Ouch!!!!!!

[mRae85]

ouch!!!!!!

One word: OUCH! once again I wake up due to this AWFUL pain in my side! Is it too much to ask for a full 8 hours of sleep?? Hell, an entire 2 hours of peaceful sleep with no waking up would be a great start! Lortabs suck! I finally taper to 30 mgs of pred... a 10 mg taper and my pain is 10 times worse! I am scared to tell the Dr that the pain is worse + other symptoms because I know he will up me back up! I am seriously pissed off right now! My body is eating itself from the inside out and I suuure feel it right now! Why can't it all just go away!? Everynight when I wake up like this, I still remember that first sharp pain that woke me up! No one understands that! The first pain that told me "michelle your life is never going to be the same, your body hates you!" How f'n wonderful! I can deal with everything else this damn disease throws at me, but this pain is getting unreal!!!!! I don't want to spend the rest of my life on pain meds! I dont want to go up again on the pred! I don't want this damn pain!!! If my body chooses to eat itself from the inside out, then can't it do so in a less painful way?! Seriously, when a bug bites you, you don't notice untill later when it itches (usually) Well why cant this just itch? Are crazy psycho dreams also a part of tapering, because I just had a really twisted one, Imma rant about it also! I just had a dream about witnessing someone get stabbed in the side... maybe that was my mind telling me in the dream that I myself had a stabbing pain in my side and it was time to wake up... either way I feel very ill over all of that! I am going to shut up now, just had to scream for a min...OUCH!!
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[mRae85]

PS: I am seriously not feeling so good right now, I'll be on as much as I can be but it is for sure I am going to have to call my Dr tomorrow / later today / in about 4 hours.... right now I am going to lay down / hug my toilet... I'm throwin up again / gaging violently.... this is not good!!!! I am so not a happy person right now!

 

[Guest]

oh honey so sorry to hear this

listen, i would say do whatever you need to do to feel better, whether it's upping the meds or trying something else the doctor prescribes. i know you hate the pred, but if that's all it would take to make the Crohn's monster creep back into its' den, then use it... let the flare calm down, and then talk to your doctor about alternatives.

right now, you need to think about right now. and you need to sleep, get the pain level down, make the vomiting stop...

i'm thinking of you, and sending 'feel better' thoughts your way. let us know how you get on, please.

 

[Kittee]

Ugh How are you? Please check in with us!

 

[bigtruck]

sorry to hear your not so good mrae i do feel for you, i used to dream about being stabbed when i had bad tummy pain! I know pred is horrible but if thats what it takes to get you settled down then stick with it, a very hot hot water bottle might help ease it so you can sleep.

 

[mRae85]

Thanks for all the happy thoughts

Right now I'm not doing too bad, I called the Dr and he up'd my pain pills, I am now on lortabs 10/500 and he said to call him and let him know how they work... they are better than what I was on, at least it takes the edge off so that I can think straight again. Don't know about sleeping, I am honestly scared to lay down anymore... anyone have any tips on how to sleep standing up? :lol: ! He and I are going to talk more about the other options I have on Monday after he makes some calls and talks to some other Dr's that he knows.(it is always nice to know that my Dr doesn't like my GI either, he thinks of the guy as very arrogant also and would like to see me get a different one not only so I can get along with him but so he can also ) He knows I am worried about being on too many things at once and he and I are waiting on the P&GP (proctor and gamble something) company to contact us further on the Asacol. Asacol is like a "side - kick" med though from what I know about it so I will need something to replace the pred, but after the effects of the pred he knows how scared I am of all meds so I am sure when he makes a choice he will give me a stack of information... then again from what I have been reading, nothin can be worse than the pred!!!! He agrees on that also. As far as the throwing up goes, since the edge of the pain has been dulled I haven't been as sick and I am going to try to eat right now... We shall see how that goes. He called me back with in half an hour after I called today so that made me feel really good, for once I think I finally have a good Dr.

One big question.... he told me that pred will actually make it alot worse due to it actually eats the lining in your stomach and intestines and that is another reason why it is not for long term use... seriously how does it help at all when it does that?!

I know I'm leaving out alot of stuff but this is a long enough update for now, I'll post more when I remember it, I've had a tuff day *sighz*

 

[mommy1st]

I hope you start to feel better soon. Hopefully they will find something that works. Good Luck and keep us posted.