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jep
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response 50 of 318:
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Jan 9 22:34 UTC 2006 |
My real-soon-to-be future step-daughter is in continuous pain in her
foot, and it seems to be spreading now. She's going in for surgery on
Friday, but it's getting harder for her to bear the pain.
She's been diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, an incurable
and so far inexplicable nerve condition. I mentioned in December that
she was having spinal block surgery. I guess that one was some kind of
diagnostic procedure. I am hoping the procedure on Friday provides her
with more relief and hope.
It seems terribly unfair to me that someone so young and with such
great potential has to have something like this happen to her. If I
was religious, I would be looking for the appeals procedure.
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twenex
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response 51 of 318:
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Jan 9 22:53 UTC 2006 |
My best wishes for your future stepdaughter and your family. That does suck.
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richard
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response 52 of 318:
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Jan 10 00:13 UTC 2006 |
re #50 have they got her on oxycontin, or valium, or morphine even?
There are a lot of good painkillers out there.
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mcnally
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response 53 of 318:
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Jan 10 01:03 UTC 2006 |
The ones you've mentioned are highly addictive and very tricky to use
safely, except over relatively short periods. This girl may have to
deal with this condition the rest of her life, from the sound of things.
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jadecat
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response 54 of 318:
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Jan 10 13:56 UTC 2006 |
Jonh- I hope everything goes very well for your soon-to-be-step-daughter. :)
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edina
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response 55 of 318:
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Jan 10 16:07 UTC 2006 |
John, good luck with everything!
Dave has a lot of pain due to an ankle injury, so a pain specialist is part
of our lives. He has found that lyrica (a nerve medication) really seems to
help.
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jep
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response 56 of 318:
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Jan 10 18:42 UTC 2006 |
She's a beautiful girl, a 4.0 student, and nice besides. She's had
such a great attitude... but it's been 9 months now. Either the pain
has gotten worse or she's finding it harder to deal with the problem.
Goodness knows she has reason enough to be upset; it's forced her to
cut out all of her high school activities; marching band, track, and
cheer. And the pain is constant.
No, she cannot be put on morphine for a condition which may last the
rest of her life.
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edina
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response 57 of 318:
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Jan 10 18:46 UTC 2006 |
I hope you're seeing a good pain specialist.
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jep
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response 58 of 318:
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Jan 10 18:49 UTC 2006 |
She's going to the Mott Children's Hospital Pain Center as I understand
it. I'll be going along on Friday, but haven't been involved up until
now. I've been hearing it all 2nd hand from my fiance and so I am sure
I am confused about some of the details.
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edina
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response 59 of 318:
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Jan 10 18:58 UTC 2006 |
I hope all goes well.
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slynne
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response 60 of 318:
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Jan 10 22:00 UTC 2006 |
Chronic pain is a really terrible thing. I recently had a long talk
about it with a friend whose wife suffers from chronic back pain. He
worries that she is learning to be helpless and that he is enabling
that by doing everything for her. But, on the other hand, he doesnt
want to make her do things that cause her pain.
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edina
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response 61 of 318:
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Jan 10 22:12 UTC 2006 |
Being married to someone with chronic pain, I consider myself blessed because
he *hates* being tied down with it, so he works hard to do what he can. He's
far from helpless.
My sister-in-law, on the other hand, has bad knees and enjoys her
helplessness. Which makes me want to beat her with a bat.
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scholar
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response 62 of 318:
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Jan 10 22:13 UTC 2006 |
I'm not sure people enjoy helplessness.
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edina
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response 63 of 318:
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Jan 10 22:19 UTC 2006 |
That's because you haven't met my sister-in-law.
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twenex
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response 64 of 318:
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Jan 10 22:33 UTC 2006 |
Sounds like she's trying it on, which happens. My problems are worse than bad
knees, and I'm hardly "helpless".
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tod
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response 65 of 318:
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Jan 10 22:52 UTC 2006 |
DITTO
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aruba
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response 66 of 318:
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Jan 11 03:27 UTC 2006 |
Re #61: A foam-rubber bat, I hope?
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rcurl
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response 67 of 318:
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Jan 11 05:33 UTC 2006 |
I've known people that seem to use chronic pain to get attention. Others
seem to "grin and bear it".
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tod
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response 68 of 318:
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Jan 11 08:46 UTC 2006 |
I use it to get attention by giving it.
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scholar
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response 69 of 318:
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Jan 11 11:42 UTC 2006 |
eww.
i just puked for the first time in years.
all over the floor.
i mopped it up, though, and used bleach. :(
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fudge
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response 70 of 318:
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Jan 11 14:03 UTC 2006 |
here's someone who could do with some. and some more. ^ ^ ^
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glenda
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response 71 of 318:
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Jan 11 14:18 UTC 2006 |
I have bad knees, severe arthritis in both. I am in constant pain, each step
can be agony. I am not helpless. I sometimes get upset when STeve or the
kids baby me by doing the fetching and carrying for me. Other times I quietly
let them or even ask for it. Every time they do for me is one less time I
have to move and hurt which means more I can do later when I need or want to
do something and no one is around to do it for me. I don't take it as them
making me helpless or dependant on them, I take it is them lovingly trying
to take care of me so that I don't hurt. I would do the same for them in the
same situation and try to keep that in mind when I do get upset about it.
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naftee
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response 72 of 318:
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Jan 12 05:29 UTC 2006 |
re 69
what !
did you have a doughnut, about half a litre of chocolate milk, and then smoke
some really harsh marijuana ?!
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dusted
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response 73 of 318:
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Jan 12 11:51 UTC 2006 |
Well, in general im just feeling down, theres so little in my life that works
every step forward is a half back, when i finally succeed in something,
ill fail something else, getting me down, again, i dont get it...
i have everything in the world a guy could wish for, a loving family
a beautiful, really great girl, any way, it just suck being me..
take care ppl, mail me :P
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slynne
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response 74 of 318:
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Jan 12 17:44 UTC 2006 |
well, I am bummed because I am fighting off some kind of weird sickness
or at least that is what I think is going on. Mostly I dont have any
bad symptoms other than that I am *really* tired. I slept 16 hours last
night and still had trouble getting up this morning. It is a weird
feeling. Oh well, it could be worse. I could be miserable and NOT able
to sleep.
I have had some really cool dreams though.
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