Injured & newly clean - SUPPORT PLEASE!

BeginAgain · 11-10-2005, 10:12 AM

Tell me it's going to be okay. I'm scared to death. We were moving furniture around last night and the end of the very heavy sleeper sofa dropped on my foot. I know it's broken...no doubt about it. I have an appointment in a little while to get it checked. It is KILLING me. I made it through the night with ice and motrin..but slept very little.

I'm terrified. I don't want to go through this again. Please pray for me!! Has anyone else been in a situation like this? I could use some hope & encouragement.

buzzkiller · 11-10-2005, 10:30 AM

You are a great insperation to me and many others on this board. I pray that you will be able to endure the pain of this because we both know the pain of not enduring it, would be two fold. I am sorry for what happend, I wish I could make it better, I am probebly not going to be able to give you as much help as you have given me I wish I could but I am not in a place to do that yet. I can only say you are a great help to me and I wish I could return the favor somehow.

dale

Philster2003 · 11-10-2005, 10:38 AM

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tina76 · 11-10-2005, 10:41 AM

Oh Janet! How horrible! With any luck it will just be bruised and it will start healing and feeling less painful quicker than you think. BUT.... if it doesn't. I am not sure how to go about giving you advise on this! Is the doctor you are seeing today your regular doctor that knows of your addiction and everything? Possibly he will have some suggestions for you? I wonder if there are any strong pain killers that we don't know about that don't fall under the narcotic category? I know I used to take a nasal spray pain killer for headaches (it was not made for headaches, was just a regular pain killer) and I remember at the time my doctor telling me it was not addicting like the other painkillers I was taking for my headaches at the time (Roxicet). Now that was 11 years ago... but it worked really well (made me drowsy though!)... I don't know if it is even still around or if anything has changed with more knowledge of the drug etc... like if it IS addictive etc... I think it was called Stadol? I could be wrong though. Like I said this was in 1995! I used it for about a year with no trouble.

Is the foot totally swollen? Is the pain better or worse this morning after the motrin and ice? I wish I could give you more advice. But I CAN give you support! I will be here to help you thru whatever you and your doctor decide to do. I just hate the idea of you being in such horrible pain. That is just not right for such a wonderful and caring person! You have been so wonderful to me and I wish that I could make this better for you instantaneously! - Tina

bent_halo · 11-10-2005, 11:25 AM

you can ask for Torodal, non narcotic and wonderful for pain, but hard on the liver and kidneys so they usually recomend only 5 days on it max, but that should help get the pain under control and allow something like Advil to begin to help....

Be honest and up front with the Dr, I am sure they will do all they can to help...

Angel