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(Message started by: scarmig on Jul 29^th, 2005, 8:34am)

Title: 7 hours at pain8 yesterday
Post by scarmig on Jul 29^th, 2005, 8:34am

trip to the ER and mainlining demerol kept me sane. and now this morning we're counting up again. 1 at 6am, 3 at 7, 5 at 8:30. damn pharmacy lost the script for imitrex. Damned to hell. popping some leftover hydrocoden from a wrist surgery I recently had. Maybe I'll survive through work with that. verpamil, cafergot, used up all my zomig already, and this is just week 1. every cycle gets worse faster and lasts longer. I hate that my 2 year old daughter deals with the weight of my pain. Her sick daddy with the broken head. she stroked my head while I cried despair last night. this sucks.

Title: Re: 7 hours at pain8 yesterday
Post by nani on Jul 29^th, 2005, 8:37am

:'( [smiley=hug.gif]

Hang in there. Give your little one an extra hug from me. Something I read here: Have a box of "special" toys or art supplies that can occupy her when you're getting hit. That box only comes out at those times.
pain free wishes, nani

Title: Re: 7 hours at pain8 yesterday
Post by The_Shadow on Jul 29^th, 2005, 9:53am

Man I can understand how you feel with the Daughter. I have 2. My oldest knows that Daddy head is not right and when he is have a bad time she helps with her Sister. Before her sister was born she would go and play by her self and get me something to drink if I need it.

Title: Re: 7 hours at pain8 yesterday
Post by scarmig on Jul 29^th, 2005, 10:00am

yeah, my second daughter is 3 weeks old. My wife is being super-woman trying to hold the house together for all of us. i should send her flowers. A clusterhead wasn't part of the deal she signed up for.

Title: Re: 7 hours at pain8 yesterday
Post by lmarkins on Jul 29^th, 2005, 10:28am

I know the feeling. My daughter is now 14 and has learned compassion from this ordeal. Wifes and daughters are angels. Stay strong my friend. None of us wants our families to see us this way. Thank them every day for thier support.

Title: Re: 7 hours at pain8 yesterday
Post by scarmig on Jul 29^th, 2005, 11:04am

4 hours and still going strong. I'm keeping ice cold water on my teeth so they don't hurt so bad for a few seconds. Sent my wife some flowers. At least I feel better about that. :)

Title: Re: 7 hours at pain8 yesterday
Post by scarmig on Jul 29^th, 2005, 11:08am

woohoo... Apria says they might be able to get my oxygen setup as early as this evening. Assuming the red tape is well-oiled enough.

Title: Re: 7 hours at pain8 yesterday
Post by bnfreeman on Jul 29^th, 2005, 1:45pm

Everytime my 2 year old gets hurt he wants ice and my oxygen mask! It's cute, but I hate it that he sees me like this. PF days to all.

BF

Title: Re: 7 hours at pain8 yesterday
Post by scarmig on Jul 29^th, 2005, 1:56pm

Well, it's been 7 hours, and it's finally backed off to a more work-friendly 3. yeesh. I could use a nap.

Title: Re: 7 hours at pain8 yesterday
Post by nani on Jul 29^th, 2005, 3:05pm

Scarmig, do your HAs always last this long?

Title: Re: 7 hours at pain8 yesterday
Post by Sandy_C on Jul 29^th, 2005, 3:06pm

God Scarmig, I am so sorry you are having such a rough time of it.

Get that O2 going fast and hang in there. :(

Title: Re: 7 hours at pain8 yesterday
Post by scarmig on Jul 31^st, 2005, 8:55pm

on 07/29/05 at 15:05:35, nani wrote:

Scarmig, do your HAs always last this long?

No. When I was first diagnosed they were about 90 to 120 minutes. The next cluster upped it to between 3 and 4 hours. This one seems to have doubled yet again.

My clusters have also been increasing in length, 4 weeks, to 8 weeks, to 12 weeks. If the trend continues I expect to end this round mid November. Seems like eons away.

Read up on the melatonin stuff, and grabbed some yesterday. Slept pain-free last night, so maybe some relief to be found there.

Thanks everyone. Helps just to have someplace to write it down.

Title: Re: 7 hours at pain8 yesterday
Post by nani on Jul 31^st, 2005, 8:59pm

You should probably mention this to your dr. Anytime things change, you should tell him. I hope you have many more pfdans. ~nani

Title: Re: 7 hours at pain8 yesterday
Post by Jasmyn on Aug 1^st, 2005, 1:48am

on 07/31/05 at 20:55:59, scarmig wrote:

Scarmig, sorry about the bad time you're going through.

About 3 years ago my attacks also got out of hand and lasted between 3 to 4 hours with the frequency per day increasing. The only thing eventually that broke the duration and frequency of the attacks was donating blood.

Luckily I live in a country with a desperate shortage of blood, so they did not care about meds, blood pressure, weight or bloodsugar levels.

What nani said is true, go see your doc. Wishing you Pf days and nights. :)

Title: Re: 7 hours at pain8 yesterday
Post by scarmig on Aug 1^st, 2005, 10:24am

Donating blood?

Huh. I've never donated blood. I have that wierd thing where if I get stuck with needles I pass out. Blood techs hate that. I think it had something to do with weekly injections for allergies from age 4 through 16.

Although I just had surgery recently so I'm sure I'm out.