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7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/10/04, 12:15 PM Well there are a number of meds that CAN be used for it. I however am not able to take them. I have been waiting for a day now for the Docs office that does the bypass surgery to call me with a answer but they still have not. I just want the pain to stop. I know that sounds wimpy and weak, but this constant throbbing and well pain is drivingme nuts. -------------- A journey beigns with a single step. 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
CristalBelle Posts: 1,389 Joined: 2003/06/27	2006/10/04, 12:26 PM Doesn't sound wimpy and weak. Pain freaking hurts! Be the squeeky wheel if you have to, but you shouldn't be in pain all the time. I hope they get it figured out soon.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/10/04, 12:30 PM Me too. I look like I have not slept in a week. I take the vicodin at 1030pm sleep or for 4 hours then it wears off a bit and that is about it. Last night I got the foot tangled with the blanket and tweaked it. That hurt a lot. -------------- A journey beigns with a single step. 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
CristalBelle Posts: 1,389 Joined: 2003/06/27	2006/10/04, 12:34 PM I'm sending Crissy Vicodin Vibes your way. When I take a full one, I'm knocked out for 10-12 hours...."Put the mutters to sleep....put the mutters to sleep...." That should help I think. :big_smile:
BILL06 Posts: 755 Joined: 2006/08/08	2006/10/04, 02:08 PM let me know dood, ill mail ya a few 30mil morphine ive got left over when they relocated my ulna nerve in my elbow ( they actually removed a tumor but i use the ulna nerve thing when asked about the 20 inch scar on my arm ) but beware, these are potent, make sure your to do list is cleared for like 24-36 hours after taking these, they are timed release and very very good. just say the word. -------------- Start living now. Stop saving the good china for that special occasion. Stop withholding your love until that special person materializes. Every day you are alive is a special occasion. Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/10/04, 02:09 PM LOL I rather just be pain free but I will keep that in mind. excpet for the federal laws against that type of thing LOL -------------- A journey beigns with a single step. 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
BILL06 Posts: 755 Joined: 2006/08/08	2006/10/04, 02:16 PM wooops, yea guess you are right, ummmm i meant 30mil of fish oil, yea thats it fish oil....:laugh: -------------- Start living now. Stop saving the good china for that special occasion. Stop withholding your love until that special person materializes. Every day you are alive is a special occasion. Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/10/04, 02:17 PM Yeah! not drugs! -------------- A journey beigns with a single step. 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/10/05, 07:53 AM So off i went to the doctors office. First thing that irked me was that their scale weighed me in at 282. NO FREAKING WAY! I was 287 a month ago and there is no way I have just lost 5lbs. Ok so the doc comes in and basically just sits there and looks at my foot writes me a script for vicodin and says to go to a foot doc or an ortho. LOL I just give up. -------------- A journey beigns with a single step. 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
KC_72 Posts: 3,249 Joined: 2006/05/19	2006/10/05, 08:20 AM oh brother.....first off....I know what you mean about the scale....I hate that about the drs office...I always have to take off any layers and my shoes...and I can feel the nurse rolling her eyes behind me...she should consider herself lucky I don't strip to my birthday suit...you know those panties are pretty heavy!!!!!Is there still no other sleep aid you could use???The melatonin is very easy on the system...a drug induced sleep can't be healthy...are you going to the ortho???Has the place that gave you the surgery called you back????
