i am alive...

just a quick note to let people know i am alive...

until i looked at the date of my last post, i didnt realize how long it had been...

i am finally sitting at the computer comfortably...
it has been weeks since i rested peacefully.

i have been fighting break-thru pain episodes for weeks.
despite all the morphine and norco and soma and gabapentin i take daily the pain still breaks thru and gives me episodes of pain...complete with posturing, shaking, sweating and snotting on myslef its awful...
five trips to the local ER (in two weeks), two by ambulance even... what a screaming drag.

my oldest daughter has been awesome.. she is so patient and helpful and understanding.. i dont think i could possibly ask for better from anyone..helping me thru episodes, driving me to the hospital etc..

i started an new drug for pain as the others ceased to manage my pain adequately...
a fentanyl patch... 20mcg/hr (i think) makes me sick as hell.. and isnt quite handling the pain but i think i have found a way to get thru until i can see the doc agian
i just hafta be careful not to bottom out my BP... fentanyl plus the strong opiods i have could easily kill me if i forget i have taken them and double-dose.

my youngest is home from her summer visit with mom...
i am happy... they love to say how much they dislike each other but they sure were glad to see one another.

i am somewhat unhappy with my blog content lately... definitely not as poetic as i would like them to be.. not what i am accustomed to producing.
they now sound all to often like an end-of-the-day report... clinical ... bleh.

perhaps i will find relief in this new medecine that doesnt leave me drooling on myself and i can peek out into the world again....

OH YEAH~! i hada birthday a while back... i am officially over 40 now.. 41 yrs old on july 5th ~!
wasnt sure i was gonna make it there for awhile...
there for awhile, i didnt wanna make it.

until i make it back, happy reading and blog when u can huh?~!