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Thank you, @lorirenee1
I really appreciate your input in various discussions. I know that the neurologist will start me on Cymbalta, but I don't know if I can expect any more.
Constant, unrelenting ( @sunnyflower word) pain at almost any level wears a person down. I know that lots of people have way more pain than I do, but I'm the one feeling my pain. I try not to say anything about it to my wife unless she asks, but she can't miss the signs. I know I'm not the perfect companion. She doesn't understand why I still feel a need to have a therapist.
The first time we met the neurosurgeon we were delighted and impressed. I don't know what changed. She just seemed to want me to shut up and leave.
I've been moving toward getting off morphine, but I don't think I can stand the pain, especially at night. I'm going to take it tonight. And I didn't do anything outside today because of rain. I guess I should get back to the prescribed dose before I add Cymbalta to the mix. I've learned that it doesn't work to make more than one medication change at a time.
Until I was 60, I never experienced non-stop pain for very long at a time. I surely have a greater empathy for others in pain.
Gotta go take a couple of pills so they'll be kicking in when I get in bed in an hour.
Have rest tonight, Lori.
Jim
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I have experience with my wife aho had suregery then pills like cymbalta and lyrica - combined. But only switching to canabis in oil mixure made a real diminution in pain.
@jimhd I am utterly exhausted right now, feet elevated so that I can manage at all. Just want to say how much I care and understand. We each feel our own pain, and it is real. No need for comparisons. I just hope you find something to help you. To not have good results from surgery is beyond disappointing and to hear your neurosurgeon not sound like she is caring, is horrific. We here at Connect are in this battle together, and really do have eachother. It is my calm in the storm. Love, Lori Renee
Hi Jim and @lorirenee1, hope today brings some relief and blessings for both of you beautiful people. Jim, I too am on Morphine. I 'm allowed to have more than I'm taking but have done several tapers, 5mg at a time, over the years only bc I've had such brutal post-op recoveries and I know I am facing more surgeries. They are too afraid of respiratory suppression so ehen patients are already taking morphine or other opiates they can't give as much as they would and what the patients really need for that specific post-op pain. I have textbook PTSD Sxs from being in the recovery room for up to 5.5 hours crying out and begging for relief. I am so afraid of having to go through that again. I cry thinking about it. There's so much opiophobia out there now that there is some degree of substandard care going on. Now that Gabapentin is being used in hospitals for pain relief, I think that will help me.
I can't even imagine what it feels like not to hurt. I study people on TV and everywhere trying to comprehend how they can be moving about doing all kinds of physical activities with smiles on their faces.
Jim I hope the Cymbalta works for you you. They say to give these type of drugs about 3 weeks to see how they work. Often doses must be adjusted. I'm sure you know this.
Ooops I forgot to see what the topic of this discussion is. Hope I didn't go off too much.
Take care and warmest wishes for you both, Sunnyflower
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Jim,
Please! Never compare others Pain to yours. Your pain is only felt by you. One thing to remember is that men don’t tolerate pain the same way women do.
Women have double the pain receptors because women were made to bear children.
Your suffering is nothing to belittle or dismiss in comparison to another’s. I don’t compare it to mine because I can’t feel it.
I respect you and feel for you.