Re: Help-I need support((((Carol)))

[Guest guest]

Hi carol;

I don't know what to say except that I am so sorry you are going through hell.

If I were in your shoes, I also would tired, cracnky and I will add, a pest. So,

don't feel bad about that, people should understand.

I am glad your MD took you off the Celebrex because it can --and will--

eventually give you a heart attack and you don't need more health issues.

My uneducated opinion is that if your 'bad' leg is shorter than the good one,

your muscles are trying to adjust to the new position. That will give you a

tremendous amount of muscle pain than won't go away with pain pills. Physical

therapy and an elevated shoe will get your posture back to what it should be

will help more than anything. Of course, talk with you MD about this.

Lots of gentle hugs. Hang in there.

Dandcmayer@... wrote:

Dear Family,

I feel like you are my family because I can always run to you and you know

how I feel. Since I broke my leg and it healed shorter than the " good " leg I

have had a tremendous amount of pain. I did not realize that I was taking

more pain meds - Lortabs - 5 per day than I normally did. I have been

unconsciously doing this for about 1 year and my Dr. called me into his office

today

to say he needed to help me stop???? I asked him what would happen with the

pain??? He just had to take away Celebrex due to Insurance regulations and

Mobic didn't work, Lodine worked for about 1 hour after I took it????So now he

is putting me on Cymbalta, 60mg per day; Motrin 600 mg 4 times per day;

Tramadol for break thru pain. I am stopping the Lodine, but forgot to ask if I

should stop taking Effexor or Neurontin...he Rx'd them for me so he knows what

I am taking. He says he realizes I have pain and says that I have advanced

RA and MCTD but he says my body is conditioned to this high level of pain meds

and I need to come down so they will work in the future when I will need

them more? He says I have severe rheumatoid neuropathy? I trust my Dr, but I

am upset because in the beginning I didn't want to take the Lortab because I

didn't want to be where I am today! He told me I had to?? The only comfort

is that I know I can call him and he will help meif I need anything. I just

feel very, very frustrated, sometime I feel like stopping EVERYTHING. No

pills, no shots, no nothing! It really sucks. My husband was with me and he

said that the Dr. was very considerate and caring, I said that I felt foolish.

And also, I changed one Rx for $10.00 for 4 Rx's for a total of $65.00??? I

am tired, cranky and feel ripped off. It just isn't fair. Is it!

Gentle Hugs & Prayers,

Carol M. in CA

[Guest guest]

Hiya Carol,Its ok to get mad,and fed up with everything.You have

been through a lot,you are grieving for your body.Your leg is

shorter,what next!Hang on in there Carol things will improve for

you,but not as quick as we want.This is where we can get it out of

our system,for a while,till the next time hun.I will be thinking of

you hugs

-- In , " C. Y. " <cjmy3454@...> wrote:

>> Hi carol;

>

> I don't know what to say except that I am so sorry you are going

through hell. If I were in your shoes, I also would tired, cracnky

and I will add, a pest. So, don't feel bad about that, people should

understand.

>

> I am glad your MD took you off the Celebrex because it can --and

will-- eventually give you a heart attack and you don't need more

health issues.

>

> My uneducated opinion is that if your 'bad' leg is shorter than

the good one, your muscles are trying to adjust to the new position.

That will give you a tremendous amount of muscle pain than won't go

away with pain pills. Physical therapy and an elevated shoe will get

your posture back to what it should be will help more than anything.

Of course, talk with you MD about this.

>

> Lots of gentle hugs. Hang in there.

>

>

>

>

>

> Dandcmayer@... wrote:

> Dear Family,

> I feel like you are my family because I can always run to you and

you know

> how I feel. Since I broke my leg and it healed shorter than

the " good " leg I

> have had a tremendous amount of pain. I did not realize that I

was taking

> more pain meds - Lortabs - 5 per day than I normally did. I have

been

> unconsciously doing this for about 1 year and my Dr. called me

into his office today

> to say he needed to help me stop???? I asked him what would

happen with the

> pain??? He just had to take away Celebrex due to Insurance

regulations and

> Mobic didn't work, Lodine worked for about 1 hour after I took

it????So now he

> is putting me on Cymbalta, 60mg per day; Motrin 600 mg 4 times per

day;

> Tramadol for break thru pain. I am stopping the Lodine, but

forgot to ask if I

> should stop taking Effexor or Neurontin...he Rx'd them for me so

he knows what

> I am taking. He says he realizes I have pain and says that I

have advanced

> RA and MCTD but he says my body is conditioned to this high level

of pain meds

> and I need to come down so they will work in the future when I

will need

> them more? He says I have severe rheumatoid neuropathy? I trust

my Dr, but I

> am upset because in the beginning I didn't want to take the

Lortab because I

> didn't want to be where I am today! He told me I had to?? The

only comfort

> is that I know I can call him and he will help meif I need

anything. I just

> feel very, very frustrated, sometime I feel like stopping

EVERYTHING. No

> pills, no shots, no nothing! It really sucks. My husband was

with me and he

> said that the Dr. was very considerate and caring, I said that I

felt foolish.

