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Having a break down
I am losing the battle here. I am not looking for anyone to feel sorry for me, like I told my PCP went I called them they dont even have to call me back, I don't want to waste anymore of their time, you don't even have to reply to this post. I just need to get stuff off my chest here.
I am crying and in pain, I am doing my best to hide it from my kids but they know what is going on. I am getting weak and all I want to do is sleep and I can't even do that cause of the pain. I called my PCP this morning and told them i am just giving them a update they don't have to call me back i have already wasted enough of their time. I told them about me getting into see the pain dr on the 20th and how my daugthers birthday is this weekend that is why i have tried so hard to eat so i could be strong for her birthday but that isn't happening either. So I will either be in the hospital getting fluids in my body by IV or be in bed on her birthday. My PCP nurse called back and told me to go to the ER to get some help and I told her that isn't a option, I am depressed enough I don't need to go there and get treated like a drug seeker cause we all know that is what they do. She said they can put fluids in my body and give me a few days of pain meds so I can eat. But no way I will go there, they treat people like me like crap and it isn't worth it. I told her I am about to give up cause I can't do this anymore. this pain has messed up my life and now I am living in h*ll. I don't think they totally understand all of this. I only need treatment for 20 days that is it. But they don't care. I told her I will end up in the hosptial before to long cause I will be really sick soon. Thanks for listening. I have to go pull myself together before one of my kids see me like this.
Jamie
I am crying and in pain, I am doing my best to hide it from my kids but they know what is going on. I am getting weak and all I want to do is sleep and I can't even do that cause of the pain. I called my PCP this morning and told them i am just giving them a update they don't have to call me back i have already wasted enough of their time. I told them about me getting into see the pain dr on the 20th and how my daugthers birthday is this weekend that is why i have tried so hard to eat so i could be strong for her birthday but that isn't happening either. So I will either be in the hospital getting fluids in my body by IV or be in bed on her birthday. My PCP nurse called back and told me to go to the ER to get some help and I told her that isn't a option, I am depressed enough I don't need to go there and get treated like a drug seeker cause we all know that is what they do. She said they can put fluids in my body and give me a few days of pain meds so I can eat. But no way I will go there, they treat people like me like crap and it isn't worth it. I told her I am about to give up cause I can't do this anymore. this pain has messed up my life and now I am living in h*ll. I don't think they totally understand all of this. I only need treatment for 20 days that is it. But they don't care. I told her I will end up in the hosptial before to long cause I will be really sick soon. Thanks for listening. I have to go pull myself together before one of my kids see me like this.
Jamie
There you go, Jamie!!! Sara is right :) You don't have to make a decision at all! Everyone pretty much agrees on the same thing, that we care about you and that you must get some help to start building yourself up.
Jamie, sweetie. PLEASE listen to what everyone is telling you. When you're in horrible pain with no relief in sight, it is so difficult to think. Much less make a good decision. So just do what all of us who care deeply about you are telling you. It's only our deep concern for you that keeps us all posting. So, you don't have to make a decision. Just do what your namnam and all of us are telling you. And no back talk, young lady!!
Sara
Sara
Jamie, you've received a lot of good advice here. I know that when someone is as sick as you are at the moment, it can sometimes be difficult to make a good decision. I'm sure you don't even feel well enough at the moment to go the ER and wait and go through all that.
But you have to. For your kids' sake. Where you're at right now is dangerous. Dehydration is nothing to play around with. And loss of potassium isn't either. I'm pretty sure that's what Karen Carpenter died of. She was anorexic and ended up having a heart attack due to her potassium levels being so low.
If you don't like the taste of Gatorade, try something else. If cold drinks and food make things worse, how about room temperature? When my daughter had her tonsils out, she had serious complications. She couldn't do the usual ice cream, popsicles, etc. She ended up losing a lot of weight for a child and at one point they told me she had to get SOMETHING into her.
We tried making a cup of tea with sugar and milk and letting it cool to room temperature. We also got some pudding. Not the kind in the refrigerated section but the kind that they sell at room temperature. Even if you only swallow a bit. Try sipping or swallowing something every 15 or 20 minutes. If you were close to vomiting, you don't want to overtax your stomach right now ... that will only make things worse if you start vomiting and have the dry heaves.
Orange juice would be good; it's filled with potassium. Mashing up a banana so you only have to swallow it might help, too. The Ensure and Pedialyte are good ideas, too. You could even add some ice cream to the ensure and blend it up for a few more calories.
Please stop worrying about your kids games. Think about it for a minute ... someone else can figure out how to keep score. If you don't address this now, you could very easily be missing more of your kids games, a lot more.
And it's very true that your friend may be able to get you into a doctor before you could get in on your own. I've had that happen a couple of times.
