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Pain meds

Posted by isabelr @isabelr, Sep 19, 2018

Ive had back problems since i was 16......pain getting worse thru the yrs....in 4prilb14th 2017 had a fracure on my l1 vertebre......since that day ....everyday of my life is pain. About 2 weeks ago i woke up thought i had slept wrong cuz i had a kink in my neck and i couldnt turn my heasmd to the left ......its happened to me before but in 2 or 3 days its om ......welll this time not only did it not go away but my shoulder shoulder my arm all the way to my fingers ......it has bee so painful ..they prescribed me norco 7.5 twice a day ....these meds have not helped at all no pain relief and they also gave them to me for lower back pain sciatica nerve damage....DOES ANYONE GET PAIN RELIEF FROM PRESCRIBTION THEY WERE GIVEN ....I CANT BELIEVE THESE NORCOS WILL NOT TOUCH THIS PAIN

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Texas Freedom | @oregongirl | Sep 24, 2018

Isabeir, rely on God for your comfort. Remember as I said He did not have one pain pills or injection for His hours of beatings and nails in his wrists into a tree. I pray God gets me thru this short life. I am so tired of wasting my breath on begging for pain meds. U take Two IB Profrin PM at night. Sleep thru the night

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grandmaR | @grandmar | Sep 24, 2018
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@gailb
Thanks Gail.
I suppose you are right and I need to stay ahead of the pain.
I was actually looking at the bottle today and it said take one every 4 hours.
That is 3 a day.
I was taking 1 a day, sometimes 2. Way below the prescribed amount.
I'm to up the game.
I cannot allow myself to suffer like this and then wait and hope the pain meds will work.
I did notice that I did wait for the pain meds to work.
I am sitting around now waiting for it to work, too.
Thanks
Ronnie

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@gailb
Hello!
Well, I started to up my pain meds.
I took 1 pill this morning and I'll take 1 tonight.
If this does not work, I'll add in the mid-day p ill.
I need to be pain free, even if it is only for a few hours during the day.
It's been so long since I've been totally painfree.

Wish me luck!
Ronnie (GRANDMAr)

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grandmaR | @grandmar | Sep 24, 2018
In reply to @lioness "@grandmar Ronnie no wonder you where hurting hope you start to feel better take as perscribed" + (show)
@lioness

@grandmar Ronnie no wonder you where hurting hope you start to feel better take as perscribed

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@lioness
Thank you.
I took everyone's suggestions (kind of).
I added a late morning pill to the before bed pill.
If that works, fine.
If it doesn't work, then I'll add a mid-day pill.
Hopefully, that will do the trick.
I don't think I'd feel comfortable taking it every 4 hours.

Ronnie (GRANDMAr)

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isabelr | @isabelr | Sep 24, 2018
In reply to @oregongirl "Isabeir, rely on God for your comfort. Remember as I said He did not have one..." + (show)
@oregongirl

Isabeir, rely on God for your comfort. Remember as I said He did not have one pain pills or injection for His hours of beatings and nails in his wrists into a tree. I pray God gets me thru this short life. I am so tired of wasting my breath on begging for pain meds. U take Two IB Profrin PM at night. Sleep thru the night

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@oregongirl texas freedom

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isabelr | @isabelr | Sep 24, 2018
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@isabelr

@oregongirl texas freedom

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I DO RELY ON OUR HEAVENLY FATHER AND HIS SON JESUS CHRIST ...AFTER A YR I FINALLY HAVE A GOOD COMPASSIONATE DR .AND HES DOING EVERYTHING HE CAN FOR ME SETTING ME UP WITH SPECIALIST.....YES THANK YOU SOMETIMES WE TEND TO FORGET WHO OUR SOURCE IS ......

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lioness | @lioness | Sep 24, 2018
In reply to @grandmar "@lioness Thank you. I took everyone's suggestions (kind of). I added a late morning pill to..." + (show)
@grandmar

@lioness
Thank you.
I took everyone's suggestions (kind of).
I added a late morning pill to the before bed pill.
If that works, fine.
If it doesn't work, then I'll add a mid-day pill.
Hopefully, that will do the trick.
I don't think I'd feel comfortable taking it every 4 hours.

Ronnie (GRANDMAr)

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@grandmar at the sound of repeating myself as a retired nurse of 35 yrs working in O. R. Dr,s office and more which I won't go into after surgery you have to listen to Dr pain pills help heal by not staying on pills your body won't heal as it should . by not following Dr,s orders you wo nt heal as soon as you would Ronnie Im only trying to gve you information that I know about. You won't become w if you follow Dr,s orders talk to your Dr he will help you .Love ,Linda

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grandmaR | @grandmar | Sep 24, 2018
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@lioness

@grandmar at the sound of repeating myself as a retired nurse of 35 yrs working in O. R. Dr,s office and more which I won't go into after surgery you have to listen to Dr pain pills help heal by not staying on pills your body won't heal as it should . by not following Dr,s orders you wo nt heal as soon as you would Ronnie Im only trying to gve you information that I know about. You won't become w if you follow Dr,s orders talk to your Dr he will help you .Love ,Linda

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@lioness
Hi Linda,
I did listen and today I took 3 pills.
It did make a difference because I never got to the point that the pain got to be too much.
My hubby is the only one not happy about it.
His feeling is you take meds like this only when you need them.
I tried to explain why I need to take it more often.
We'll see how things go tomorrow.
Thanks again for your input,
Ronnie

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Ginger, Volunteer Mentor | @gingerw | Sep 24, 2018
In reply to @grandmar "@lioness Hi Linda, I did listen and today I took 3 pills. It did make a..." + (show)
@grandmar

@lioness
Hi Linda,
I did listen and today I took 3 pills.
It did make a difference because I never got to the point that the pain got to be too much.
My hubby is the only one not happy about it.
His feeling is you take meds like this only when you need them.
I tried to explain why I need to take it more often.
We'll see how things go tomorrow.
Thanks again for your input,
Ronnie

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@grandmar Well, you do need the meds. Perhaps a few days like you are doing will let your husband see that you are getting rest/getting better/more interactive/etc. and then understand. We can only hope so!
Ginger

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lioness | @lioness | Sep 24, 2018
In reply to @grandmar "@lioness Hi Linda, I did listen and today I took 3 pills. It did make a..." + (show)
@grandmar

@lioness
Hi Linda,
I did listen and today I took 3 pills.
It did make a difference because I never got to the point that the pain got to be too much.
My hubby is the only one not happy about it.
His feeling is you take meds like this only when you need them.
I tried to explain why I need to take it more often.
We'll see how things go tomorrow.
Thanks again for your input,
Ronnie

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@grandmar so glad to hear this I am so happy for you , give it a couple of more days or till the Rx runs out and you should be as good as new your muscles will thank you lol Rx is prescription medical term

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grandmaR | @grandmar | Sep 25, 2018
In reply to @gingerw "@grandmar Well, you do need the meds. Perhaps a few days like you are doing will..." + (show)
@gingerw

@grandmar Well, you do need the meds. Perhaps a few days like you are doing will let your husband see that you are getting rest/getting better/more interactive/etc. and then understand. We can only hope so!
Ginger

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@gingerw
Good Morning,
Yes, I do need the pain meds.
I didn't expect this recovery to be as painful as it has been because my previous surgery was not too bad.
My hubby will go along with whatever is best for me.
Knowing him, he will just keep a closer eye on me and what I am doing.
Ronnie

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