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The meds aren't working..

It's been 12 weeks since I broke my wrist, maybe even longer due to the time frame of when the pain began to worsen since I moved to my new apartment. ( My room mates told me the pain began when we were still living at the old place..)

Where I live there's a clinic called "Baycare" that I went to when the pain intensified and I couldn't sleep. They took x-rays and told us it was just a sprain, gave me a cast and sent me home. I wasn't even given anything for the pain aside from "Ibuprofen" and "Tylenol".

After six weeks, I went to the hospital after a few weeks of being unable to get any good rest due to the pain. They once again took x-rays, and asked what happened. I told them and was given a norco, which didn't really help - considering I react weird to pain meds. ( It doesn't necessarily take the edge off, just makes me disassociate from my body. I can still feel the pain, I know it's there. But my brain feels disconnected, if that makes sense?)

I was once again sent him with a brace and told to do some "mild wrist exercises".

Which, I'm guessing exasperated the pain to the point where I was given a referral to ortho, where I was given another set of x-rays and he found there was a severe break, in my hand and down into my wrist. He believed me, but said it was too late for a cast.

I'm in physical therapy, but I had to make a choice due to my meds - either take the Gabapentin or my Acetaminophen - Cod#3. Taking both would cause risks, and due to memory issues I can't risk fucking that up.

So I've just been taking the pain med to deal with my broken hand and wrist. But it's getting to the point where I'm nearly running out and it doesn't feel like it's helping anymore. I have to call my ortho and explain that the pain is getting worse, it feels like they may have missed something. There's a weird clicking in my wrist and hand, the pain has moved down into my arm and I'm losing sleep.

I'm tired..

I just want to be able to rest, I'm already an insomniac but it's getting worse.

I'm worried that I'll be dismissed again or "med seeking". I just want the pain to stop. I can't even use my left hand without something twinging. My fibro doesn't make this any easier, with every muscle twitch it sends me into agony..


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