Hi Billie ~

You don't know me, but I belonged to the "old braintalk" and I was keeping up with your story there. I just found this place yesterday ~

I'm so very sorry you have to go through another surgery. My Mom had what you have, but she had to have an open surgery because her bowel became strangulated. Poor thing, she was so sick. But she came through the surgery with flying colors and she is fine now.

My Sister and Dad both had the laparoscopic surgery to have their gallbladders out and they came through fine too.

Please know that you will be in my thoughts and prayers ~ Like everyone else has said, you are a very strong woman ~ I too, wish I lived closer to be able to help you out. I live alone and know how hard that can be ~

Love,
dadsgirl

Hi Dad'sgirl,
It's so nice to meet you. I don't think I have heard of you. We have a lot of fun and learn on here. We like to exchange ideas and tell others what works for us and what doesn't.

I would like to be the first to welcome you on this forum. Please feel free to jump in anytime. I sure can use your prayers and appreciate them.It is much different living alone.Now I am getting ready to buy a house in town and have been in the country for 47 yrs. What an adjustment! I hope I can get use to it. When I was first married I hated it out here.It was so quiet!Now I don't know if I can stand the traffic noise. When it snows next winter I can at least say I should be ok in town. It can take days in the country to have cleaned off roads.

Yes, I guess the laparcopic isn't to bad a surgery. The back ones are and this should be easy compared them. This is my third this year tho. I better back on out of here for now.
Blessings,
Billie

Hi dadsgirl
Welcome to BT2
My oldname is at the bottom on my sig..
Ilike your name.I am a dads girl too..LOL

Hi there Billie
Sorry to hear your not doin so good.
I will be sooooo happy 4 you when the day comes that you can write and say your feeling better.
I hope and pray you can have one soon!!
Thanx so much for saying such nice things to me billie..
I am just me...LOL...Your bear dog sounds adorable!!!Our felix {cat}just turned 7 and he sleeps with us too..You have11cats-WOW!!LOL
Afriend of mine takes care of wild cats.She is trying to tame them .She says she can only pet hers while feeding too!!
My stray that found me this past june was friendly from day one.
My husband says we cant keep her or any of the babies..
I am hoping to change his mind -at least about keeping the momma.
I have really grown attached to her.I am holding her in the pic.
I am so glad you put your pic up.I like to be able to see who i am talkin to!!
We had some nice weather here over the weekend.Then it turned cooler this afternoon.
I did'nt go anywhere or do much.But it was nice to walk outside and not freeze!
Well i should go get my clothes outta the dryer.
A womans work is never done-dontcha know?LOL
Also i have to get up early andtake my girl to school.
Talk to ya soon .
{{{{{{{{Hugz}}}}}}}}}
Your friend Kell

Hello Again ~

Billy ~ You probably hadn't heard of me ~ by the time I started reading about you I had pretty much stopped posting ~ but I was following your story before the crash and I was keeping you in my prayers ~

Hi Kell ~ Thanks for the welcome! I've been a daddy's girl all my life ~ still am and I'm 48! LOL

Love,
dadsgirl

Hey Billie
Where are yooouuuuu??
LOL
I thought i would hop on here real quick and see if there was a post from you yet.
I know sometimes i post on other threads-then my hands/arms are just too sore to type anymore.Just check in and let me know your ok.

I went to see my ortho doc on monday.I asked for an Mri of the neck-was told no.He says to wait and see if this surgery i had will make all the burning go away.I was kinda bummed out-but what can i do?
Nothing really.Just wait!!!
Today i have to go see my rhuemy doc..He takes care of my fibro/arthrits.
I am gonna ask for stronger pain meds.Whether i get it or not -who knows.It does'nt hurt to ask is my philoshpy!
I really need something stronger for this pain.I hope and pray he will listen to me!!!

Write soon and let me know whats going on with you my dear friend.
I need to get ready for my appt.
{{{{{{{hugz}}}}}}}}
~Kell~

Hi Dadsgirl and Kell,
My telephone was out so I couldn't come in today. The phone company got it fixed this afternoon. Well girls I haven't been feeling good at all and I don't know what the problem is. My back and my left leg are driving me cazy with pain.My surgeon is far away, but he probably wouldn't know either. I can't take much in the way of pain pills. I either itch or have stomach problems. I was actually much better than this a week or better ago. It seens I just got this pain flare up and I doubt if any doc can help with it. I haven't had a chance to do somthing that I shouldn't have done. I am loosing weigh faster now that I am not trying to.