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/10/05, 08:34 AM Their scale is off. I weigh about 265-262 right now. Right now I plan to use the vicodin if needed to sleep this morning there is little pain just a bit of stiffness and some joint pain. My wife is trying to see if there is a ortho of piodiarist (sp) open later than 3pm. Yes the Docs office for the surgery called back at 3 yesterday I am ok to take the med for gout which I have and I am happy beyond words to say the left foot is almost back to a normal state for me which in gout terms is slightly inflamed and pain at level 1-2. The right foot seems to be better since i started to take the meds for gout. SO.....I am so hoping that is the case. -------------- A journey beigns with a single step. 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
KC_72 Posts: 3,249 Joined: 2006/05/19	2006/10/05, 08:47 AM Well good....thats a big sigh of relief...maybe you'll be over your "boo-boos" enough to take the family to seaworls this weekend after all!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/10/05, 08:47 AM I am hoping so. -------------- A journey beigns with a single step. 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/10/05, 08:55 AM Just wanted to say thanks to all of you that have posted words of encouragment. While the recovery so far has not been to bad I did truly need the support when it was given and for that I thank each and everyone. That is what makes this place so important to me. :big_smile::love: -------------- A journey beigns with a single step. 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
BILL06 Posts: 755 Joined: 2006/08/08	2006/10/05, 09:03 AM ============ Quoting from KC_72: I always have to take off any layers and my shoes...and I can feel the nurse rolling her eyes behind me...she should consider herself lucky I don't strip to my birthday suit...you know those panties are pretty heavy!!!!!============= <-------- thinking of buying a scale for Kc to use and when she does, put my big toe on the scale so its way off :big_smile: -------------- Start living now. Stop saving the good china for that special occasion. Stop withholding your love until that special person materializes. Every day you are alive is a special occasion. Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/10/05, 09:06 AM LOL I do that to my wife all the time.....boy does that piss her off! -------------- A journey beigns with a single step. 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
BILL06 Posts: 755 Joined: 2006/08/08	2006/10/05, 09:08 AM nothing but :love: for ya mutt, hang in there, i sent up a couple special prayers for you this morning, the big guy gotch your back on this one.... -------------- By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he\'s wrong. Charles Wadsworth
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/10/05, 09:11 AM Good to hear! -------------- A journey beigns with a single step. 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
KC_72 Posts: 3,249 Joined: 2006/05/19	2006/10/05, 11:25 AM bill....you're cruisin....I hate those stupid scales...one pound can make or break my whole day...and then the dr scales....very unfriendly!!!!!If I caught you stickin a big toe...or anything else on that scale...I'd have to open a Texas size can of butt whoop on you!!!I'm much to sensitive when it comes to the scale. And mutt....we wuv you too snuggle bear...sorry....thought it was appropriate to keep the sappy mood going....
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/10/06, 09:00 AM Thanks major update: I started taking my gout meds two days ago. Since then the left foot (normally the one hurting) has lost its gout pain. ALSO even more exciting news is the right foot while a bit swollen has losts 90% of its pain and I have about 80% mobility! Big Big improvement from tuesday till today. On another note I went to a store cause all my jeans are size 50 and literally fall off of me. I am now offically in a 46! I have not fit into that size in over 10 years! -------------- A journey beigns with a single step. 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
flyonthewall Posts: 1,823 Joined: 2005/01/18	2006/10/06, 09:06 AM That's great news Mutt. Make sure you have enough of your meds so you don't run out again!! Size 46 jeans, that's awesome. At the rate you're dropping wt, I think you be downsizing again soon:big_smile:
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/10/06, 09:13 AM Yes about every 2-3 weeks I think I got the jeans at a thrift store (not sure if you have those). Two pair almost new for 10.38! -------------- A journey beigns with a single step. 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/10/06, 12:09 PM Ok advice. On sept 18th the doc said to wait for 3 more weeks before lifting...outside of my feet I feel great. Question is this weekend to soon to do light lifting, like KC and Fly and others do (just kidding you guys) ok to start? I feel like a few bench press and curls etc should not hurt me. -------------- A journey beigns with a single step. 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
KC_72 Posts: 3,249 Joined: 2006/05/19	2006/10/06, 12:15 PM I think right now me and Fly could whoop your tail feathers in whatever we lifted...so you better watch it pal.... Did you see that guy flippin cars over on letterman the other night...that will be my new goal...to flip cars over on a whim...should be fun!!!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/10/06, 12:17 PM No I missed it do you know his name? -------------- A journey beigns with a single step. 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
KC_72 Posts: 3,249 Joined: 2006/05/19	2006/10/06, 12:25 PM Phiser or Phister...something like that... Oh and I forgot to offer you my advice...you know you're own body...I say go for it...but pay real close attention to what your body is telling you...if it's even whispering you should stop....stop!!!!
