too much pain killers and you are zonked (& hopeless with the lap top)--- too little and you suffer sooo.... I am now definitely a happier person and my hair was a lot curlier for a year !
2007-03-15 04:23:00 · 4 answers · asked by njss 6 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
I was on high doses and they ruined my kidneys...my kidneys are now wrecked and I am facing a future which includes dialysis and possible transplant! I had to come off them because they also were thought to be affecting my liver. I was in a lot of pain, but physical therapy got it to a reasonable level.
2007-03-15 08:40:40 · answer #1 · answered by huggz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Complex Regional Pain Syndrome has changed me in a ton of ways. Even though I deal with some of the most severe pain a person can experience I do not take pain killers because they don't help. I'm 14 and have had this terrible disease for a year a half now, and some of the biggest changes have been that I'm more compassionate about others, I have a lot of sympathy for others in pain (especially in pain like me), it has also inspired me to go into the medical field, and help others like me. I have learned to deal with pain, and medical stuff like I used to not be able to even look at a needle and I now can watch them poke me for my IV's. I've grown up a lot. I'm not the typical 14 year old as most other 14 year old's are. I've also had a big lesson in school. I've learned that I don't have to have a 4.0 in school and as long as I try my hardest that I should be happy, and my parents still love me no matter what. I've also learned several other things, but those are the main things.
2007-03-16 20:37:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For me pain meds are a dream. I would rather have quality of life then quantity. I have severe back damage, Lupus, CFS, and some really fun stuff. I went from all outdoor activities to on the couch in my robe crying all day.
Now I am able to do much more. I have a life again.
2007-03-18 08:04:05 · answer #3 · answered by siamesedream86 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have chronic pain from the age of 13 and i am now 19. I was forced to grow up quicker then most kids my age, while kids my age were talking with their friends about make etc. I was talking to my drs and nurses about what i was feeling. At first my faith was strengthen, then it weakened with the pain. I love to make people laugh even if i was miserable. I remember one time before surgery i was on the operating table and i was talking to everyone and before i was out i had made everyone in the room laugh out loud. I would also be in my hospital room at the age of 15 giving advice to my nurses that were 2-3 times my age. when i left Johns hopkins hospital after a 1 month stay my nurses told me that they often argued over who got to be my nurse. That even though i was one of the sicker kids in the ward that i was the most up beat and the most fun to be around. Since i have been sick so long i have made it a goal of mine to always try to pick people up when they are down. And I have found out that I absolutly love to make people laugh and smile. For people who knew me before i was sick and in pain and know me know they will tell you that i am a different person for the better. I tend to care more about people when they are sick or in pain.
2007-03-16 14:43:02 · answer #4 · answered by christmas382000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