Open Forum............. Does anyone know anything about eyes

[OxyDout]

as usual this is an open forum.  Sorry for the unrelated question, but does anyone know anything about eyes?  I woke up yesterday and my eye was extremely swollen and it hurt a lot, its still the same way...... Its not conjuntivitis (sp) what else could it be? I didn't get hit or anything..... if anyone has any info I would appreciate it.

gwh

[Nod]

Hope your eye is better.  If its painfully swollen and red it could be iritis. While not that common it can effect one eye and not the other.  I believe it is related to arthitis.  I have a disease called anklosing spondylitis and some of the side effects can be iritis.  Just thought give me 2 cents.  I'd probably go to an eye doctor first as that is where you primary would send you anyway.  Take care, Nod

[percsnomas]

Hey Diane......I did post a response below(this morning).

Thanks.....she definately was at the "end"; and didn't take much to get the 'opening up' started. Once she felt I was there as a friend, and understood her drug problems, and that i wasn't there to judge, she poured out everything.  It was awesome.

As far as me and my addiction, i handled all kinds of vicoden, pills of every kind, etc, and wasn't phased in the least.

I feel really good about my ongoing recovery, but remain "offensive" as i mentioned below.
You know, your story(about having the rehab or jail option), was one i thought about tons before this whole thing; because i look at you as an ongoing success story, and it came about in an "intervention" manner....so to speak.

HOW DO YOU FEEL????

[peaz]

Hi--I had posted down below to you right before you left but you must not have seen it.  So I'll move up here.  Anyway, I'm relieved to hear how well everything went!!  Your M-I-L must really want help to have listened to you, and that's half the battle right there.  She must have been at the end of her rope, and her rescuer just happened to be there!!  I know your wife is happy, too.  So WAY TO GO PERCS!!!  Keep us posted from time-to-time on progress.      Peaz

P.S.  How did this whole thing affect YOU??  Are you okay??  Aren't you glad you're sober so you can help her?  Take care

[peaz]

Well, dad gum it!! I do believe I AM a succes story, now that I think about it!  Thank you for the kind thought.  God knows if anything is going to be different this time around, it will have to be that my self-esteem gets nourishment.  Otherwise I will fall back into the abyss out of desparation and apathy.  But, considering last year at this time, I was smack (oooh--don't use that word!) dab in the middle of my addiction, and drinking chablis on a nightly basis to help me sleep from the vike rush.  Chain smoking pretty much rounded out the vignette...I was stressed beyond belief; running my little heart out on a treadmill to nowhere.
   When this situation w/ my sister came up (again) I decided that my "confrontation" and subsequent recovery is probably one of the best things that ever happened to me.  I know I am a different person, and that's probably a GOOD thing.  I just don't know WHO that individual is yet.  Know what I mean?  If ever there was a dramatization of the adage,"When one door shuts, another one opens", my scenario is just that.
  So, now--how DO I feel?  (see--I'm getting there..)  I feel MAHVELOUS!!  I look younger;all the stress is gone from my face, I work out like a madman and love every minute of it.(I've lost 30 pounds!!)  I eat right, drink tons of water, and am down to 5 ciggs a day.  I'm quitting those in January.  I bet my sister I would or I'd shave my head.  So the next letter she wrote to me was,"Dear Baldy,...."  Ha! I'll show her!! I quit once before for about 7-8 years, CT, so I know I can do it.  Hell--if I can do narcs and booze, I can do these, too.  Right? I'm only working part time at the radio station, so I can have a slower-paced day until I'm ready to go full blast again.  I have time to read, play piano and my violin, and do my daily crossword.  Life is good!! I am so pleased to be typing all this (obviously, my dear) because I really haven't taken the time for a major assessment until you asked me.  SO thank you, percs, for your concern.
   I hope your M-I-L  is able to put her head down and battle this thing head-on.  As much as I dislike about AA, they have one thing right: it IS one day at a time, or even five minutes at a time.  I wish her the very best.  Thanks everyone for allowing me this novella.   Love---Di

[mrmichael67]

It is ***@****.  I wasn't coming back, but someone told me you had asked for my e-mail.  That is it for now.  This place will never change.

[puma]

Taeme,

I can see your point. I also have gone through many years of suspicious doctors thinking I was drug seeking because I have a chronic pain problem that they never used to recognize until now. Fibromyalgia and Lupus.

I got so pissed off many years ago at these arrogant HMO doctors, mostly physicians assistants which can not write narc scripts anyway and they don't want to bother the experienced docs, so they treat everyone with over the counter ****.

I actually considered at one time over a decade ago about growing my own poppies and making my own opium for pain killing.
I instead went to booze for pain relief, became disgustingly addicted, had the shakes every morning, had to drink around the clock 24/7 to stop the withdrawal symptoms, finally detoxed, went through hell for months with seizures and Delirium Tremens, etc.

That changed my mind about trying to get stronger stuff because I did not want addiction in my life anymore. It only eventually becomes worse than your initial pain and problems.

Some people can control pain meds, others can not.

Ask your doc for Ultrum, a non-narcotic pain killer, it works like Codiene for me. The only thing is, many here have had problems with it, either not working effectively enough or getting addicted and going through withdrawals.

I know what the desperation and humiliation feels like but the withdrawals can be far worse, even deadly in the case of alcohol and benzodiazapines. If you do manage to find one doc who prescribes what you want, be prepared for that doc to move away or something and then it's cold turkey withdrawal if you can not find another one to prescribe something for you.

There are medications specifically for migrains but usually psychiatrists are the ones dishing those out along with anti-depressants and so on. They also can weed out whether you are simply fishing for drugs or might really need them. They also can recommend you to a pain specialist who is the real doc for giving out pain meds.

I am babbling so I had better stop. Hope some of this makes sense and is helpful. Good luck.

Chatahan