Well, that was fun - NOT!!
Started out 50 mg per night - ok no problems, bloodwork fine, no headaches or nausea.
Upped to 100 mg per night - ok no problems, no headaches or nausea
THE DAY I was supposed to get bloodwork done and up dose to 150 mg
------BIG PROBLEM----------Acute Pancreatitis
Acute Pancratitis feels like some has a knife through your abdomen just under your diaphragm and keeps moving it around - very similar to gallstone pain.
I spent two days in Emerg being dosed with morphine and fluids, and two more days in a room as well. My veins suffered alot with IV's, bloodwork this time and I hope they recover. Apparently all they can do for Acute Pancreatitis is lots of fluids and pain medication - no anti infalmmatories or anything to help. Dr described it as having a burn.
This has been my worst hospitalization so far as pertains to nursing care - at one point they started refusing me the morphine while I was still in Emerg and still in great pain. I hadn't slept more than 1 hour at a time in 36 hours and was at the end of my rope, when they promptly refused my meds I promptly completely broke down and freaked out - crying, wailing sobbing very loudly - and promptly some sleep meds and morphine showed back up. I had one nurse come in and call me Shelley and when I said - I have been here two days and you can't get my name straight, well I never saw that nurse again - mind you she was coming in to give me medication and I thought she should at least know my name!!!
So now back to the drawing board. I have a couple of weeks to make up my mind where to go from here. I can try the Mexotrethate(sp??) or go up to Remicade. Understandably, I am slightly leary of medication right now. I have been on Entocort for almost 3 months and since I am only supposed to use it for 6 months I have to decide soon so I can be up to therapeutic levels of anything new before I have to wean off the Entocort.
I realy don't know what to do, I am getting so much pressure from family to try alternative methods before using such heavy medications. Although I am not sure Colloidal silver is looking so awful right now!!(kidding) I am worried about burning through all the good meds just 2 years after diagnosis.
And I am just sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Thanks once again for listening everyone.
Kelley:confused2::mad2:
Started out 50 mg per night - ok no problems, bloodwork fine, no headaches or nausea.
Upped to 100 mg per night - ok no problems, no headaches or nausea
THE DAY I was supposed to get bloodwork done and up dose to 150 mg
------BIG PROBLEM----------Acute Pancreatitis
Acute Pancratitis feels like some has a knife through your abdomen just under your diaphragm and keeps moving it around - very similar to gallstone pain.
I spent two days in Emerg being dosed with morphine and fluids, and two more days in a room as well. My veins suffered alot with IV's, bloodwork this time and I hope they recover. Apparently all they can do for Acute Pancreatitis is lots of fluids and pain medication - no anti infalmmatories or anything to help. Dr described it as having a burn.
This has been my worst hospitalization so far as pertains to nursing care - at one point they started refusing me the morphine while I was still in Emerg and still in great pain. I hadn't slept more than 1 hour at a time in 36 hours and was at the end of my rope, when they promptly refused my meds I promptly completely broke down and freaked out - crying, wailing sobbing very loudly - and promptly some sleep meds and morphine showed back up. I had one nurse come in and call me Shelley and when I said - I have been here two days and you can't get my name straight, well I never saw that nurse again - mind you she was coming in to give me medication and I thought she should at least know my name!!!
So now back to the drawing board. I have a couple of weeks to make up my mind where to go from here. I can try the Mexotrethate(sp??) or go up to Remicade. Understandably, I am slightly leary of medication right now. I have been on Entocort for almost 3 months and since I am only supposed to use it for 6 months I have to decide soon so I can be up to therapeutic levels of anything new before I have to wean off the Entocort.
I realy don't know what to do, I am getting so much pressure from family to try alternative methods before using such heavy medications. Although I am not sure Colloidal silver is looking so awful right now!!(kidding) I am worried about burning through all the good meds just 2 years after diagnosis.
And I am just sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Thanks once again for listening everyone.
Kelley:confused2::mad2: