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Join Date: Sep 2006
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 292
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Living in Denial
I I guess I must be living in denial.
I did a really bad experiment - I tried to see how long I could go without a lidocaine-ketamine patch (for arms, not feet, because I have to walk). I've worn them for 5 years. I wear 4 at a time even though orders are for two/day.
After 5 years I thought the sensitivity and burning might be gone ???
I don't know why I thought that because even when I wear them I continue to break through with burning and sensitivity.
Normally I can feel someone walk by with 6 layers on my arms.
Well, I only lasted 1 1/2 days.
Last night 12 am I woke up & was silently screaming so as not to wake my husband. It felt like someone had again poured acid onto open wounds 
I got those patches out and put one on my right arm and it started working in 15 minutes. Even though my left arm was hurting 1 level below the right side, I tried to bear with it and go back to sleep. I woke up at 3 am the same way, tears in my eyes, trying not to breathe. So I put the patch on the other side and went back to sleep. I put 2 more on this morning 
I wear the plain lidoderm patches for my feet. They used to sweat so bad, but now they are dry as the desert. I will not try that experiment ever again. 
I was wondering.........
Does anyone else ever stop breathing when they are in so much pain or when you get an electrical shooting pain?
So, I'd say the patches work very well for me , even though I still feel a burn, it is much less than when I go without.
Every once in awhile I go through this denial period when i say, OK, this must be gone by now. I'll try a cut back on meds but it just makes things worse. I'll never do this again either.
WARNING : DO NOT TRY THIS - danger of burns !!!
{{hugs}}
Hope
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