The EADD Sickness and Pain Thread ver Pain of the Wrist & Cock

[Sprout]

Ugh, today is a bad day pain wise. Chronic, unending pain in both knees now, fiery burning in the left elbow, both shoulders are aching, even my wrist has given up.
Every joint is painful, pretty much.

I'm sure the hyperalgesia from quitting opiates isn't helping.

Being in pain, day in, day out really grinds you down, which is coincidentally exactly what my body feels like: ground to a pulp.

 

[Limpet_Chicken]

Lucky for you inflorescence, more luck than I've had with hospitals by a long shot. Save for immediately prior to my knee surgery when they used IV fentanyl to try and knock me out (although I really don't rate fent amongst the opiates I've tried), I've even had them refuse, almost every time I've EVER been in hospital, for anything, to give me the meds my own fucking doc wants me on, despite the fact that I'm on a GABAergic (chlormethiazole) and clonidine/tizanidine , in addition to a pretty generous and longterm script for both morphine and oxy. In fact I haven't EVER got what I should have whilst staying in there. Sudden acute withdrawawl from opiates might not be life threatening, but the massive hypertension due to the rebound from suddenly ceasing to take alpha2 agonists can be, as can the withdrawal from benzos (although chlormethiazole isn't one, its more barb-like in character, but structurally unique, a thiamine derivative actually) will aggravate that, and in and of itself make seizure likely if I happened to be physically dependent on it, I don't think I am, it seems to have a shocking lack of that at the dose I've been taking it at, for me, personally, but as far as they were concerned I was.

At the very least, it would be, and was, ugly as hell.
Little pricks were quite content to sit on their arses and let me withdraw.

 

[Sammy G]

This Saturday Night Palsy thing is now ruining my day-to-day life. Can't even shave, shower or skin up without a Herculean effort. Oh, and 'The Stranger'? Forget about it. The grip just ain't there.

Just waiting for my boss to show so I can let him know the score and visit the walk-in centre. Even typing is a pain, but using a mouse (or even my swipe card) is nearly impossible.

 

[THECATINTHEHAT]

Get yourself a splint, it will make life much easier.

I popped my shoulder again this morning, hurt a fair bit.

 

[afctu]

Anyone else on here got a fucked pancreas? Mines been giving me a bit of grief lately, it fucking hates booze and fatty foods in excess, throws a right paddy. Apparently it was stones in my gallbladder and pancreatic duct that were the cause of my acute pancreatitis attacks. So 2 years ago they took my gallbladder out. Made no fucking difference. Its not quite as temperamental as it used to be mind, but that's probably because I don't drink as much now.

 

[StoneHappyMonday]

No but my mate has a fucked pancreas to the point it completely stopped working and he became diabetic type 1 (insulin, daily injection etc) at the age of 45.

Something to look forward to eh?

 

[maxalfie]

I hope things are going well with you SHM and no extra health worries above and beyond what you have already, take care mate

 

[afctu]

No but my mate has a fucked pancreas to the point it completely stopped working and he became diabetic type 1 (insulin, daily injection etc) at the age of 45.

Something to look forward to eh?

Yep, ive already been told that I have an extremely high chance of becoming diabetic and increased chance of pancreatic cancer. the joys!

 

[StoneHappyMonday]

I've given up moaning about it Max but that's very kind of you to ask. And very you. You're alright Max. And I hope, after your own troubles (great euphemistic word, troubles) that you too are in a much better place than the recent hand dealt to you.

 

[maxalfie]

I've given up moaning about it Max but that's very kind of you to ask. And very you. You're alright Max. And I hope, after your own troubles (great euphemistic word, troubles) that you too are in a much better place than the recent hand dealt to you.

Nothing wrong with a good ole moan if you ever feel like it SHM. I'm doing well thanks mate,can't complain

 

[maxalfie]

Yep, ive already been told that I have an extremely high chance of becoming diabetic and increased chance of pancreatic cancer. the joys!

Sorry to hear that afctu, hope you get the treatment quickly if and when needed

 

[afctu]

Sorry to hear that afctu, hope you get the treatment quickly if and when needed

Cheers pal, I'm alreeet at the moment. Just not looking forward to the next inevitable attack! And I hope that next time the doctors manage to find out what's actually wrong with me, instead of just taking little organs out and hoping that does the trick!

 

[maxalfie]

Cheers pal, I'm alreeet at the moment. Just not looking forward to the next inevitable attack! And I hope that next time the doctors manage to find out what's actually wrong with me, instead of just taking little organs out and hoping that does the trick!

Not knowing what's wrong is the worst bit. At least when you are aware of what is wrong you can look it up and educate yourself about the problem and have an understanding of what's happening with your body and different ways it can be treated and long term outlook etc

 

[StoneHappyMonday]

Yeah the omnipotence of medicine has taken a bit of a kicking IME too recently. Don't get me wrong, it's great how they can turn Frank Maloney into a woman. Just a shame they seem unable to do anything, including diagnosis*, about certain other things.

*if it's any help (I know it isn't) they took five years and several missed opportunities to diagnose my newest fuck-up

 

[maxalfie]

Yeah the omnipotence of medicine has taken a bit of a kicking IME too recently. Don't get me wrong, it's great how they can turn Frank Maloney into a woman. Just a shame they seem unable to do anything, including diagnosis*, about certain other things.

*if it's any help (I know it isn't) they took five years and several missed opportunities to diagnose my newest fuck-up

Jeez, 5 years to get a correct diagnosis certainly takes the piss. Can't imagine how you must have felt over that time not knowing what's going on. Must have been a real relief to finally have found out what had been going on.

 

[StoneHappyMonday]

Haha well it was kind of a relief Max. Up until the point they told me there was nothing they could really do for me apart from drastic surgery that had a high chance of me losing my leg. Quite liking my legs where they are, in a pair and all, I had to turn the surgery down and....see how it goes from here.

But I can't complain.

 

[maxalfie]

Haha well it was kind of a relief Max. Up until the point they told me there was nothing they could really do for me apart from drastic surgery that had a high chance of me losing my leg. Quite liking my legs where they are, in a pair and all, I had to turn the surgery down and....see how it goes from here.

But I can't complain.

Yes i guess not really the type of relief anyone would wish to find out about. I recall you saying about the surgery they could carry out but the odds were not exactly in your favour. You are a brave man SHM and i sincerely hope that your situation doesn't get any worse.

 

[StoneHappyMonday]

Dunno about brave Max. Bit fucking unlucky like, but not that brave. Frank Maloney is the one with balls. No, wait...

 

[maxalfie]

Unlucky certainly mate and brave as well. Lol Frank Maloney i don't think anyone could have ever seen that story happening

 

[Sammy G]

Get yourself a splint, it will make life much easier.

I popped my shoulder again this morning, hurt a fair bit.

Got one. After one trip to the walk-in centre, who sent me to A&E, who had five doctors and nurses fail to diagnose anything until a consultant sent me for x-rays and confirmed what we already knew, but that it was a pretty bad case.

Got an appointment with the fracture department on Thursday to pinpoint the nerve damage, and from there, fuck knows.

I can at least open the door with my right hand now.