Because my life as you may have gathered, involves me sat on my comfy chair in my living room.
Soooo not too much to write about unless you would like to know how many birds visited the bird bath today, or of how me and my toy Labrador had a disagreement over who finished off the pack of cookies.. I say it was him .. and I'm sticking to it!
By the way my toy dog is my hubby`s idea of a joke because I have bothered him months for a dog, Not funny!!!, in fact remember if you will an episode of sex and the city, where Tray bought Charlotte a cardboard cut out baby?? yep get the idea?
Anyway back on topic I felt a sudden urge to tell you all about my day. whilst it was fresh in my mind and I was still passionate.
To be honest I really want a whinge to people who may understand.
Yesterday I went to a ...
Pain management introduction session
"Wow and YEAY" I heard myself cry, when I finally after weeks of being on a list received The letter.
The letter said this is an mandatory introduction to the pain management clinic and not a one to one session.
My wow and yeay has now gone to "huh? oh no" visions of myself sat in between a circle of people saying
" Hi my name is Jo and I'm in pain". Not good.
After much debate and thinking I came to the conclusion that if I would like to see if there is any alternative medications that didn't ..
1) Make me retain weight ( and i have already told you its the toy Labrador that eat the cookies )
2) Make me constipated, to the point where I disappear at a dinner party for an hour crying in the toilet because I cant poo.
OR
3) It actually takes away the pain.
I would need to go to the meeting.
On the morning I was going I could finally take my 7 day ECG monitor off relief, until my hubby says
" I think you should keep it on for the meeting, as if its to weed out any drug seekers at least you look genuine, plus you have a solid reason you need to bugger off early... your a suicide bomber hahaha"
Thinks he is so funny!!
But annoying enough he may have had a good idea, so off I go itching and wriggling.
Ok I may have gone with a little negativity, but hopefully with an open mind and the thought maybe it won`t be too bad.
I walk into the building follow the signs to a room with a lady at a table in the entrance, she told the waiting queue to find their name and sign in. She then gave me a name badge ...... alarm bells..
I look into the room Phew no chairs in a circle, good sign, however the projection screens and booklets hmm a little worrying as too how long we were to be here ..
" 2 hours!!!!" I heard the man a few people in front of me shout.... my heart sinks.
So I take my seat among the mass of walking sticks and zipper frames, on a seat that was very small, very hard and too my mind not what people in pain should be made to sit on for 2 hours.
No I am sorry, Some of you out there may have even been to a session like this and really enjoyed it.
But for the love of god....... who in their right mind would make people IN PAIN sit on a hard little chair for TWO HOURS to listen to doctors talk about pain??????
Rant over ...
Still I sat with the thought , this will be worth it, this will be worth it.... Then came the words
"This is only an introduction, after which you will be placed on a weight list for 2 - 18mths"
At this point being a suicide bomber really appealed to me!!
We sat and listened to Dr Hayes talk quite a lot about why we get pain, different types of pain and what the difference between different pains were.
In fact all we could ever want to know about pain. whilst, wriggling and fidgeting about IN PAIN.
By this point they had realised that people where looking a little distracted and fidgeting, (cant think why), So much so the rather strong for her size lady in front, swung her arm back and promptly smacked me on the head. (I was trying to txt on my phone discreetly caught out )
So we are told we could walk about for a few minutes. At which point I promptly head off in search of coffee, thinking of a table of refreshments they may have laid on...
Nope, refreshment consisted of a glass of water the lady begrudgingly fetched from the staff room for me, as the tea and coffee vending machine had broken down.....
DEAR GOD!!!!
When we went back inside they talked about different drugs .. (er I mean medications), now even the old guy in the corner who had been asleep for an hour woke up at this point,
The audience did I must say get a bit rowdy at this point, in fact I swear I heard the rant of
" give us our drugs, give us our drugs now"
Although this could have been just me in my head,
She, the Dr talked about how perhaps the weaning off of the stronger meds such as morphine may be beneficial, and replace them by other technique's. which had also been mentioned earlier when talking about relaxation, and positive visualisation., yoga and mediation.
" So if I come off my morphine where do I go from there?"
shouted a large tattooed man from the back
" Meditation, and yoga" says the Dr but we will discuss options when you get an appointment.
I have two things to say ...
1) They have made this poor man listen to Them for two hours only to tell him they can't tell him anything untill he gets an appointment
and
2) I'm not a judgemental person or one to stereotype people but who could imagine a large man clearly involved in a biker group meditating his way through yoga to relive his freaking pain!!!!!
So home and rested, I await the honoured appointment.
Still in pain,but at least I have a coffee and sat on a god damn COMFY CHAIR !!!!!
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