Re: Pain, more pain! to Lori D
From: Alyson (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Oct 20 11:00:57 2005
Lori
I was just reading an article from the Mayo Clinic on msn.com about
coping with pain. Its a bit Stuart Smiley (gosh darn it people like
me!) but, it makes some really good points. One of them being that you
have to start learning to participate in activities on a level you can
handle, like telling your parents you'll come by, but you can only stay
for 30 minutes (instead of the duration of whatever project they have in
store). Your mom wants you to see a doctor and knows you are in pain,
surely she will understand if you bow out early. Anyway, here's the
link to the article...
http://articles.health.msn.com/id/100096646/site/100000000/
--
Alyson
At Thu, 20 Oct 2005, Lori wrote:
>
>Alyson,
>Thanks, the bleeding is bad and the more bleeding I have, the more pain
>I seem to have. No pills are helping the pain go away and here I sit at
>work, nothing to do about it. I have to be here until 1 pm. and then
>my parents need me to help them this afternoon and probably will beg of
>my help tonight too. I hate saying no, because I want to help, but I
>need some R & R, I've been running myself ragged lately. Thanks for
>listening!
>Hugs~
>Lori D.
>
>At Thu, 20 Oct 2005, Alyson wrote:
>>
>>Hee Hee..you never know how someone is going to take something. This
>>bleeding sounds terrible. I really hope its something the doc can get
>>under control for you and that everything is OK.
>>Alyson
>>
>>At Thu, 20 Oct 2005, Lori wrote:
>>>
>>>Alyson,
>>>I didn't take that as tough love, you are very right, but I guess I am a
>>>stubborn thing. Just like my parents whom I always say are stubborn. :)
>>>Runs in the family. I have decided I need to do something because this
>>>morning. I put in a tampon before I left for home, I then had a 20 min.
>>>drive to drop off my kids and then when I got out of the car I felt an
>>>awful gush. Once I got to work I went into the bathroom to see my pad
>>>full of blood and my tampon was completely saturated and I had large
>>>clots. There was blood on my pants, but luckily it doesn't show (I was
>>>smart and wore black.) Needless to say, something has to be done,
>>>because I can't go on each month living this horror. Thanks for the
>>>response and you weren't tough, you were sincere. I've had much worse
>>>things said to me then that! :)LOL
>>>Take care!
>>>Hugs~
>>>Lori D.
>>>
>>>At Wed, 19 Oct 2005, Alyson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Lori D.
>>>>I say this with sincerety and care...I know it is easy to let the
>>>>process of ridding your debt run your life and influence your decisions.
>>>>However, not going to the doctor could prolong a serious medical
>>>>situation. You know you have endo and it causes you pain, but you know
>>>>as well as anyone that there can also be other diseases, disorders,
>>>>concerns that go hand in hand. An initial doctor's visit to ensure that
>>>>what is happening to you right now is not some other life altering issue
>>>>will not have any long lasting affect on your debt situation. If
>>>>nothing else just go make sure everything is alright and then take it
>>>>one day at a time from there. Sorry for the tough love.
>>>>Alyson
>>>>
>>>>At Wed, 19 Oct 2005, Lori wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Girls,
>>>>>Well, another month has come and the pain is still here. I started
>>>>>getting my period on Sunday and since then I have had this pain. It is
>>>>>kind of hard to explain, but it is located in the center/right side of
>>>>>my lower abdomen. It is almost like I can pinpoint the spot. It is
>>>>>very sore and tender. I have more pain with it when I am standing up
>>>>>verses sitting or laying down. Does anyone ever have pain like that?
>>>>>What is it? I have been struggling with major p.m.s. this month. I
>>>>>have many other things going on in my life that are helping contribute
>>>>>to the stress also. I have been experiencing a lot of back cramps that
>>>>>don't want to go away and it doesn't matter what I take, it just won't
>>>>>quit. My mom says, go to the doctor, I say, I can't--just can't afford
>>>>>it. My husband is just getting back to work after 2 weeks off, my son
>>>>>is having lots of tests done and we just got a loan to clear up all our
>>>>>medical bills from when my son died and my husbands surgery and all the
>>>>>endo. bills I had from before. I just can't afford to go, I don't want
>>>>>to be back to square one. I don't know, I guess I am frustrated and
>>>>>can't figure out what to do. Does anyone have any suggestions or
>>>>>advice. I'm hurting and could use some friends.
>>>>>Thanks!
>>>>>Wishing you a good, pain free day!
>>>>>Hugs~
>>>>>Lori D.
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