Becky,pain management

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Becky,

You may want to get more info on administration methods for the

morphine pump.This definitely does not need to keep Jeff

housebound.The daughter of our close friends(she was the same age as

our daughter so we spent a lot of time together)had a morphine pump

for almost a year to control pain from her bone cancer. She worked

part-time at a coffee shop and did many things with her 2 toddlers

during that year.She was really only home-bound for the last couple

of weeks she lived when she was just too weak and ill from the

disease.She joined us for a special dinner with our families just 3

days before passing in her sleep. She often commented about the

morphine pump making life so much easier and letting her enjoy life

without the pain. I'm sure this,like all treatments, works

differently for everyone but I can verify that it definitely worked

for her!

Hugs & prayers,

> >

> > Hi Mark's Wife

> >

> > Jeff is holding his own. He seems to be stable, although this

> could

> > change at a moments notice. His jaundice has gone away since his

> > liver stent replacement. The liver specialist who changed the

> stents

> > said it looked like " Jeff still has a good healthy chunk of

liver " ,

> > very technical terms, LOL. That was good news as we were all

> > worried that his liver might be failing since it had only been

> about

> > 8 weeks from the stent replacement to onset of jaundice this last

> > time.

> >

> > He is currently taking 80 mg oxycontin 2x per day and 30mg

morphine

> > every 4 hours for pain. His pelvic tumors cause him severe pain

> down

> > his legs and he can't stand for longer than a couple of minutes

> > without the pain increasing. But still he is doing ok otherwise.