sfnative regarding oxycodone - Page 7

Trinity11 · ‎11-16-2014

@Noel7 wrote:
@Trinity11 wrote:
@Noel7 wrote:
@KarenQVC wrote:
I don't know why the doctors are going after sick old people. People should be given what they need to control pain. If all the old people who are being hassled now were meant to be addicts, they would have killed themselves years ago. No common sense is being used.
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Hi @KarenQVC

It's because there is an epidemic of especially American women dying from Oxy addiction.

That said, I have lupus and deal with pain every day, much of it is extreme. In fact, I was hospitalized this past week with pain in my chest which thankfully turned out to apparently be Costo, not heart this time.

I was on Oxy earlier last year and totally understand it as a pain killer, it's amazing and works wonders.

I understand their need to pull back because so many of us are dying from it, but the sad truth is there is no replacement.

We are left with pain. I don't fault anyone for needing help.

@Noel7...thinking of you and praying for a quick recovery. I know how costochondritis mimics chest pain. The first time I had it back in my 20's, I was very frightened. Happy, though, it wasn't a heart attack. Take care...
Thanks @Trinity11

To top it off, I picked up a cold at the same time which added continual coughing to Costo. OMG, that has been some serious pain and delayed recovery

Now it's kicked up asthma, it if isn't one thing with lupus, it's a dozen... sardonic smile.

Hoping you are continuing to heal well!

On the road to recovery but need to pace myself.

I just hope that the pain will subside for you. I remember I contracted pneumonia last year and the cough was relentless. I feel your pain....

hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

Back in the late 1960-1970's I had bronchial spasms, which in turn gave me chest pain around my heart. Very young, but sure thought often about heart attacks, considering my maternal side genetics.

Can't remember what my doctor called that chest pain, but I remember being on a very low dose of valium, which did help the breathing bronchial spasms. Think they were a 1mg yellow tablet back then.

When I decided to completely change my lifestyle, for the better, these types of pains pretty much disappeared. I did, and still do have an occasional bronchial spasm, but I know how to better deal with them now because I can read my body's signals so much better.

My best to everyone on this thread that is in pain, or recovering. Just my best to everyone,

hckynut(john)

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

@hckynut

Costo has nothing to do with lifestyle for lupus patients, don't put that on us. Costo attacks the ribs, NOT bronchial spasms.

The greatest problem for those of us with lupus is inflammation, which is exactly what Costo is. It can be brought on by stress, which is exactly what triggered it in me. This time it was the death of my BIL the other day. He and I were good friends for decades.

I felt the Costo come on immediately after the phone call from my daughter letting me know that he had died.

Trinity11 · ‎11-16-2014

@Noel7 wrote:
@hckynut

Costo has nothing to do with lifestyle for lupus patients, don't put that on us. Costo attacks the ribs, NOT bronchial spasms.

The greatest problem for those of us with lupus is inflammation, which is exactly what Costo is. It can be brought on by stress, which is exactly what triggered it in me. This time it was the death of my BIL the other day. He and I were good friends for decades.

I felt the Costo come on immediately after the phone call from my daughter letting me know that he had died.

Oh @Noel7, I am so sorry about your BIL. Stress definitely plays a role in so many of our symptoms. And yes lupus seems to have some devastating effects. Little did I know years ago why I was getting costo. Now years later I see it was the precursor to a lot of auto-immune issues.

I think John may be confusing bronchial spasms with the inflammation process of costo. I have had it more than once and it definitely due to my auto-immune issues. The issue for you and myself is that sometimes it feels exactly like a heart attack and it is difficult telling the difference.

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

@Trinity11 wrote:

Oh @Noel7, I am so sorry about your BIL. Stress definitely plays a role in so many of our symptoms. And yes lupus seems to have some devastating effects. Little did I know years ago why I was getting costo. Now years later I see it was the precursor to a lot of auto-immune issues.

I think John may be confusing bronchial spasms with the inflammation process of costo. I have had it more than once and it definitely due to my auto-immune issues. The issue for you and myself is that sometimes it feels exactly like a heart attack and it is difficult telling the difference.

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@Trinity11

I remember getting something similar in my 20s but they didn't know what it was. I wasn't diagnosed with lupus until much later. I think you're right, it can be there at the beginning of the tell-tale lupus symptoms.

It sure does feel like a heart attack, I thought it was Costo last year, but no, it was the heart. They lectured me on going to the ER immediatly for any chest pain, so I did last week. It took awhile to rule out heart, but we were so glad it was only, and I say that condescendingly, Costo.

The moral for you and for me is GO TO THE ER to make sure.

I hope you never get Costco again

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

@Trinity11

Thank you for your condolences, we are still raw as a family, including my BIL's young adult children.

sfnative · ‎03-10-2010

@Noel7

I'm not paying attention to him at all, as I fired him. Not only had a new pt eval with my new internist last Monday, but also one with my new pain specialist today (since moving here from CA). This last asked me a bundle of questions and found me fit to take one oxycodone/day.

sfnative · ‎03-10-2010

@Noel7

Back after several days away, I must send condolences to you and your family for this most terrible loss. And, I'm so sorry that the stress has kicked things up for you. If we could all harness what stress hormones and the like do to our bodies, especially vulnerable populations, we'd all be so much better off. Hope you're feeling better soon. XXX

sfnative · ‎03-10-2010

@proudlyfromNJ wrote:
@sfnative wrote:
@Poodlepet2

Shaking with anger after having read the Washington Post: Well, I am shaking with anger at all of the sources who are manufacturing lists of pre-existing or saying "what could" when they have absolutely no clue, when such lists do not yet exist! Try going to the source, not the media, please.

@sfnative Can you tell us where to find this source please? I have some family members with bad pre existing conditions. Thank you.

@Poodlepet2

I will read such sources, but rarely hold onto them, because they're so ridiculous. Why give credence to fiction by holding onto it? Even if I had, I would not provide links, because your relatives would get upset like so many tens of thousands are because the lists published are pure fiction out of the mouths and/or into print by the liberal media - nothing more. If it wasn't so darn important, it would be laughable.

There is no real list to date.

p.s. For years, I was on THE list, as I have a neurologic condition. Every time my husband changed positions in Silicon Valley, we would receive a notice from the new insurance company that my condition would not be covered. 100% coverage for every single disease/disorder? Frankly, in this day and age, who knows if that can happen? Really. The insurance companies took huge hits in the last 8 years. MY insurance was raised $3,000 per annum to pay for it. This is an extremely complicated situation. We're all in a holding pattern. However, I do not believe in all of the doom and gloom I've been reading and hearing.

hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

@Noel7 wrote:
@hckynut

Costo has nothing to do with lifestyle for lupus patients, don't put that on us. Costo attacks the ribs, NOT bronchial spasms.

The greatest problem for those of us with lupus is inflammation, which is exactly what Costo is. It can be brought on by stress, which is exactly what triggered it in me. This time it was the death of my BIL the other day. He and I were good friends for decades.

I felt the Costo come on immediately after the phone call from my daughter letting me know that he had died.

@Noel7

I have no idea what you are talking about, nor even what you mean when referring to Costo. Obviously something I said in my post hit a nerve, but why, I haven't a clue.

Won't say more until I understand what I said that was wrong.

hckynut(john)