Re: Need sugggestions- Can't get anything done!

[Guest guest]

Hi Ray,

I do truly appreciate your concern & sympathy. Just wrote you a long note

& crashed the computer while trying to make it play a cd while writing. Oh

welll---

My most recent problems stem from a nasty virus that destroyed my momentum

for almost 2 months, and getting depressed over feeling sorry for myself.

If I stop feeling sorry for myself, the outlook is positive.

In years past, exercise has been very helpful to me too. Lately I really

limited activity because me & my doc thought there was a lot of progression

producing neurological problems with legs, feet, toes. But the lengthy

virus attack & re-attack kept me in bed long enough to find that most of

what we feared were degenerative changes were in fact postural

complications. This means, for me, that I have to re-strengthen my back

muscles, which can compensate to some extent for spine problems. So my

health plan is kindly sending me a PT 2X weekly to get me started & protect

me from myself.

In perspective, I was maintained very successfully on nsaids for about 17

years, and a high dosage was used on the supposition that it might limit

deterioration. Maybe it did. But the GI crash was a calculated risk. Could

have been avoided but my rheumatologist, but we were both so used to my

being on high nsaid doses that we just weren't cautious enough. I must say

that 17 years of pretty full functionality was worth the risk to me.

What weighs on me more heavily than disability is my family situation, and

specifically the current distance by my ex-wife. The divorce was an outcome

of tremendous misunderstands. I thought she & the family felt I was ruining

their lives, so I initiated it, and my ex-wife went along with it because

she thought I wanted to get rid of her! Almost funny, but I'm not laughing

(a smile maybe). Perhaps this will work out over time, I know she still

cares about me and I her.

Anyhow, I am very concerned about the extent of your sleep interference,

since over time this can break you down. I think you should consider more

aggressive pain-killers for such things. I have had a very positive

experience with the darvacet N 100 which I have taken for more than 20

years. My current dosage is just a little more than when I started it, and

I find myself still taking it only when I actually need to. In fact,

sometimes I have to figuratively talk myself into taking it. These things

need to be regarded as tools. Of course if you would need a quite high dose

all the time, then I could well understand your reluctance.

Ken

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