Doc and mrsD
all of your input soooooooooooo explains it!!!
I am going to start backing off the Xanax.

Doc ...omgosh you make me laugh/holler and take me right back to being ten in front of a black and white TV....danger/warning run young Will....

I'm screaming/...I have to go find your other posts: BeamUp:

HB

After fusion, while in hospital, was given Valium, along with Percocet. I had, on a different thread, mentioned the unexpected plus of the Valium is it also being used for muscle spasms. For many years had been unable to lay on left side because of muscle pain on left side of neck and shoulder (had cervical joint injections, etc.; nothing helped).

After many years of laying only on right side; developted very painful siatica and bursitis on right side. This was long before fusion/laminectomy. I think this problem eventually resulted in my need for fusion/laminectomy.

Since being on the Valium; tho not completely pain free, the pain has greatly lessened and am able to lay on left side. I only wish I had been given the Valium years ago.

Even tho the Valium may be adding to memory issues; stil feel it is worth the lessened spasm pain.

Since learning much about the affects Statins have on PN, started cutting my Simvastatin in half. I told my doctor I had been doing this for over a year.so he prescribed half the dose I had been taking.

After the posting with you a while back; I decided to try getting off the Simvastatin completely. I had lab work done on Thursday with fasting for cholesterol. (I have lab work done every 5 months because of Thyroid.) I had informed doctor's office of my eliminating the Statin med completely.

We shall see the result when I see him this coming Tuesday. It has been over a month with no Statin medication. I do have very good HDL; but the LDL is not too good. Hopefully, my readings are good enough to remain off Statin medication.

Just a little side note; went off Lisinopril (you had mentioned this med in the same post) at the same time as well. (Do take Spironlactone which has lowered blood pressure so doctor has agreed to omit Lisinopril for now.)

Really appreciate all your input. You have been an "angel".


Gerry

I have noticed with my flare ups that my short term memory is also affected and of course my anxiety levels at the same time.

Thank you Yolandi, you hit the nail on the head. My psychiatrist explained to me very well that chronic pain puts SO much demand on us physically and mentally.....forgetfulness is a very real (and frustrating!) symptom.

And Ger....nail on the head - MrsD IS indeed an angel!

And Pam & HB.....nail on the head - Doc Smith's humor IS outta this world and very much appreciated!

.....ok, i better put the nails away.
a REAL nail in the head = migraine, and we don't need that

Proof of the old adage that, "When all you've got is a hammer, every problem [child?] looks like a nail."

Doc

Did you ever happen to catch an HBO comedy series called Dream On (1990-1996)?
My mind works very much like Martin Tupper's (the main character)—a near-constant barrage of sound bites & movie/TV clips. I have no doubts that it comes from being part of the first generation of boomers raised/baby-sat by television. From my perspective the show was hysterical.

Doc

thank you for your concern

i shall try to stay on point to answer your question

Saraeve as all my children suffer from one difficult
event in their lives doctor induced addict

Michael second in line
manic depression
bi-polar doctor induced addict

Christine my Christine made me a mimma out of admitted
selfishness just wanted someone to love and love her back
an addict who suffers depression who she is anger issues
i have custody of Eva till mommy gets what it takes to have
a child that depends on her looks for her when she's gone
a natural feeling a child i would hope have
i was there as they opened her up and took her out of mommy

next best thing
my Love child
i did not love her father
to be pregnant at 38 and
not gotten pregnant in my whole
time divorced from my one and only
ex-husband
i was twenty four
three babies
a fourteen year difference
comes Corissa
the best thing that ever happened
to the family
very difficult to tell the kids
teaching morals and values
it was only their opinion that mattered
and not only surprised
as i never entertained
men in my home
and then their joy
she too became ill with fever
at three and a half months
needed to wait till she was
a year old to have one of her two
right kidney surgeries
she is in high school now
trying to find her way
told me just a few days ago
how she really wants to be a nurse



i myself is hanging on my Brother
oh how he was carrying me through
my life
now for a radiologist to have a diagnosis
of osteomyelitis
that means inflammation of the bone
caused by pyogenic (pus) organism

and or metastasis disease
that means transfer of disease from
one organ to another via infected blood
this was found through a routine MRI
with/without contrast

now Saraeve started with a neurologist
who than started the wheels to turn
or the train ride we were about to venture
into uncharted waters

as two other people i know dearly
my kindred friend Eva
her experience a brain bleed
affecting her right side
prior to this
massive headache

a friend Loryn
also a brain bleed
affecting her speech

and then there is my eldest
in the hospital with a very
bad cold pneumonia
6 months old

never sick

until that day

it was to risky to venture further
into removal of the occcipital lobe
to harm other surrounding area
sight would have been lost in both eyes
not a success in surgery

BUT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
AT HER PRIME
LIVING HER LOVE OF "WORDS"

she still is on many anti seizure
even with the VNS implant
the "vagus nerve simulator"

my hero in many ways

me in many ways

sending lots of love
girls must be big now

hi Doc
just wanted to say hello
it hurts
how we loose it
and never factoring it
into our lives
at my age
i too am embarrassed
as Gerry
hang in

Hi Eva,

I can't believe all you've been through, I don't mean this to sound patronising but you poor woman, how have you kept sane or have you, I doubt anyone would be surprised if you suffered from the big D (depression) yourself.

You mentioned you have a brother for support, is there anyone else to help you cope, even with the mental worry. I know the Social system is very different in the US to that here in Ireland and the UK but do they have support systems for people who need it? Is there anything like that you can avail of? Just because your children move out doesn't mean their mother stops worrying, at least that's what my Mam tells me.
I can't remember if you mentioned about your physical pain, typical me, I find it hard to remember anything.

I wish you the best and thankfully this site is so supportive and that's definitely one thing you can be sure of.

Take care and look after yourself,

Sinéad

thank you kindly
and i accept and
understand all as it is
suppose to be
doesn't make it easy
and you know that
some days are not that
bad
when i start my writing
i speak of the our Father
and his son Jesus our Brother
Mother Mary
try to praise God
everyday
i am going to miss my little
squirt (little Eva)
missing just thinking it
my thoughts are with you
also
one moment in time
as you do it also
and the children come first
in everything you do
as my granddaughter
is involved in everything
together

sending hugs and hearts
don't know how to do that