So much for dancing in the streets... I didn't even have time to lace up my dancing shoes when I realized the morphine barely helped. I am still taking my norco as usual plus the morphine, impatiently waiting for this coming week when I can ring my angel doctor and start a more potent dose of the oral morphine. At this point, I am on the lowest dose, so there is much hope that my yearned for relief is still in the near future. The plan has been to titrate me up from the get-go, especially due to my miniature size, but RSD pain is so severe that there is a chance morphine may not be my liberator. Thankfully, my options are not out of stock just yet.
There is a sizable hole in my back yard because we are putting in a pool for the summer, so that means a little swimming (breast stroke, of course) is also in my near future!!!!
Who has a better life than me?!?!
Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there to children and fur babies alike!!!!
I leave you with one of my favorite quotes:
"It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more 'manhood' to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind." --Alex Karras
P.S. My t-shirt in that picture proclaims "I <3 Boys That Recycle." How fun!
5 comments:
Beautiful :)
HI! Maria, Ive had RSD for thirteen years and was angry alot too, you and I are rare because we dont want to take the meds and don't abuse them but many do. I think they get depressed and give up.I have had everything done for pain control so if you have any questions I can tell you my story.I journal how Ii feel every day and when I have anger I do art. My paintings are a collage of my pain and I write. Before my surgeries I had a morphine pump with a fanny back and button to push for another dose. I felt better after but they have to put in a pic line that stays in for a few weeks. Yyou can hide it with long sleves.I wish I would have had you to talk to I just wrote all my feeling down and cried alot. Having you understand means everything to me we need more people to understand!Iam the girl who wrote Goddess of Pain Poem!You are handling this with grace.Hope you get relief soon. Don't be afraid to get stronger drugs. It won't be for ever. This pain goes up and down,I to eat organic and go to acupunture,and do colon treatments to clean out the meds.Your pictures are beautiful stay tough.
Jan
Hi, JCarlsen! I replied on your blog page. I hope that is ok!?
Oh, Maria, I hope that you are able to get safely up to an appropriate dose that helps - and soon!
Yay for the pool! That's wonderful! I'll be thinking of you swimming all summer long...
Thanks for the Mother's Day wishes, too. :) I have both the "squeezed-out-of-my-vagina" kind and the furry kind, too, LOL!
And that was a fabulous quote from Alex Karras!
PS I saw a t-shirt like that! Love it! :D
Such a cute pic! Sorry to hear the morphine isn't helping yet, I hope you get some relief with the higher dosage. LOVE the quote...awesome :)
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