CristalBelle Posts: 1,389 Joined: 2003/06/27	2006/10/06, 01:31 PM Mutt, I'm so happy that your feetsies are feeling better! And, I feel that if you think you can handle a few light presses, then try it. If you start to feel anything un-normal though, stop and take a rest. :big_smile:
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/10/08, 08:13 PM Foot is much better. i did my first real workout in over a month. I did the following: Bench (bar only0 45x12 95x10 115x10 135x10 155x10 Incline 95x10 115x10 135x9 Incline fly 25x10 35x10 Dumbell curls 25x10 30x10 35x10 Barbell curls (bar only) 45x10 55x10 65x10 75x10 EZ curl bar 30x10 50x10 Highlights: I felt Great! A little sore right now but felt great to get back in the gym so to speak. I def could have hit more on flat bench but held back for safty sake. Lowlights: I was weak as hell. -------------- A journey beigns with a single step. 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
	2006/10/08, 09:14 PM It is awesome that you are back. Let us know how the DOMS feel. -------------- Life is a lesson. You will learn it when you are gone.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/10/08, 09:39 PM Already hurts -------------- A journey beigns with a single step. 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/10/09, 08:16 AM OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -------------- A journey beigns with a single step. 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
KC_72 Posts: 3,249 Joined: 2006/05/19	2006/10/09, 08:42 AM Thats great to hear Mutt....I'm glad you took it easy for safety sake...well easy for you...my arms would be broken...but glad to hear...were you able to make it to sea world????
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/10/09, 09:16 AM Marine Land...Yes it was a great great day! Ankle was a bit sore Chris took over driving home. It was fun -------------- A journey beigns with a single step. 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/10/09, 11:09 AM So yesterday after my workout I mesaured my arms( I know I am vain, addictied, what have you to their size). I wasjust about at 18 inches at the sept 8th mark. I was at 17.5 mark yesterday. So I have just lost about .5 of a inch so far! I am so happy. Plus DOMS is lettingme know that I am out of shape LOL. -------------- A journey beigns with a single step. 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
	2006/10/09, 09:43 PM great job mutt did u ask doc about fish oil? (if u are able to take it then it would def help keep a bit more muscle)
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/10/10, 07:58 AM I have not asked him yet I go see him on the 17th. I will ask then. Not totaly sure he will know what I am talking about. Did not do cardio. One reason is my son Alex is sick, so far bad sore Throat, maybe be strep, took him to the doc yesterday but it was neg for that. Could be Hand/foot/mouth disease a nasty thing where kids get canker type sores in the mouth and on hands and feet with high fevers. God I hope not! -------------- A journey beigns with a single step. 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
KC_72 Posts: 3,249 Joined: 2006/05/19	2006/10/10, 08:32 AM My kids got that at that age...it's AWFUL!!!!!They were SO sick and in so much pain...I hope it's not that!!!!!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/10/10, 11:22 AM You know it is so funny how I think about my boys. I mean both are pretty healthy for the most part, yet when Alex gets sick I worry way way more than when Joey does. I guess it is because we almost lost Alex at birth, and how hard it was getting pregnant with him to begin with. Add in how tiny weight wise in comparison to Joey and I still think Alex is less hardy than Joe. I just hate seeing either one hurt or sick. Most illness you can give them childrens advil etc, but with Alex he has a HUGE gae reflex, and pukes a lot when his throat hurts and he has to take liquid meds. I am so praying he is better soon! -------------- A journey beigns with a single step. 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
KC_72 Posts: 3,249 Joined: 2006/05/19	2006/10/10, 11:51 AM I'm the same way...I worry more when my son is ill...he was so sick as a baby...especially with the fevers...he'd run them at deadly levels...he would go down for a nap fine,then wake up just on fire...you could smell his skin ,almost like a burning smell..we'd have to throw him in the tub and wait for the ambulance...very scarey...my daughter was really bad with meds..she always threw them up..after we had her tonsils out though it's not such a problem...they were HUGE...don't know if it's coincidence or not.But they'll be OK...kids are tough.
flyonthewall Posts: 1,823 Joined: 2005/01/18	2006/10/10, 12:33 PM Yup, I had the same problem with my eldest. She ran high fevers all the time. I figured I pretty much owned the Tylenol company with the amount she went thru. Then, just as we were getting used to the fact that she seemed to run these fevers for no apparent reason, she ended up with meningitis, we almost lost her. Scariest thing I've ever experienced! On the up side...and yes there is always an up side...she rarely ever gets sick now. She got the flu this past weekend, but it's the first time she's been sick in about 5 years! It does get easier as the kids get older, for sure!!! I honestly can't remember the last time I had to take the kids to the Dr and when they were small we practically lived there!
