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fmdrivegirl
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 Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 7:59 am Post subject: when are opiate based drugs used??? |
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If someone could answer that question for me it would be most helpful. I'm currently in the process of understanding pancreatic cancer and was under the impression these drugs (ie: percocet) were used only near the end of the disease when pain is quite intense. Is that right? Or is it used throughout the entire treatment??
If somebody could let me know that would be incredibly helpful right now.
Thanks;
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dawn39
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| Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:17 pm Post subject: thanks kelly |
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kelly, sorry i cannot help you with your question. how is everything, how is your dad not too bad i hope. i am writing to thank you for your kind words of support even though you are going through a nightmare yourself at the moment. felt very ill today sick and very tired, feeling pretty hopeless. my dad is now coming with me tomorrow for pre op tests. and my mum is coming with me on thursday for the biopsy. obviously my husband is off to look after the children. then just got to get through the next two weeks. i am sorry i cant help you with your questions, my nan actually had pancreatic cancer, but hers was very advanced with hardly any symptoms they only knew there was something wrong when she got jaundiced. if i was feeling better myself i would do a bit of research for you myself, if i get the all clear ill try and help you with your questions as i have became an expert on medical conditions lately because the doctors usually get it wrong! take care and best wishes to your family
love dawn ps i live in the uk
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fmdrivegirl
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| Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 7:57 am Post subject: I'm glad to hear you've got support Dawn! |
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I was so happy to hear you're not doing this on your own!! Scary enough the best of times...
I was thinking about you yesterday and how brave you are. Its hard when nobody believes you and you KNOW that your body is not right. Sadly enough, you are not the first case of THAT!
I hope it all goes well for you today and tomorrow. I think you could be feeling ill from all the tension right now - maybe it will ease up after the biopsy. Just remember - you can't fix it if you don't know what's broke! I'm sending out good vibes for you!!
As for my dad - good god! I have no idea what to do. I am waiting until they get word back on the biopsy. Should have had that on Friday - now its Wednesday. I know they are as freaked out as I am and I can't imagine how scared my dad must feel. I just wish I could do SOMETHING - ANYTHING.......I'm tired of feeling helpless and cancer sucks!
I am at work now so I have to go.....Please let me know how it goes today and tomorrow. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
Take care
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fmdrivegirl
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| Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 7:57 am Post subject: I'm glad to hear you've got support Dawn! |
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I was so happy to hear you're not doing this on your own!! Scary enough the best of times...
I was thinking about you yesterday and how brave you are. Its hard when nobody believes you and you KNOW that your body is not right. Sadly enough, you are not the first case of THAT!
I hope it all goes well for you today and tomorrow. I think you could be feeling ill from all the tension right now - maybe it will ease up after the biopsy. Just remember - you can't fix it if you don't know what's broke! I'm sending out good vibes for you!!
As for my dad - good god! I have no idea what to do. I am waiting until they get word back on the biopsy. Should have had that on Friday - now its Wednesday. I know they are as freaked out as I am and I can't imagine how scared my dad must feel. I just wish I could do SOMETHING - ANYTHING.......I'm tired of feeling helpless and cancer sucks!
I am at work now so I have to go.....Please let me know how it goes today and tomorrow. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
Take care
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dawn39
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| Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 12:04 pm Post subject: Re: when are opiate based drugs used??? |
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dear kelly, nice to hear from you again. just got back from hospital been there for 3 hours mostly waiting and just general check ups in beween, of course i was trying not to cry for most of the time as picturing myself here in few weeks time having chemo ect. rotton day today altogether, my husband just never ceases to amaze me lately! i had already asked him to have today (half day), thursday and friday off so when i phoned to check that he remembered what time to pick the children up his reply was that he didnt think he was doing that today and he thought id arranged something else, i wont repeat what i said afterwards but he then said he couldnt come home and i would have to arrange something else. just the kind of support you expect from someone who you have been married to for 17 years (too long) and with since age 15! so added stress on top of what already feeling. havent eaten now for three days as feel to nauseous and tired weight starting to fall off me again looking like a skeleton. i cant bear to see happy people at all now because my life seems to be so completely opposite. when i was having blood test done there was a couple of children with their mum that startrd me thinking of my two and that started the tears again. so embarrassing in a busy hospital. well in for operation tomorrow dont know if will be out on same day as all depends apparently on what time i go down and how you recover afterwards. hope that you are finding the information that you are looking for. i am thinking of you and your family and anyone who is in this horrible situation at the moment, it all seems so surreal and so bloody unfair especially when you see other people getting on with their lives with no worries or hear them moaning about silly little problems.
take care dawn
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