Well Hayill.

Good thoughts on the way, Yvsa.

I didn't know that morphine would do that to a person. Good to know.

F
 
You got it Yvsa. Man, what a battle! I'm thinking of you.
 
Smoke up Yvsa.

I'm sure they have but with fluid accumulation like that you should make sure they are ruling out congestive heart failure.
 
Wow! Very sorry to hear this...

I will pray that they can figure out a way to make this work and get rid of the fluid build up.

You are an amazingly tough and patient, as well as hopeful, man!

I hope never to be tested in such a way myself.

Your friend,

Tom

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hollowdweller said:
Smoke up Yvsa.

I'm sure they have but with fluid accumulation like that you should make sure they are ruling out congestive heart failure.
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Thanks again guys!:thumbup: :D

HD that's why I'm on the diuretics to begin with. I've been being treated for CHF for several years now.
My PCP upped my prescription of Zaroxolyn to 5 mgs a day instead of the 2-1/2 mgs twice a week I was taking. That means I now have to go in once a week for a blood test to check my potassium levels. The last time a doctor put me on that amount of zaroxolyn I wound up in the hospital damned near dead because my potassium was down to 1.8 and low normal is 3.6 IIRC.:eek: My present PCP says he isn't going to let that happen so the weekly blood tests until I get the excess fluid off.


Here's
the PDF article where I found one piece of the info I was looking for....
Conclusion: Peripheral edema may occur and persist during epidural morphine infusion. This
report represents the first case report, to the best of our knowledge, describing severe peripheral
edema in an otherwise healthy patient while on epidural morphine administration during
an outpatient epidural morphine infusion trial. This case report shows that continuous epidural
morphine infusion, even in small dose, may cause peripheral edema in some patients.

Key words: Epidural morphine infusion trial, intraspinal drug delivery pump, failed back
surgery syndrome, methadone, peripheral edema
 
Well we're going to play the, "wait and see" game as Doc thinks a couple of things may be causing the swelling and not just the morphine alone. First we're going to see how the increased diuretics are going to control the fluid and second if we're increasing the dose too much and too often for my body to get accustomed to the morphine.
Consequently I didn't get a dose increase today and if things are going okay in a couple of weeks we'll decide how much to increase the dose in order to see what's going to happen during another interval and then take it from there.
At least the present level is enough to give me some real relief even if it has messed with my system. I don't mind being a great deal more patient from here on.:thumbup: :)

The good news is that there is another medicine that can be used in the pump but it's not nearly as effective and Doc says it won't control my total body pain like the morphine does so hopefully my system will settle down and accept the morphine. I'd think if I am really allergic to it that I'd have a really bad reaction to it with the heavy doses I've had after all my spinal surgeries.
Helluvit is I was so glad to hear that I may be able to stay on the morphine I forgot to ask Doc what else may be causing the swelling.:rolleyes: :o



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Smoke sent. You're sure building up lots of "wisdom" on this one - just wish it didn't come so hard. Prayers for finding some med/lifestyle/therapy balance that gives maximum function!
 
Here is hoping that everything settles down. I suppose its not hard to understand that your body has been through a lot and may take a while to get used to the changes.

good luck.
 
Well dayum, you are one tough guy, Yvsa. Two steps forward, one step back, and you still keep on keepin' on.

Smoke and prayers for you. :thumbup:
 
Steely_Gunz said:
Well dayum, you are one tough guy, Yvsa. Two steps forward, one step back, and you still keep on keepin' on.

Smoke and prayers for you. :thumbup:
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Thanks Jake, even my pain management doc and neurosurgeon keep tellin me that, "I'm a tough old bird." and I suppose so but my problems aren't anything compared to some folks here on BFC or some we see at the Drs' offices.

And even though Tom has said....
gravertom said:
You are an amazingly tough and patient, as well as hopeful, man!

I hope never to be tested in such a way myself.
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I have to say that Tom and his family have been tested, as he says, much worse than my problems, with their kids having all the troubles they've had.
I'm just an old man that comes here to vent as well as to let those who have become my very good friends over the years what's going on with me.
When Chris first posted he had cancer I, selfishly, so wished I could trade places with him so he could continue his life without the pain or uncertainty he's had to live with on a daily basis so that I could go on to the next plane and be rid of the constant pain I've had to live with for so long.
But it is only pain and understandable for me and for now it's much better than it has been for a mighty long time.
The ones I hate to see in horrible pain and with horrific diseases is the little ones and the younger folks that don't understand why the world is being so mean to them and why they don't have a better chance at life.:( :mad:
 
Well that sucks about the CHF Yvsa. You got that and then your orthopedic problems probably keep you from doing much physical excercise that would help build up your ejection fraction!

Major smoke up!:thumbup:
 
Prayers for you from Rock Island. I know about the pain & have been told about the morphine sometimes causing a few problems. Take care.
 
I hope that your Doc gets this figured out and that you get some relief. We are all pulling for you!

Shann
 
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