krisssy

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 decided to go back to nursing in the field of reco...

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 hoping to get one and get off the Opiates as soon ...

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

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 unbearable even with the narcotics.

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? Krisssy

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 specialist) gave me which was Valium, which worked for ...

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 medication which does not make me high, but it does ...

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

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 course my doctor ignored her. BUT, if he didn't, he ...

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 recently went to a pain Dr. who prescribed long acting ...

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 disease. It is just another form of prejudice in m...

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 story. He said that it would be better to take Oxycon...

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

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 for 9 months. I have finally been put on Oxycontin ...

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 transferred me to a floor, they stopped the pain medicatio...

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 have been taking my medication exactly as prescribed ...

Do you find many patients vomiting blood from drinking too much alcohol?

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

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 to take a two year rn program even though i am alre...

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 and two more surgeries. in that time, i became addi...

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 place to work at in mental health and chemical de...

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. As we should all know, abrupt cessation of narco...

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