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

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pontifex01 said:
Meh, it was nothing that I couldn't fix myself with some time and stern words with Madame Pontifex. As to seeking help, fuck that. I've had bouts of depression on and off all my life, was foolish enough to let some quack prescribe me citalopram years ago and will never go down that road again. Was forced to go into counselling when my panic attacks spiralled out of control during Uni and that was just one big joke. I have absolutely 0 respect for mental health professionals except for their goodwill. Psychology is still in its infancy. In a hundred years or so it'll be worthy of being called a science. For now it's just voodoo wankshite.
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I wasn't talking about professional help. The best help I've ever had was from a sane drug free and trusted friend who when I explained my situation told me their honest opinion and gave me good advice on what I needed to do. Help & advice can come from the unlikeliest places, you've just got to reach a point where you seek or are receptive to it. Sometimes we surround ourselves with people who are too embroiled to help, and to have an accurate sense of perspective on the situation.

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But yeah I'm feeling better and all is well in the nest, in fact this recent abyssal drop in relations between us led to a cathartic reappraisal of our situation and how to deal with it and we've come out better and stronger. Don't get me wrong, I didn't want to top myself just because of a row with the missus. Life's been a bit shit to me in general for a couple of weeks but as I said things are looking up so yaaaay.
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Fantastic, its great that you and her have been able to help each other out the other side.
 
I recently lost my driving licence and caught a public bus today for the first time in not long enough, that was painful, almost as painful as reading this thread. You euros sound like a bunch of cats, meow.

<3 =D %)

Adios amigos
 
kate said:
Is pain and suffering not just part of being human? You kinda got to expect it... No?
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Pain is definitely a useful thing if it's telling you something's wrong and you can do something about it, but the human body / human condition is not a perfect one and sometimes pain serves no purpose at all. I think it's a good thing we have some tools to get rid of it, and while some people may feel they want to press on and accept needless suffering, I'm not one of them and I think it's a good thing we have ways of dealing with it ;)

So expect it? Yes, but accept it? No, not necessarily :)
 
laugh said:
I recently lost my driving licence and caught a public bus today for the first time in not long enough, that was painful, almost as painful as reading this thread. You euros sound like a bunch of cats, meow.

<3 =D %)

Adios amigos
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I love traveling on buses because they are so good here in Europe.
I am in lady pain at the moment. I'm curing my lady pain with my favourite pain killer. Tomorrow i return to my grand plan of self domination as opposed to the self flagellation.
 
Painful week :!

But - rather handily - y'all just reminded me that I can probably put me repeat prescription in today. Day or two early but worth a punt. Depending on who's in to sign it anyway. Some docs are so fukkin uptight about letting you pick up even a day early let alone two 8)

Also, I was reminded this week of how effective ketamine is at dealing with pain. Doubt I'll get that prescribed anytime soon though :\

Oh, and finally heard from the pain clinic. Letter asking me if I was still in pain or did I want to be taken off the waiting list? How long is this bastard waiting list?!? 8(
 
Will probably be a few months sadly Shambles, going on how long I've had to wait for NHS specialist appointments so far. May need to look into a pain clinic myself soon, will be mentioning it to docs
 
Pretty sure that's gonna be the case, Inso. Has already been 5-6 months and only just been confirmed that I'm even on the list :\

Seems they fukked up cos they sent out a load of letters with one patients details on the Welsh side and a different patients on the translated side. Oopsie. Got a swift followup letter apologising and saying that it's okay cos no private information got leaked. Aside from names, addressess and home/mobile phone numbers anyway 8)

Hope nobody sues 'em cos they really don't need the distraction given the length of the waiting lists 8o
 
When I got offered surgery I didn't want, which caused a bit of an argument (what, me?), I was sent away by the consultant surgeon with a piece of paper for some more tests. It was only when I got home an hour later I bothered to look at it and it was the home address and phone number of a woman, another patient entirely. The fact it was for a female was all the more extraordinairy as I was in a prostate clinic.
 
My letter had some woman's name, address and phone number on. Presumably she got mine. Maybe the NHS in Wales is branching out into dating agency services to pay for the free prescriptions?

At least in my case the concept of "pain" is a non-gender specific kinda thing. Prostate surgery somewhat less so. Perhaps a post-op?
 
Shambles is that repeat prescription for codeine?

When I was prescribed codeine and morphine they were very easy with the repeat prescription, the morphine I could get once a week, when it should have lasted a month! Those days of course are LONG gone.
 
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Pretty sure that's gonna be the case, Inso. Has already been 5-6 months and only just been confirmed that I'm even on the list :\
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Try and harass them if you can, call every week asking if there's any cancellations, etc

I got a CT scan done a month early by wandering into that department after a different appointment and they had a slot so just did it hah. I know your pain thing is bad so try and keep on them, might get lucky and find an early appointment.
 
^ Is the first time I've ever been contacted by 'em, Inso. Didn't even know I'd been put on the waiting list nor what the place was actually called til then. Been getting me GP to hassle 'em now and then but hasn't made any difference so far. Suspect I'm low priotity as I've already been waiting nigh-on forty years so presumably can get by one way or t'other. Problem being that one way = black market opioids and t'other = screaming agony 8)

Thanks for the tip though, will try to get into hassling 'em when in whingey mood :D

Wcote: They're not so fussed about codeine repeats - it's the benzos they object to. I prefer to get 'em all together once a month so it's easy to remember. Gets in a bit of a mess if I try to split the script cos I can never remember what's due so either apply too early for repeats (and get pulled in to be asked about my "drugseeking behaviour") or leave it too long (and get pulled in to discuss how I no longer need as many meds). Much easier to get it all first week of the month in my case. Suspect I get watched a bit more closely than some folks may due to such chronic history of abusing opiates and benzos both prescribed and otherwise.
 
Bad day. Down to half an amitrip really feeling my back pain now! So just nipped into two branches of boots got ibuprofen and codeine 12.8mg and then paramol 8mg DHC. So I reckon two of each is about 50mg of codeine plus 1000mg paracetamol and 400mg ibuprofen. Which is about max 60mg codeine what Dr would give me of opiates.

So I hope it does something! Back was spasming end of lesson. Not cool. :!
 
I think I've STILL got an open repeat script for 200 coco 500/30's a month.

The Oramorph, DHC, and straight codeine phosphate ones are no longer valid. :( (mind you, is no great shakes as i actually DISLIKE opiates now) I keep a little bit of Oramorph back, for the inevitable day when my son smashes himself all over the skatepark in a mangled mess of bone and flayed skin.

wcote, why don't you see your doc? If your pain is bad enough that you're running round chemists trying to scrape together enough OTC codeine and DHC to help your pain, your doc should prescribe you something a bit stronger, at least co-drydamol (or whatever the paracetamol/dhc one is called) if not straight codeine or dhc. tell your doctor that you're buying OTC cocos, and you're taking more than the recomended dose and you're worried about fucking up your liver.
 
I was reminded during a PM exchange that I used to dip lit fags in powdered co-codamol pills and smoke them. That was back in the early 90s when I thought HR meant Highly Risky.

It got me high. Would the paracetamol smoked in such a way make it into your liver and cause trouble? Ignoring, for the minute, that I'm sure it did my lungs no good at all. Binders and that aren't supposed to be smoked :|
 
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