It is quantified by patient report, and IF you have been followed by a reasonable physician, he/she will recognize this as a new onset of a different pain process.
I hope you will be afforded testing that will quantify your needs.
I can think of no other pain to compare it to.
Godspeed your endeavor, as I would be screaming to the rafters. Addiction be damned. You go girl.
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Offline Miss Philicia

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Re: PN: didn't want to hijack other thred!
« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2007, 09:56:19 am »
Neuropathic pain cannot be quantified, or qualified by any known means of testing.

Yep!  It's yet another one of those things one must be VERY insistent about with your doctor.
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Offline aztecan

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Re: PN: didn't want to hijack other thred!
« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2007, 01:12:10 pm »
Tig, honey, I'm sorry this is happening to you..

My PN seems worse on some days than on others. I get the shooting pains, the general ache from the knees down and the feeling of walking on shards of red-hot glass.

I hope you can get yours under control. As Philly said, be VERY insistent with the doc and don't take any mealy mouthed worries about addiction from him/her.

(((((((BIG HUGS)))))))

Mark
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Re: PN: didn't want to hijack other thred!
« Reply #9 on: July 09, 2007, 02:02:57 am »
I'm with Lisa...damn the addiction...........the quality of life is much more important
After three years I'm fairly certain I'm addicted but at least I'm relatively pain free.
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Offline tigger2376

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Re: PN: didn't want to hijack other thred!
« Reply #10 on: July 09, 2007, 08:42:09 pm »
Thankyou all for support. Was in full on rant mode friday because no amounts of neurontin/df118s/codydramol or combinations thereof were working. Saw GP today who gave me morphine 'stickers' again for when it all gets too horrific. (I'm VERY wary of these because its a glass ampoule with a basic needle to put straight into your thigh/butt...this is one addiction I DONT want). Its a combination evidently of my arthritis AND PN so when I see my ID doc next tues will see if numbers have blipped again because it could just possibly be my meds arent working as they should do. Am at least walking today....but VERY oddly, like a drunk, because I either have numb bits or it hurts! Heigh ho....whinge over, but am going to really make the point next week that this cant go on. I'm normally very stoic, but this is too bloody much  :)
I know i'm going to enjoy the party in the afterlife, but do you all mind that I'm going to be VERY late!!!

Offline Matty the Damned

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Re: PN: didn't want to hijack other thred!
« Reply #11 on: July 09, 2007, 08:57:02 pm »
Tigs,

Don't fret too much about the morphine. When it's used under strict medical supervision for pain relief the chances of developing an opioid/opiate addiction is really quite remote. Don't try and be spartan and live with unbearable pain just because you're worried about addiction issues.

You don't have to suffer. :-*

MtD

Offline Jeffreyj

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Re: PN: didn't want to hijack other thred!
« Reply #12 on: July 10, 2007, 02:45:59 am »
I have had the same exact pain! I was dignosed with PN in 2000, and it has gotten progressively worse. I have been on morphine(pill form) and see a pain management specialist fortthe past 4 years. I see them each month, so it is, like Matty says, carefully regulated. It beats being in constant f888F#$ing pain all the time.

most recently though, The pain has gone to my wrists, fingers and started shooting up both arms. I wanted to scream. I was sent to an arthritis specialist. After bloodwork, and two office visits, I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. I would definitely,y ask about it. I was never so relieved to have a diagnosis! At least now there was a name to put to this excruciating pain I was having. I truly was about to go nuts. I am due for an MRI soon, and a few other tests .

Good luck. Stay aggressive though, if you don't get an an answer. I empathize with you and the pain you are having.

I got a shot of cortisone in my arse last week, and it took the edge of. It's beginning to wear off. Oh well, all good things....

Best of Luck!

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Re: PN: didn't want to hijack other thred!
« Reply #13 on: July 10, 2007, 01:26:46 pm »
i didn't reply b4, b/c of my arm & also b/c this scares me so much. i have some degree of PN and once in a while i wake up from a sharp short pain, but nothing like you describe. my heart goes out to you. today i got stung by a jellyfish, man that hurts, it is like a throbbing burning repeated stabbing. but i know it will go away soon. it made me think again of your post and i wanted to write something, i wish i had some advice. just know that someone is thinking and feeling for you. hugs & get well wishes,
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