I don't want anymore surgery! It can be very painful with winter coming on. it feels like arthritis to me. We are getting rain about every other day. I heard of a different pain pill today that I am going to ask about. It's called Trimadol. Has anyone here took it? I just want something that works.

I better get ready to go house hunting tonight. i have a nephew helping me.
Hope gals are doing fine.
Blessings,
Billie

Hi ((((Billie))))
Sorry that your pain is so bad, it is way pass the time for you to get a break girl!! I wish that I could do something to help you..
About "Tramadol" I don't have any first hand knowledge of it but did look it up and it is an opiate and a generic for ultracet, I don't know if you have tried ultracet or ultram before but that is it.
A long the same line as viciodin, percocet or such.
It is just so sad that you can not find some pain med that you can take, I wonder how it would work for you if you had the pain pump and didn't take these meds orally.
What kind of reactions do you have to the pain meds??
Well hon know as always you are in my thoughts and prayers, please try and rest.
Love, Linda

So glad to see your post Linda. I am at the point, I would not consider a pain plump if it is anything like an SCS. It seems like there is always medal involved in putting those things in. Doc woundn't even put a screw in me this time. Everyone agrees, I just can't take the hardware inside my body. I am at the point that I don't know what to do.

Here I have woke up in the, middle of the night just doubled up in pain, and I have nothing I can do except ice it down. That is uncomfortable also. I haven't took any pain meds that relieve this at all. The last three surgeries have all been done to relieve this pain to no avail. Now they think I need the groin surgery because of a hernia. All three Drs believe this will help.I first thought it might, but I am begaining to think nothing will. I don't know anything i haven't tried.

Yes, I have been on Ultram and it didn't help either. There has got to be a answer. I think I have been cut very deep trying to get the scar tissue out. I am at the point I can't lift my am or I can't lift my foot much at all without pain. Sleeping is the worst torricher I go threw. I can't even turn over in bed without just draging my body.I just got a sinking feeling this won't help either.I appoligze for feelings about my lack of faith on my part. It will take a year to heal up, so that's bad. Each time I have heard of another cure, I fall for it. But not so fast ,anymore.
Blessings & I hope your doing better,
Billie

{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Billie}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
I am so sorry you are in such pain!!!!!!!!
I read your posts and wish so badly there was something i could say or do
for you my friend!!!!
I have had to endure some pain,but never as you describe.I can only imagine what you must be going through!
Dont apologize for coming on here and not being able to talk of having faith.
We all have bad days/times.Especially with what you are going through.
I know i have praised you for being such a strong person.That does'nt mean i expect you to be happy all the time.
I know you have it rough and would'nt want you to come on here and fib just to make everyone happy!!
My heart aches for you billie!!! I hope and pray once you heal from these surgeries that your pain levels go down for you!!!
I take ultram and have for the last 3 months.
It is'nt as strong as the other pain meds.But it works ok.I hope you can find something to help you soon!!!
As always you are in my thoughts and prayers!!
{{{{{gentle hugs}}}}}}}
~Kell~

Hi Kell,
Another day of pain. It just keeps on raining tho. I expect its the left over surgery pain that lingers like this. I keep thinking I'll get up one morning and it will be gone. So far, it hasn't got much better. if I go to pick anything off the floor I could screen. The same thing happens if I turn to get out of the car. It's just these small things that get to me for I can't clean the house the way I want to. I am wanting to move before cold weather gets here and how can I help with that? I did do as much as I could before having this done. But there is never enough time to do everything.

I keep finding homes that I like too, and for some reason my plans get shot down. I guess the places weren't for me. I want sell my own place too before I end up having to heat it for the winter. That could get expensive.

Now my son is mad at me saying I am selfish. I knew that letter was coming. He says he is in a wheel chair. This is the first I have heard of that.
Always problems down the road. It sounds like from your bio that you have had your share of pain. Most people do.somewhere in life.When my husband got cancer I seen him in very bad pain before it was over.This isn't something I planned, but I am going to work with patients like this after I get better.I have already told them I would yesterday. It isn't that I want to, but that I feel I have been called to do it. I sure hope I can be understanding and measure up to the test.
Billie