KC_72 Posts: 3,249 Joined: 2006/05/19	2006/10/10, 12:39 PM Thats amazing...same with my son...they tested him for meningitis at 2 months old...but it was negative...they said his body just didn't know how to regulate itself and he would grow out of it...and he did after almost 2 years...but he's the same he is rarely sick...all those fevers must have done something...strange.
flyonthewall Posts: 1,823 Joined: 2005/01/18	2006/10/10, 04:58 PM I spoke too soon. I just got a call that my 12 year old has broken out in some weird rash. Looks like chicken pox, but she's already had that. Guess I'll be heading to the clinic after work.
KC_72 Posts: 3,249 Joined: 2006/05/19	2006/10/10, 05:00 PM My son just came in with a headache...is it a full moon??? Hope everything turns out alright...
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/10/11, 08:05 AM Me too. Alex is sick but seemed better this morning. Well I have lost almost 3 inches from my thighs, 1.5 inches from my neck, 2.5 inches from my chest. I did a back and tricep workout last night went well. I dead lifted 205x5 and stopped. Felt a little "pull" on my left side near a incision area so it freaked me out but I was on pace to hit 225x8. I feel great, took a vicodin last night casue the deads tweaked my right ankle a bit LOL still a bit sore in the tendon area. All in all it was a good workout. Tonight if it is not raining I plan to go for a walk, or maybe to the Y and get on the treadmill not sure. -------------- A journey beigns with a single step. 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
KC_72 Posts: 3,249 Joined: 2006/05/19	2006/10/11, 09:09 AM You better watch it with that vicodin....thats strong stuff...if you have to take a narcotic because you hurt yourself in a workout...I think you are doing to much in your workout...just my opinion...and I only say so 'cause I care...so no gettin in a huffy...:)
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/10/11, 09:14 AM No I thought hard about it. But it iwas more to get it to relax then anything I also Iced it. I am not taking it again as I overslept and was late to work -------------- A journey beigns with a single step. 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
CristalBelle Posts: 1,389 Joined: 2003/06/27	2006/10/11, 12:17 PM Or maybe if you tweek something and need to relax it try taking only a half of a vicodin, and see if thats enough to soothe it but not enough to conk you out. :)
mushie Posts: 116 Joined: 2006/02/01	2006/10/11, 02:29 PM Mutt, it seems like you've been on a bit of a journey. You've come so far and I hope you acheive what you set out to do!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/10/12, 07:47 AM Thanks mushie. Well folks here is an interesting tidbit about my surgery. About two weeks after it I found out I am cold. Not just feeling cool, but actually cold. I was before the surgery a man that could go out in Janurary in the snow in my bare feet, with just a t-shirt and shorts on and shovel snow. I usualy wore shorts and muscle shirts all year in the house. Rarely did I wear anything heavier unless I was just sitting. Now if it is under 70 I am in pants and long sleeves. At work i am so cold I wear a fleece jacket and have a small little electrical heater under my desk. Now mind you I was hoping to feel less hot as in the summers I pretty much cooked within my skin all summer. Once I heated up I simply had so much fat I could not cool off easily. I am not sure though if I like being cold most of the time. -------------- A journey beigns with a single step. 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/10/12, 08:26 AM Last night 1.5 hours pushing double stroller with 75+lbs in it, running after 4yr old and 2 year old, each running different directions= my cardio for yesterday. On another note, went to Old Navy while at the Mall. I am offically into an XL shirt! You have no idea how HUGE this is for me. The last time I fit into that was well over 10-15 years ago. The t-shirts are a bit tight for me but in 2 weeks will fit fine. Last night during Lost, I cleaned out the closet and dresser. End result was 6 huge garbage bags of clothes dropped off to charity. Hope some big guy can use them. I feel so incredible right now. Tonight I am in the GYM, I have to go as I want to do seated presses and I can not in my basement. -------------- A journey beigns with a single step. 7707mutt@freetrainers.com

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