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Re: Rock Bottom...
From: Angie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat Jun 16 22:41:30 2007
Hi,
I know what you mean about being frustrated. I can't imagine the
thought of being put out on the street, I have a very supported family
both mine and my inlaws that never would allow it, but but I can add
some solice that you are not alone in a few aother parts of your story.
I'm also on percocet(which has oxycodon in it) I have to take it every
day for the pain and no one seams to understand. We have to be careful
with what I take because I'm allergic to morphine. I stopped breathing
when they gave it to me after my first lap. I was having troubles at
work and my boss blamed the only thing that actually help the pain, the
pills. I tried going without to see how bad it would get and didn't
even last a night before I was in tears because of the pain. Some
people just don't understand. I have one of those weekly pill cases and
I'm taking so many different meds that they wouldn't all fit. I have to
keep my 800 mg motrin in a seperate container. My husband is also close
to loosing his job because he's had to switch schedules, call in and
leave work so much because of my health. They cut his hours severely as
what we can only assume is punishment. That makes it a little difficult
too cause the one person who has been there for me is also paying
because I'm sick all the time. That isn't even going into the sex
department (which he's gone months at a time without) I just started
lupron for the second time and am dreading the side efffects I know are
coming.
When it gets really bad for me I just have a really good cry and let it
all out on here. Just know you have many shoulders to cry on and
everyone here is online to support you. It helps to talk about it with
people you know are in somewhat the same boat. If you need anything opr
just want to chat know you have us to come to.
-Angie
At Sat, 16 Jun 2007, anonymous wrote:
>
>Hi everyone,
>I've turned to this forum as a last resort.
>So here is my story...
>I just turned 21 in case your wondering my age.
>Two years ago I suddenly began to feel very severe pelvic pain on my
>right side, almost where my ovary is. It got so severe I went to
>hospital and they proceeded to diagnose me with appendicitis and take
>out my appendix.
>Following recovery I still had pelvis pain. Classically defined as
>stabbing pain on my right side, shooting down my legs and in my lower
>back.
>So I went back to my doctor who referred me to a gyno.
>They then did a laproscopy and found stage 3 endometriosis. There was
>too much there for them to do anything during that operation so they
>booked me in for a second laproscopy.
>My Gyno put me onto the pill and primolut which is a synthetic
>progesterone. Which stopped my periods.
>After waking up from the second lap, they told me I have extensive
>damage to my right fallopian tube, that it was blocked and they couldn't
>do anything.
>They also left some growths in there because it wasn't safe to remove.
>Following this operation, I still continued to have pain, only oxycodone
>was working to treat the pain, which as some of you may know is a type
>of morphine (very strong).
>After a few months I was still having pain, and now addicted to pain
>killers, I was really fed up and spiraling more and more into
>depression.
>So I went to the Royal Womens' Hospital to the emergency room and was
>admitted for pain management.
>I was put on MORE pain killers more frequently and began to take lupron.
>Which made me have all the symptoms of menopause.
>I was booked in for another laproscopy in December last year.
>They thought the endo had attached to my bowel, but during the op, the
>endo wasn't that prevalent and certainly wasn't attached to my bowel.
>So guess what?
>I'm STILL having pains every single day, even though I don't have
>periods.
>I'm still on pain killers, and I'm about to get married.
>The doctors say they cannot do anything for me, I just have to treat the
>pain.
>Sex is very very painful, and I've begun to fear it.
>Everytime I get aroused I feel like I am being penetrated by a knife,
>and I begin to cry.
>My fiance is very kind and has put up with alot, but I just don't want
>him to have to sacrifice his sex life because I cannot bear to be
>intimate with him.
>Please help me...
>I find myself crying every single day, and have begun to cut my arms to
>take the pain away from my pelvis.
>I am about to be fired from my job for having too many sick days, if I
>don't work I won't have an income and I will be left on the streets.
>My boss has begun to intimidate me, I don't even feel like being at
>work.
>Medicine is so expensive and I find that my whole pay cheque goes to
>buying the medicine.
>It's hard enough not being able to get pregnant, but I also have to deal
>with this every single day.
>I really need help, any advice, just please help.
>Thanks for reading this long winded explaination, if you could
>contribute I would be very very grateful.
>
>From
>Frustrated!
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