Having got throu to the dragon doctor receptionist, i am waiting to hear from doctor but i think Steve will be going into hospital today

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well not much sleep last night, steve in a lot of pain and painkillers not working this morning he
is being very sick, i have phoned and left a message for the Mac nurse and i have
phoned and left a message for the doctor, i am hoping they can sort out the
pain for him.
i have trolly dollied throu getting the kids up bathed fed and off to
school, both Beth and Elliot tearful this morning and i am hopeless at
dealing with it all right now.
i will wait for a phonecall from doctor but i think he will want steve in
hospital, Steve doesn't want to be in hospital.

i am off to drink too much coffee.

ok the doctor has phoned i told him what the mac nurse said, the doctor has written him up for some Tramadol? he says if that doesn't work he will come out and see him.

I nursed a lady with terminal cancer in the community and she had morphne with antisickness meds in a driver she was out and about doing christmas shopping and leading an active comfortable life it was a mini miracle and gave her quality of life to enjoy her family whilst she still could. Perhaps it might be worth looking into.

Fingers crossed for you and Steve that the new medicine helps. xx

hope the tramadol helps OJ.

so sorry to see this OJ, hope the tramadol has an effect.

oh right frosty i will bear that in mind.
steve has had his new meds now we will wait and see if they help.
fingers crossed

oh OJ

hope the new meds bring some relief
thinking of you all
x

Hi,

I haven't posted on your threads befor. Firstly I am very sorry you and your DH and DC are having to go through this.

I hope the tramadol, helps. I was on tramadol for a while and the only thing I can tell you was that it made me VERY sick and spaced out. I have also been on Co-codomal which was equally bad and made me very spacy and sick. The only benefit was that I was so spaced out I didn't mind being sick!

I now take fairly high does of morphine and I have to say that it really has given me some of my life back. The only problem with it is its addicitve nature which you do have to watch very carefully. The trick is low doses working up untill the pain is managable, hopefully that should be low enough that you are not spaced out.

I really hope the tramadol helps. But please don't worry about morphine or othermeds. Anything is worth a try.

Hope it helps.

thanks for the wishes and info, Steve is still in pain i would have thought the meds would be working now?
if he doesn't improve i will get the doctor to do a home vist.

Tramadol takes about 30mins t get into the system. But the affects can sometimes be cummulative (depending on the dose and halflife) I would get a home visit, sounds likes he needs a bit more.

he had 2x 50 mg

{{{{hugs}}}}

Maybe best to get the doctor to come out. Don't know about tramadol, but I would've thought it would have started working already.

I hope Steve's pain improves soon.

i have phoned the doctor and am once again waiting for them to call me back i will insist on a home vist

Hi OJ - I'm another one who hasn't posted on your threads before - but just wanted to say sorry that you are all going through this and send best wishes, prayers and positive thoughts.

that you have to battle with dragon receptionists and doctors reluctant to do home visits on top of everything else that you are going through. Been through it with my father and its draining.

Hope things improve for you both today. I take my hat off to you supporting everyone and getting your children through this.

doctor will do a vist after his surgery so it will be after 6pm, so if he leaves a prescription i then need to find a late night chemist, meanwhile poor steve is still in pain

Should of worked by now.

Get the doctor out, not point suffering for another night.

the doctor will probably be able to give your DH a morphine injection which will help instantly. After that you MAY (Big MAY) have to get the routine established but givent that you have a mac nurse I would have thought that they could do this to save you going back into Hospital which I am sure would not be the best thing for all of you.

Good Luck and I hope you get this sorted. The thing is once the pain is under control I am sure that you will all feel a LOT better.

Take Care xxx

Oh god OJ, seeing them is pain is so awful.

dh has the opposite probelms atm, no pain but we are dealing with an opiate overdone, he is spaced out, twitchy with breathing problems/ problems on urination

yes you are right MB it is crap just watching them suffer
your poor DH how come he got extra meds?
i think they have a policy of not giving any meds if they can help it here

how did it go with the docs?

Any news OJ. And as usual useless hugs to you and MB.

Thinking of you OJ and hoping Steve's meds are started now.

sorted now

Sorry to hear that Steve is not doing well today.

Terrible that you have to wait all day for a doctor to see him.

Thinking of you