Thanks, hon, but it's already morning here!  No, it isn't a new pain, it's
hurt like this since I got up in recovery so I do believe I'm ok for now.  
Would have talked to someone yesterday just to ease the pain if they'd been
more local.  Actually felt better for part of yesterday.

Anyway, managed to sleep on the couch last night with strategies to keep
Puddin' off my tummy while I slept.  Best night's sleep of the past few days.
Better able to deal with it all now.  But they are open there now and I'd
best get on the phone.  See y'all later this week!

Oh, Nann, I wish I could do more than offer empathy and sympathy,
but I can't. May this get well really, really, FAST.

Joan

{{{{{Nann}}}}} Gentle hugs, Sweetheart.

DeeTee

nann, i'm so sorry! this sounds miserable, with no treatment other
than heavier pain meds and time. . . and no answers in the path report
to boot. i feel for you, sweetie. please use us for venting purposes
several times a day.

hugs, diane

well, long story, but we didn't get me to the surgeon until today and
yesterday's conversations with the nurse left me a bit defensive, when i was
already borderline hysterical from the pain.  (I mean, seriously now, if
taking my darvocet around the clock (as I already was) would get on top of
the pain, WHY would I be calling?!??!?!?!)

I must have still been a bit over the edge today as the surgeon told me
flat-out that he didn't think I was faking or exaggerating it.  The verdict
is an inflammed and possibly spasming rectus abdominis muscle (the "6-pack"
muscle).  That laparoscopic "port" was the largest hole he made and it was
very close to the muscle.  He thinks that set all hell lose in the muscle.
Kicked up my pain meds to vicodin and in higher doses, I'll take my zanaflex
regularly for a bit and we'll try to get through it.  And thinking in muscle
terms, I was hitting the Sore-No-More on the drive home (I keep some in the
car) and pulled an ice pack out of the freezer as soon as we returned.

Oh, he offered me a hand in getting up from the exam table and I foolishly
thought I could sit up normally with his assistance.  BIG MISTAKE!  On the
positive side, he got to see me doubled over, cursing for a couple of
minutes.  All these years I've been telling Mike to use his abs to lift
himself up when standing up and now I have to remember not to do it!

I really wish we had readily available acupuncture here; this really seems
like something that could benefit from it.  There is someone about 50 miles
away, but not anywahere we're traveling soon and Mike's spending lots of
time
as my driver already.  Perhaps I can improve things enough to drive myself
there for a treatment.

I almost wish I weren't so accustomed to pain.  I'd like to be mean and
insistent wih doctors before I reach a steady 9 or 10 on the pain scale!
Well, at least this isn't more surgery, but it may take a while to calm
down.

Oh, and he'd gotten the path report back - more non-specific inflammation.
sigh..........

((((((((((((((((((((((nann)))))))))))))))))))))))  oh, hon, i'm so sorry the
path report wasn't more definitive.  major bummer!  it sounds like they've
really got to hit the inflammation-stop button harder for you.

i just cringed while reading your doctor's appmt. account.  i hate that you
were in that much pain and couldn't get them to up the quality of your pain
meds over the phone, before your appointment.  it blows me away that he put
you on just darvocet!--especially, for that kind of procedure and him
knowing full well how close he came to that muscle.  (that darvocet stuff
never handled surgical pain for me, either.)  thank goodness he believed you
were in pain and gave you something that does help you.

rest, rest, rest, and take care of you, sweetie.

kate

I hope you heal quickly with this Nann, I have felt for you so much lately.