Re: Feeling yucky.....

[Guest guest]

Kristy,

I was hoping so too, but hope didn't get me too far! My frame of

mind is a little better than it was last night, but my body refused

to follow along. I wanted to make it through the day without taking

anything for the pain, but I only made it til 3. I'm just soooo

ready for winter to be over!

I really hope I'm feeling better by Saturday. It's a really big day

for my daughter, and I don't want to be a big old mess! My 13 year

old was spotted by a modeling agency scout a while back, and they

called last week to ask if we'd bring her in on Saturday. Needless

to say, she's beside herself with excitement, and I'm excited for

her, and I want to be there for her 100%. I also know that she's

going to be a basket case come Saturday morning! Cheerleading

tryouts were hell, so something like this is going to be 10 times

worse! I'm hoping to play on the fact that THEY asked HER if she

starts to panic on me!

I'm sorry that you pulled your back muscles. I hope you are getting

better with every day. Adding pain on top of pain can't be easy!

Thanks for taking the time to write me even though you are having a

bad time yourself. I really appreciate it!

Jen

[Guest guest]

AAAAAWWWWWWW our poor ((((((((((((JEN)))))))))))))!! So sorry you are feeling so bad but man can I ever relate to you. Every thing in my body hurts. I also have knots in my shoulders. There are a couple of VERY good massage therapist in town females. I just don't have cash to pay them with and they don't take Medicaid so I am chit out of luck. I will be praying you get to feeling better!

Love & God Bless! /Wolf~President I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe. "Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing."

1 Thessalonians 5:11

Now as I always say this at the end of my e-mails: IF GOD BRINGS YOU TO IT. HE WILL BRING YOU THROUGH IT. This has became my philosophy.

[Guest guest]

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Is there by chance a massage school nearby? The student clinics charge less than a licensed MT. They are students, but they are near graduating or they wouldn't be in the clinic and my be able to help for a lesser fee.

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Re: Feeling yucky.....

.... There are a couple of VERY good massage therapist in town females. I just don't have cash to pay them with and they don't take Medicaid so I am chit out of luck.

[Guest guest]

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Thanks for the hugs. I can really use them! And I could use a good

massage myself! I had a massage therapist, but I stopped going to

him because he talked too much (we're friends), and he believes that

deep tissue massage is the ONLY kind of massage, and my body just

can't handle that anymore! I'd be crying in no time! I saw an ad

in the paper a while back for a new MT who specializes in working

with FM patients, but I haven't seen it since.....darn it! It would

be great if my insurance covered massage therapy, but unless it's

done in conjunction with PT, it's considered " alternative medicine " ,

and not covered. Figure that one out! My insurance doesn't even

cover chiropractic treatment unless it's for an acute injury. I

have to see my chiro at least twice a month, so thank goodness for

secondary insurance!

My body is really taking a beating this week. I rotated into a job

at work this week that is very physically intensive, a lot of

repetative lifting all day long, some of it heavy, and a lot of

bending and twisting. I'm so stiff and sore from the base of my

skull to low down in my hips, and out into my shoulders. It's

especially bad in my left SI joint, which I injured 5 years ago in a

car accident. Some of the spasms that shoot through it just take my

breath away. I've spent the majority of the week after work

attached to my heating pad. I'm not supposed to take any meds on

the job, since I work in a factory, but I haven't had much choice

this week. I'd never make it through the day if I didn't. I've

gritted my teeth and forced myself to make it to the end of this

week, but I'm going to have a talk with my team leader tomorrow and

tell him that I'm just physically incapable of doing that job. I

have FMLA paperwork that allows me to do it, but so far, I've yet to

use that right....I think the time has come. This particular job is

just way too much for me!

I had to take my daughter to see the doctor today after work, and

the wonderful person that he is, he okayed me taking 20mg of

Oxycontin when the pain gets really intense like this. Normally,

10mg is more than sufficient, and leaves me able to function well

without feeling all dopey. I described to him what I was doing this

week, and what it was doing to me, and he said that it was fine for

me to up it to 20mg to get through this very painful week, as long

as I don't make a habit of it, and that he would refill my

prescription early because of it if needed since I had a good

reason. Right now, I'm on 20mg, and it's wonderful. I can't feel a

thing, which is such a relief. I was in so much pain earlier, that

sitting made me want to cry.

Again, thanks for the hugs and the support. I really appreciate it.

Jen