Comments on: Sympatico, seaweed and surgery

By: zoom!

zoom! — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:20:22 +0000

Laurie, I love that you’d be willing to do that, but I wouldn’t want my real name used. I realize it’s hard to advocate for an anonymous person…

Chris, yeah, I hope she’s right about months instead of years. She says they wouldn’t do it before my cancer treatments anyway, because as miserable as chronic pain and disability are, cancer is CANCER. I think I may have to remind the doctors at some point that it’s my body, not theirs.

Valerie, I just started knitting again after a long hiatus, and I’m loving it.

Tom, maybe in your case it’s the placebo effect? Because aspirin doesn’t come close to touching my pain.

Arden, I know, it’s weird, blogging about knitting. Soon I’ll be posting pictures and everything. As for Farmtown, I should have some peppers and pineapples for you to harvest soon.

Nat, I just wish Naqvi would call me back. I’m getting sick of having to hound people to call me back. Doctors offices don’t even return calls these days, it seems, unless you call repeatedly and make a nuisance of yourself.

Julia, good advice, thank you.

XUP, I know I know, both legs now and I’m still hemming and hawing about going to emergency. I guess I think of emerg as being for life & death situations rather than just for chronic misery.

Damselfly, you’re in good company with the squeaky wheel theory, and rationally I agree. I just have a hard time actually behaving that way.

Rositta, what are the options needles?

Lissa, aspirin doesn’t even begin to touch this pain for me. In fact, even the anti-inflammatories and heavy duty painkillers I’m on just dull the pain and make it tolerable. If aspirin worked, I probably wouldn’t even bother with surgery.

Lynn, that’s a super nice bio – thank you very much. I’m probably not going to read out loud myself, but I’ll be there and I’ll have an appointed reader to read my post. I’m impressed by how much work you’ve done for this project. I can’t wait for the event.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:57:27 +0000

Hey Zoom, I’ve posted your bio on the Blog Out Loud site…let me know if you’d like any changes .

http://bolottawa.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/come-and-hear-zoom/

By: lissa

lissa — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:29:34 +0000

In response to Tom Sawyer’s comment on aspirin. I have experienced the same ailment as you Zoom, the doctor told me to take as many aspirin as needed or until my ears rang. I did not want to take pain pills and the aspirin did work. I did have the surgery and it was wonderful to be pain free almost immediately. Keep in mind the longer you wait for the surgery the more likely to have nerve damage. You need to start working on your squeaking skills!!!!!!!!!!

By: rositta

rositta — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:14:30 +0000

I’ve been lying around in pain too recently between my back and my just recently operated foot. I waited almost a year for a surgeon for my foot and I’m on a 8 month wait list for a hip replacement. Good luck to you with the neurosurgeon. Do finish the CPH, I’m thinking of starting my third one. I did one with a hood and one without a hood. Funny about the needles. My problem is that I’m always needing a circular size or length that I don’t have amongst the zillions I already own. I broke down today and ordered the options needles from Knitpicks. No more excuses for me…ciao

By: damselfly

damselfly — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:06:23 +0000

I’m with XUP! Be a pest. Squeaky wheel and all that. My fingers are crossed for you but it makes it hard to type that way. Or knit!

By: XUP

XUP — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:32:46 +0000

BOTH LEGS??? Weren’t you going to go to Emerg the next time pain kept you up at night? I’m tearing my hair out here. What Julia said…. just go in and be obnoxious until someone does something to shut you up.

By: Julia

Julia — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:17:17 +0000

I feel for you, kid. I wonder if your medical oncologist (whoever that turns out to be) might have more to say about how your back problem will affect your treatment? Sometimes, the “chemo” that you get is “just” tamoxifen and not the stuff I had but it is still drugs and it could have a negative effect on back surgery. Better you should have the surgery now and then go for the treatment. You should be seeing the medical oncologist (as opposed to the radiation oncologist, who you will also see) soon. Write it down and mention it at the first meeting.

By: Nat

Nat — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:58:58 +0000

Naqvi is well meaning he’s just not the smartest MP on the block. (In my experience, I’m not sure he gets the health care thing.)

Glad to hear it’s going to be months not years. There was an intake pilot project out of the Riverside as I recall. I’m not sure if it’s only once you get referred… might just be for hips and knees too.

By: Arden

Arden — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:14:03 +0000

My world has been turned upside down. Knitnut herself, blogging about KNITTING??? What has the world come to???

P.S. You are a cruel temptress for getting me addicted to Farm Town!

By: Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:33:20 +0000

Okay, this might sound so simple, perhaps stupid, but it works for me: Aspirin. Yeah, that’s right. Just plain ol’ Aspirin, a.k.a ASA. Any brand will do, the cheaper the better. It’s the only thing that kills pain for me. Tylenol 3s do not work for me. Only Aspirin. Toothache? The kind that feels like a 100,000,000 volts shooting through my jaw. Aspirin. A couple now and then and I’m set. I know it sounds stupid, but you were concerned about becoming addicted to painkillers. Have you tried ASA lately?