I really hope that you will go to the ER and get something. Never mind what people think. If you're not treated properly, then you deal with that when you're feeling a bit better. No one deserves to be treated badly.
But you have to. For your kids' sake. Where you're at right now is dangerous. Dehydration is nothing to play around with. And loss of potassium isn't either. I'm pretty sure that's what Karen Carpenter died of. She was anorexic and ended up having a heart attack due to her potassium levels being so low.
If you don't like the taste of Gatorade, try something else. If cold drinks and food make things worse, how about room temperature? When my daughter had her tonsils out, she had serious complications. She couldn't do the usual ice cream, popsicles, etc. She ended up losing a lot of weight for a child and at one point they told me she had to get SOMETHING into her.
We tried making a cup of tea with sugar and milk and letting it cool to room temperature. We also got some pudding. Not the kind in the refrigerated section but the kind that they sell at room temperature. Even if you only swallow a bit. Try sipping or swallowing something every 15 or 20 minutes. If you were close to vomiting, you don't want to overtax your stomach right now ... that will only make things worse if you start vomiting and have the dry heaves.
Orange juice would be good; it's filled with potassium. Mashing up a banana so you only have to swallow it might help, too. The Ensure and Pedialyte are good ideas, too. You could even add some ice cream to the ensure and blend it up for a few more calories.
Please stop worrying about your kids games. Think about it for a minute ... someone else can figure out how to keep score. If you don't address this now, you could very easily be missing more of your kids games, a lot more.
And it's very true that your friend may be able to get you into a doctor before you could get in on your own. I've had that happen a couple of times.
I really hope that you will go to the ER and get something. Never mind what people think. If you're not treated properly, then you deal with that when you're feeling a bit better. No one deserves to be treated badly.
Jamie, Your friend MIGHT be able to get you in if you can't. I did that for a friend to my Family Doctor in Tulsa when he wasn't taking ANY new patients but because me Family had been with him for so long he honored that relationship and did what we asked of him.
It's worth a try!!.......Good Luck Sweetheart..(((HUGS!!))) and Love...Sherry
It's worth a try!!.......Good Luck Sweetheart..(((HUGS!!))) and Love...Sherry
I am able to drink thru a straw that is the only way I can drink cause if anything cold touchs my mouth it hurts worse. I did get some Gatorade and drinking it now. I am going to call my local hosptial to find another PCP, my friend that deals with CP she goes to a really good PCP and I might try her out. It just depends on how long it takes me to get into see her. So I am drinking the nasty Gatorade I have never been a fan of it. but I know I could lose my life so I will deal with it. I also got some ensure. I handle icecream right now since I am not on any pain meds the coldness will kill my mouth. Going to go make phone calls now I will let you all know what I find out.
Oh I did call my PCP not for meds, I have not once asked for meds since she told me she can't fill them anymore. I asked if she knew of any other treatment that would work to help the pain, or if she knew of anther PCP that could treat me for 20 days that is all I need 20 days.But the way she is treating me I don't think I want her to give me any names of any drs. They haven't even called back so I guess that is my answer about another PCP. My clothes are to big now, when I put them on this morning I knew something was wrong. We put our trust into these doctors to keep us alive and when something like this happens it is a wake up call.
Tuck I know what you mean about spending money on wasted treatment. When i went to urgent care once I payed my $20 copay and then dr came in and heard my story and then said I was way behond what he can treat and gave me a hug and told me when I pull myself together I can get up and leave and then left the room. SO I spent $20 on a hug, I can get them for free from my kids.
Thanks
Jamie
Oh I did call my PCP not for meds, I have not once asked for meds since she told me she can't fill them anymore. I asked if she knew of any other treatment that would work to help the pain, or if she knew of anther PCP that could treat me for 20 days that is all I need 20 days.But the way she is treating me I don't think I want her to give me any names of any drs. They haven't even called back so I guess that is my answer about another PCP. My clothes are to big now, when I put them on this morning I knew something was wrong. We put our trust into these doctors to keep us alive and when something like this happens it is a wake up call.
Tuck I know what you mean about spending money on wasted treatment. When i went to urgent care once I payed my $20 copay and then dr came in and heard my story and then said I was way behond what he can treat and gave me a hug and told me when I pull myself together I can get up and leave and then left the room. SO I spent $20 on a hug, I can get them for free from my kids.
Thanks
Jamie
Jamie I am in agreement with everyone .You need to go to the ER .You must be dehydrated .I went to the ER with dehydration back in Feb and spent 5 days in the hospital.You can die from dehydration .Please please go .I am very concerned about you .Once you are dehydrated you can't drink enough to get those fluids back .You need to be pumped fluids intravenously.I had to have 9 bags run through me to put the fluids back .Please honey don't wait .You could be putting your life in danger .I hope that you go .We are all worried about you and don't want to see anything happen to you.Take care my dear Melissa
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