The pain clinic appt went well. The doc was very sympathetic and knew just what to do to start to combat this pain. He gave me a pain patch (the fentynol like I was on before) and a drug called topomax (sp?) that stops nerve pain, which is my worst pain. I'm worried about the patch, since it gave me terrible withdrawl when I went off of it ( Read more... )

Just so I can feel better, I'm talking about my pain first. So, if this is getting old for you, skip ahead. :) Last night I woke up at 5am, exactly 5.5 hours after I had taken a percocet, and I couldn't decide if I should take another or not. Eventually that was decided for me by the pain spiking until I was shaking and trying not to scream and ( Read more... )

The baptism went well. Payton is such a little cutie. She was cranky at the church, but at the house afterwards when I was leaving she blew me a big kiss and waved. Adorable. :) She is 18 months old, and in day care they taught her sign language from an early age. She was just so mad when no one realized she was making a sign for food--she ( Read more... )

It seems like I get good days alternating with bad days. I suppose that's not so terrible. Except today was a bad day, so that sucked. At least I'm doing better now. I made a pact with myself that I would only take 2 doses of percocet a day, which honestly may even be too much for my digestive system to deal with, but I can't cut it down ( Read more... )

Is this not the cutest little kitten you've ever seen? Ok, ok, so pretty much all kittens are off the chart on the cuteness scale, but this one is especially adorable. Maybe I can get Keith to let me go visit. I know it isn't good since I can't adopt, and what if I get attached? Gah, I wish this cancer was overwith, or at least this 'need to ( Read more... )