The pharmacy got their shipment of my pain medicine in today, so I just put on my new pain medicine patch. It stays on for 3 days, and I take my current pain medicine for part of the next 24 hours while my body gets used to the new one and absorbs it.
(more…)Quick post tonight because this has been one of the hardest days I have had in a long time. I’ve had major stomach cramping and diarrhea from a new pill I started this morning for constipation. I’m definitely not constipated anymore! I’m very weak and can’t get out of bed right now. It’s been a really hard day.
(more…)My stomach is slowly settling down and feeling better today, which I’m thankful for. However, the pain all over my body has been horrible. I hardly slept at all last night. Right now I’m regretting switching over to the fentanyl patch as this pain is much worse than I was having before.
(more…)My pain is still relatively under control and the last time I took my oxy, I only took three and I’m doing okay. I am now on my second patch and I’m still praying for wisdom for the doctor as I talk to him about it tomorrow. Thank you God for a little bit of relief from pain.
While I’m sad that it is the end of the weekend because that means my husband has to go back to work and the girls have to go back to school tomorrow, I am thankful that it means I am closer to getting answers.
(more…)We just finished our doctor appointment and talking about my scan results and the decision we need to make. The current scan shows that everything is stable – nothing’s really better and nothing’s really worse. There was no indicator as to why my pain has gotten worse over the past few weeks, which was what led us to trying a different pain medication (the fentanyl patch) and the difficulty of finding the right dose, which is what caused my severe pain over the weekend.
We need to make the decision of whether to:
(more…)I know I said I would post more about my emotions and how I’m feeling after my last scan, but I’m still not feeling great and that’s going to be a longer post. So here’s a quick update on how I’m feeling.
I’m still trying to figure out that constipation medicine. I need the full strength of it but my body can’t handle it all at once. So today I took half a pill this morning and I’m going to take half a pill right before I go to bed. Hopefully I will be able to sleep. If not, I will get through a lot of episodes of Heartland.
(more…)I am losing my patience – how long does it take to figure out the correct dosage of pain medicine? Apparently longer than I thought!
I went up to 1 100 microgram patch and 3 25 microgram patches. That is still not enough so I am going up to 2 100 microgram patches. It will be great when we get this figured out. I just really want it to be soon! You know how much I love to be in pain…..
If you don’t want to read about bowel movements you can just stop reading now….
My trial taking half the constipation medicine in the morning and half at night did not work. There were no side effects, but also no bowel movements. Strange.
(more…)Hooray! Things are moving without too much pain. I could elaborate, but I don’t think that’s necessary!
The pain patches are working at the higher dose. I still have to take some oxy during the day, but not consistently. Our little trip away was hard on my body, so I might not need as many when I get home.
(more…)This week the girls are on mid-winter break, so I booked a new vacation rental in our same town for a few nights. It’s called The Abode at Cedar River.
(more…)Ever since I drained the fluid from around my lung two days ago, things haven’t felt quite the same. Today I was having trouble sitting and talking without getting out of breath. The doctor did an x-ray while I was at chemo and everything looked normal (well normal for me).
The X-ray showed a partially collapsed lung with some fluid. He gave me a couple options. He said I could go to the ER and have some more tests done, or I could monitor my breathing at home and let him know in a day or two if it was the same or has gotten any better.
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