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  1. Losing Hope for Recovery

    krisssy posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    First let me say that I am NOT working at this time. Two years ago I entered a rehab and stayed for a month recovering from pain pill addiction after surgery. After being sober for two years, I had...

  2. Losing Hope for Recovery

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I never drive while taking the pain killers. My husband is retired and has been taking me everywhere, which is mostly to doctors trying to find some help. I don't have a sponsor right now, but I am...

  3. Losing Hope for Recovery

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in Nurses Recovery

    lol You know me so well-that's exactly what it was- a fight with my husband!

  4. Losing Hope for Recovery

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yes I believe you, and thank you. One more question-did you find that stress made the pain much worse? Something very stressful has been going on the last two days, and the pain has become almost...

  5. Losing Hope for Recovery

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I am confused. If the Percoset causes the pain, why did I have it for 6 months without any narcotics? Why did you have your pain before you started the narcotics?

  6. Losing Hope for Recovery

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hi Southernbee Girl and Everyone else, Yes I have tried many other means of dealing with the IC since I got it in Aug. 2008. I have actually tried everything my specialist (actually a famous IC...

  7. Losing Hope for Recovery

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I think, because of how I worded this, you misunderstood what I said. I meant that I was HAPPY that the Oxytcontin did NOT make me high like the Percoset did, BUT I am upset, because here I find a...

  8. Losing Hope for Recovery

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in Nurses Recovery

    What does TNPAP stand for? How do I get in touch with them?

  9. Dilaudid question - Personal Opinion

    krisssy replied to MayLady's topic in Patient Medications

    I am a nurse, and I have been a patient. Once a nurse refused to give me pain meds for an intestinal obstruction. She was dismissed by me as my nurse and reported to the Director of Nursing. Of...

  10. Losing Hope for Recovery

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Thank you Jack. Yes, if you could find me additional information, I would greatly appreciate it. I would love to know how to find an addictionologist/pain Dr. That would be perfect for me. I...

  11. Drug addicted nurses

    krisssy replied to ske0124's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I greatly appreciate what you have written, and I agree completely. It's about time the moral stigmas get lifted, and addicts get the help they need to treat their disease like anyone else with any...

  12. Losing Hope for Recovery

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Oh thank you so much for your support. Nobody from my support group calls me anymore. It feels like they all just don't know what to do to help me. I went to a pain dr. and told him the whole...

  13. Losing Hope for Recovery

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in Nurses Recovery

    That's interesting. Why would tylenol cause one to get high?

  14. Dilaudid question - Personal Opinion

    krisssy replied to MayLady's topic in Patient Medications

    I have been suffering from chronic severe pain from Interstitial Cystitis. I have tried Torodol, Lyrica, Elavil, NSAIDs etc. for the last 9 months. Nothing has worked, and I have been debilitated...

  15. Dilaudid question - Personal Opinion

    krisssy replied to MayLady's topic in Patient Medications

    I had an experience as a patient that this post makes me think of. I had an intestinal obstruction requiring surgery. I had been in the ER all day receiving morphine IV for pain. When they...

  16. Losing Hope for Recovery

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in Nurses Recovery

    i would like to thank all of you for taking the time to answer my questions and help me plus share your experience , strength and hope. to answer your questions and explain more thoroughly: i...

  17. vomiting blood and alcohol

    krisssy posted a topic in Emergency

    Do you find many patients vomiting blood from drinking too much

  18. difference between psychiatric nurse Practitioner and clinical Nurse specialist in ps

    krisssy posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    What is the difference between a psychiatric nurse practitioner and a psychiatric nurse clinical specialist?

  19. Am I too old to fulfill my original dream?

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in General Nursing

  20. Am I too old to fulfill my original dream?

    krisssy posted a topic in General Nursing

    i received my bs in nursing in 1969. i worked as a school nurse teacher for two years, and then spent the rest of my career as a classroom teacher. i have an ma in teaching. is it possible for me...

  21. Am I too old to fulfill my original dream?

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in General Nursing

  22. Am I too old to fulfill my original dream?

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in General Nursing

    i would like to fill in some details that i didin't mention in my original post. approx. 5 years ago i had surgery for a rectal prolapse. complications following the surgery caused me great pain...

  23. Hazelden Minnesota

    krisssy posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been told that Hazelden in Minnesota now have dual programs for chemical dependency and mental illness. This sounds like a perfect place for me to work. Anyone work there or know about it as a...

  24. Drug seeking or real pain? How do you tell?

    krisssy replied to JudyPRN's topic in Pain Management

    Our job as professional nurses is of course to do what we can to help any patient who is suffering for any reason. If the reason is narcotic withdrawal OF COURSE we need to give our patient narcotics....

  25. Drug seeking or real pain? How do you tell?

    krisssy replied to JudyPRN's topic in Pain Management

    Hi Again Karen, This post should be hung in every ED in this country. Krisssy RN