Posted by Rich Jr. on May 11, 1999 at 16:50:51:
In Reply to: Things I've tried posted by Denny K. on May 10, 1999 at 03:08:51:
I have often thought of various ways to permenantly stop the pain myself. Fortunately
someone has watched out for me. Without my family and especially the Lord to lean upon
it would have been easy to find a way out. I am in a bad cycle now, only a couple of
weeks so far. Prednisone started helping right away, but still getting real bad break
throughs in the evening. Usually either 2 in a row about 40 minutes of the most severe
pain, or like last night they seemed to join together for 1hr. 45 minutes. Oxygen didn't
help. Stadol nasal spray helped one night, I am going to get some more. That stuff is
so strong though, I'm almost afraid of OD - but I am careful to follow directions.
I've fought these things long enough to know when to give in and get some pain relief
for the bad ones. Last cycle I had lasted two months. It ended with a 6 hour cluster,
then just burning residual pain while tapering off of the Prednisone for about 10 days.
Hang in there Denny. Best wishes and prayers for all. Rich Jr.