> And also, I changed one Rx for $10.00 for 4 Rx's for a total of

$65.00??? I

> am tired, cranky and feel ripped off. It just isn't fair. Is it!

> Gentle Hugs & Prayers,

> Carol M. in CA

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Carol MY " bad " leg is one quarter inch shorter than the other, from that

leg getting broken in the past, and deterioration in that knee. My rheumy

suggested buying a pair of heel supports and only wearing it on the bad leg, it

does help some with the waddle and the pain. in WI

" C. Y. " <cjmy3454@...> wrote: Hi carol;

I don't know what to say except that I am so sorry you are going through hell.

If I were in your shoes, I also would tired, cracnky and I will add, a pest. So,

don't feel bad about that, people should understand.

I am glad your MD took you off the Celebrex because it can --and will--

eventually give you a heart attack and you don't need more health issues.

My uneducated opinion is that if your 'bad' leg is shorter than the good one,

your muscles are trying to adjust to the new position. That will give you a

tremendous amount of muscle pain than won't go away with pain pills. Physical

therapy and an elevated shoe will get your posture back to what it should be

will help more than anything. Of course, talk with you MD about this.

Lots of gentle hugs. Hang in there.

Dandcmayer@... wrote:

Dear Family,

I feel like you are my family because I can always run to you and you know

how I feel. Since I broke my leg and it healed shorter than the " good " leg I

have had a tremendous amount of pain. I did not realize that I was taking

more pain meds - Lortabs - 5 per day than I normally did. I have been

unconsciously doing this for about 1 year and my Dr. called me into his office

today

to say he needed to help me stop???? I asked him what would happen with the

pain??? He just had to take away Celebrex due to Insurance regulations and

Mobic didn't work, Lodine worked for about 1 hour after I took it????So now he

is putting me on Cymbalta, 60mg per day; Motrin 600 mg 4 times per day;

Tramadol for break thru pain. I am stopping the Lodine, but forgot to ask if I

should stop taking Effexor or Neurontin...he Rx'd them for me so he knows what

I am taking. He says he realizes I have pain and says that I have advanced

RA and MCTD but he says my body is conditioned to this high level of pain meds

and I need to come down so they will work in the future when I will need

them more? He says I have severe rheumatoid neuropathy? I trust my Dr, but I

am upset because in the beginning I didn't want to take the Lortab because I

didn't want to be where I am today! He told me I had to?? The only comfort

is that I know I can call him and he will help meif I need anything. I just

feel very, very frustrated, sometime I feel like stopping EVERYTHING. No

pills, no shots, no nothing! It really sucks. My husband was with me and he

said that the Dr. was very considerate and caring, I said that I felt foolish.

And also, I changed one Rx for $10.00 for 4 Rx's for a total of $65.00??? I

am tired, cranky and feel ripped off. It just isn't fair. Is it!

Gentle Hugs & Prayers,

Carol M. in CA

[Guest guest]

,

My 48-year-old son has one leg short due to improper setting a broken bone when

he was 18. I sure whish I knew then what I now know as it could have been taken

care of relatively easy at that point.

I'm sure men's shoes are easier to alter than ladies but what he has to do is

have a wedge put in that shoe between the sole and the inner sole to eaven

things up. The long bones between the knee and the ankle are not lined up and it

makes that leg actually bowed half way between the knee and the ankle. This of

course causes back problems and every time I see him when his back is bad I

would like to ring a doctor's neck. He was hospitalized where he had the

accident and they set the leg. It was about a week later before we could fly him

to us. At that point the bone was beginning to knit and the doctor, specially

chosen for his expertise in such, said we could rebreak it and reset it. He gave

us no indication of problems created by an improper set. He at least should have

known.

BVan (Betty)

Re: [ ] Help-I need support((((Carol)))

Dear Carol MY " bad " leg is one quarter inch shorter than the other, from that

leg getting broken in the past, and deterioration in that knee. My rheumy

suggested buying a pair of heel supports and only wearing it on the bad leg, it

does help some with the waddle and the pain. in WI