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The EADD Health, Sickness and Pain Thread - share what ails you here.

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At least it's classier than the ol' Two birds One stone (which would imply crack whorage to me)
 
Shambles said:
Definitely. Will hold it back for when the time comes :)

Consultant was actually quite insistent that I wasn't to taper/quit the diaz yet. Was rather surprised actually. I said that I'd rather taper the benzos than painkillers but he said he thought that would be a Bad Thing as I'm on such a low dose anyway (prescribed 10mg a day) and had been for so long (20-odd years now - only specifically for muscle relaxant properties this last ten though). It's prescribed for both muscle relaxation and also for anxiety - two birds, one benzo... Which makes it sound like some dodgy pr0n flick :D
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Haha yeah that does sound slightly weird :D understandable he wouldn't want you to come off the diazepam after such a long time though - if anything I'd just be reassured really since it shows he's responsible and knows his stuff. Came clean to my doctor last year and told him I had a 10+mg a day alprazolam habit and he just told me to stop taking them. Being none the wiser, I obliged. That didn't end very well :|
 
I'm in agony with an infected broken tooth. Been taking codeine, ibuprofen and applying benzocaine gel. Hardly touches the pain :(
 
I went to the hospital yesterday to see my surgeon. In June (not October like I thought - yay cos its over and done with sooner because I'm healthier than expected, but scary soon!) they're going to take the end of my small bowel and form a j-pouch, remove almost all of my rectum and attach the j-pouch to the bit they leave behind. They'll form a loop ileostomy further up the small bowel so the j-pouch won't be connected to start with, I'll still poop into a bag. Should take 3-6 months to heal up and settle down, lots of invasive tests to make sure it all works then a little operation to plumb it all in and hopefully my Christmas present will be shit coming out of my arse hole again!

But I sense that the pain cometh once more. So I'm gonna enjoy the fuck out of May.
 
^ I hope your first anal extrusion in ages is all you can hope for =D

Good news in the longterm even if the short-term is kinda shitty <3

(sorry - couldn't help myself :o)

curious_24 said:
I'm in agony with an infected broken tooth. Been taking codeine, ibuprofen and applying benzocaine gel. Hardly touches the pain :(
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I had an infected abcessed wisdom tooth. Most painful pain ever. Nothing touches pain like that. Emergency dentist appointments are your friend. He put in strips of material (presumably soaked in benzocaine or similar) into the tooth as a stopgap measure which helped take the edge off but it wasn't until I was put on those sillystrong antibiotics that it actually stopped hurting. Was on 'em for two months too cos I left it so long before getting it treated. Don't leave it - get it dealt with. Fuck what your boss says about taking a couple hours off - is emergency medical treatment.
 
I'm gonna go tomorrow morning. If I can't get a dentist appointment I think I'll just see my GP and ask for antibiotics as a temporary measure until I can get the damn thing repaired/pulled. I'll also ask for some oxycodone or fentanyl patches for the pain (only half joking!).
 
I asked my GP for pain relief and antibiotics whilst waiting for a dentist appointment but he refused on both counts. Said mouth stuff is dentist bizniz and doctors can't get involved. Dunno how true that is though (the dentist and GPs work in the same building where I am so possibly just gonna cause bitching if he did) so worth an ask. Dentist was very good though and let me go in twice in one day to get those analegesic strips put in (first time wasn't enough) and two or three other days - without an appointment - whilst waiting for the actual appointment.

roganjosh said:
You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone.

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Ha! I'm sure that's the case =D

I know somebody that recently had to have a colostomy. Might ask her if she misses shiteing. She's also on loads of morphine daily and can't help wondering if you can get constipation of the colostomy. I suspect not but can't help but ponder.
 
Shambles said:
I know somebody that recently had to have a colostomy. Might ask her if she misses shiteing. She's also on loads of morphine daily and can't help wondering if you can get constipation of the colostomy. I suspect not but can't help but ponder.
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Yeah morphine and any opioid drugs will still slow transit though the digestive tract. I got stuck in hospital with an ileus (when your bowel shuts down) for 6 weeks in a lot of pain but they wouldn't give me morphine because it would only make the ileus worse. When you don't have a colon you need to slow everything else down as much as possible to conserve water, I still take at least one loperamide (which I believe is an opioid drug?) a day, if I'm going out drinking I take many many more :D
 
Both knees screwed at 18, had my first triple plical debridement a few months back on the right knee and was told I should be fine for 5 years, at which point it'd need re-doing. It's lasted 5 months, stairs are a nightmare, walking the dog is a huge effort. Eugh, I feel like an old man. Gonna try and get it re-done in the summer.
 
SproutOnSmack said:
Both knees screwed at 18, had my first triple plical debridement a few months back on the right knee and was told I should be fine for 5 years, at which point it'd need re-doing. It's lasted 5 months, stairs are a nightmare, walking the dog is a huge effort.
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No use at all but have my sympathy, that sounds terrible. Not even going to ask how old you are. One of my neighbours, old geezer, has just paid twice for two failed knee operations and is going for a third. Dunno why he goes private but its costing him either 8K a time or 16K a time, can't remember which.

Good luck man, hope something works out for you. Other than that, move somewhere rural and drive everywhere. :\
 
Went to the dentist today. The bastard wouldn't give me any pain relief, he said that my OTC ibuprofen/codeine combo should be more than enough to take the edge off (it isn't). He prescribed amoxicillin and metronidazole for the abscess and said to come back in a week to have the tooth repaired. :\
 
That's basically what happened with me, Curious. He did give me those anaesthetic strips to numb it though. But no painkillers cos "ibuprofen and paracetamol should be more than enough" 8)

I found the antibios did the trick. Took a coupla days before they did owt, mind. And then another two months to actually get rid of the infection completely :\
 
I can't help but wonder if these doctors actually truly believe ibuprofen/paracetamol etc. is enough or if it's just bullshit they tell us because they don't want to risk giving us something we'd abuse. I actually think it's the former though, which is pretty bad. When I broke a knuckle back in october they told me ibuprofen would be absolutely sufficient for the pain...it was a frickin broken bone :!
All that to say, good luck curious :\
 
I have a horrible feeling you are correct, Pagey. They genuinely do believe OTC painkillers are enough for more or less anything short of terminal diseases. And even then only borderline whether or not you'll get owt stronger. Consultant I saw t'other day was a very nice bloke but clearly totally believed what he's read in training and studies since about painkiller efficacy. The opioid equivalences he was quoting were just nuts - reckoned I was using equivalent of 85mg of morphine a day via the medium of me pissy lil codeine script. Although he listened patiently to what I was saying he was basically implacable in his absolute faith in what it sez in books :\

I'd bet a bollock they don't use fukkin paracetamol when they're in pain :D
 
85mg of morphine a day?! Right...yeah, problem is most of them are just too textbook-y and really don't give a crap what the patient is saying if there's an alternate explanation in a book.
I have to say that would probably be the nicest thing about living in the US...you get a Vicodin script after a tooth extraction over there! Lucky bastards 8(
 
I used to mention this everytime some whiney seppo in OD/BDD bitched about "only" getting Vicodin of Percocet after dental work. They cannot conceive of going to the dentist, having work done and getting shit all for pain other than being told to buy some ibuprofen. I had three wisdom teeth extracted in one appointment and got sod all for the pain. And, to be honest, really didn't need owt. It just doesn't hurt that much for that long. Although I'd never say that to a dentist obviously =D
 
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