Thanks Russ. Glad to see I am not the only headache sufferer here.
Dull headache today but was laid up for 2 days after my friday shot.
mags
Hi Mags, about your headaches. Get a big bottle of the strongest narcotic
you can buy over-the-counter. Probably some kind of codeine product
(codeine phosphate?). Avoid the stuff mixed with aspirin, aceteminophen
or ibuprofen. Buy tablets so you can break them up into smaller doses.
I'm not suggesting that you take large doses, because it will plug up your
guts. Ouch. But if it helps you, you can divvy it up over time when you
get home. If you hate the stuff you can mail it to me. Not Lol.
If coming into/through the US I think it's legal to bring in a 90 day
supply (?). Maybe better to keep the bottle sealed.
BTW, unlike the idiot country I live in, you can buy codeine
over-the-counter in Canada, but it's a low dose (15mg) and always comes
mixed with caffeine plus aspirin or aceteminphen. Typically called AC&C.
I used to rely on it when I traveled in and out of BC alot.
Oddly, I've never really gotten alot of headaches with tx. I just felt
like I was being electrocuted for the first six months. Luckily my Rheum
understood the problem and prescribed hydrocodone (a CNS depressant narc).
I don't take very much because I don't like my lunch to be stuck in my
guts for 3 days.
Well la la la.
6 more vials to go- there is a gremlin keeps adding vials in my
refrigerator ?! I'm going to have to relearn to count.
I wish you could stay there for a few more months and have my fun for me.
Bye now. Coconuts.
kj
Shawn - 24 Jan 2006 01:02 GMT
Hey Kjoh! and P.V. Mags! As far as the constipation goes get some Senna-S
(that's the pusher-outer) and a bottle of Lactulose, you need a script for
those. The Lactulose is the lubricator! Believe me at 560mg of oxycontin a
day for several years now, those will keep you regular without unpleasant
results!

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> Hi Mags, about your headaches. Get a big bottle of the strongest narcotic
> you can buy over-the-counter. Probably some kind of codeine product
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> Bye now. Coconuts.
> kj
Russ - 24 Jan 2006 01:21 GMT
> I'm not suggesting that you take large doses, because it will plug up your
> guts. Ouch
That was one of the good side affects of the narcotics, it would bind
me up. I had constant diahriah, lord I coudn't get 20 feet from a
toilet some days!
russ
> Hi Mags, about your headaches. Get a big bottle of the strongest narcotic
> you can buy over-the-counter. Probably some kind of codeine product
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> Bye now. Coconuts.
> kj
kjoh - 24 Jan 2006 02:32 GMT
Yo Russ. It seems like it must be the riba that causes the poops
(diariah?! :) That's one of the few sides I haven't had. Did you always
take your riba with a meal?
Got all new pearly whites yet?
kj
> I'm not suggesting that you take large doses, because it will plug up your
> guts. Ouch
That was one of the good side affects of the narcotics, it would bind
me up. I had constant diahriah, lord I coudn't get 20 feet from a
toilet some days!
russ
Russ - 24 Jan 2006 17:14 GMT
Sometimes it was hard to eat anything, but I would at least take my
morning Riba with some milk or my fav was vanilla slim fast blended
with a banana. My other two main food groups was Lucky Charms and Hagan
Daz "Cookies and Cream".
Wednesday I get my last gold crown installed and finished.
About another 3 weeks and I'll be making plans to migrate north. Trying
to figure out a plan to visit as many Dragon Warriors as I can.
Russ
Waterspider - 29 Jan 2006 18:43 GMT
> Sometimes it was hard to eat anything, but I would at least take my
> morning Riba with some milk or my fav was vanilla slim fast blended
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> About another 3 weeks and I'll be making plans to migrate north. Trying
> to figure out a plan to visit as many Dragon Warriors as I can.
Hey Russ,
I'm fairly certain that your migration will take you through Vancouver, and
I might be able to meet you there if you can't make it up the Sunshine
Coast, which would be a bit of a side trip. Keep in touch,
Spidey
Maitake - 24 Jan 2006 14:25 GMT
> > I'm not suggesting that you take large doses, because it will plug up
> > your guts. Ouch
>
> That was one of the good side affects of the narcotics, it would bind
> me up. I had constant diahriah, lord I coudn't get 20 feet from a
> toilet some days!
I didn't read your post before I posted on this Russ. I hear you and agree.
the Doc even told me so, after the Colonoscopy and removal of all those
things growing among the forests and fields. I've tried all those over the
counter things like Pepto Bismol, liquids and tabs. Just wouldn't get it.
Funny how that works, but it does.
den.
> russ
>
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> > Bye now. Coconuts.
> > kj
Maitake - 24 Jan 2006 14:09 GMT
> Hi Mags, about your headaches. Get a big bottle of the strongest
> narcotic you can buy over-the-counter. Probably some kind of codeine
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> over time when you get home. If you hate the stuff you can mail it to
> me. Not Lol.
Or me! Please. I just want to add that my doc said that in most cases with
codeine phosphates, constipation happens. In others (like me) that
experience stomach disorders like diverticulosis, where diarrhea can become
a problem, those narcs can actually counter that problem and be a welcome
relief along with countering pain, which is the main objective anyway. So
some people will complain about constipation and others will be grateful
for not having the squirts. Just what I was told, and it seems to be the
case. I think I mentioned before that it should still be an over the
counter item here. Maybe I should take trips to Canada before the
Conservatives change it all around?
den.
> If coming into/through the US I think it's legal to bring in a 90 day
> supply (?). Maybe better to keep the bottle sealed.
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> Bye now. Coconuts.
> kj