tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367728018060731774.post2576595181214543905..comments2014-08-23T17:08:33.043-07:00Comments on Diary of a Broken Girl: Blame it on the VicodinAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07719382731324464753noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367728018060731774.post-80596715862031978532012-10-24T18:12:12.004-07:002012-10-24T18:12:12.004-07:00Very good explanations Caitlin! I am a nurse, a f...Very good explanations Caitlin! I am a nurse, a fellow Marine mom of your mothers and I take percocet and flexeril daily. It does not stop the pain, it sometimes won't even dull it. I have bad discs in my back from years of lifting people and bad arthritis, my doc said that nursing was not for me anymore. I can't do exercise or any of the things I enjoyed. People tell me they can't believe I can function on what I take, they don't understand. I have a problem that causes me to be dizzy and valium at bedtime keeps me walking straight during the day. Well meaning people tell me that the fact that I can take that and percocet and flexeril at bedtime and still wake hourly with pain means I am addicted. They don't understand. You are a very intelligent and articulate person and I wish you the best. I can no longer work, I pray that you will do well.deblynndhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16109988618847753280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367728018060731774.post-4189069224331706712012-10-24T17:29:50.565-07:002012-10-24T17:29:50.565-07:00Wow Caitlin!!! I am so impressed with your writin...Wow Caitlin!!! I am so impressed with your writing. I have chronic illnesses including Meneires. Mine are mostly under control but it is often like walking a tightrope. I also take a whole backpack full of meds and supplements. You know what ir is like to go through airport security, but that is not as hard as people who don't understand, because I look just fine on the outside. I am so sorry about your pain and I pray that you will find some answers and help. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367728018060731774.post-14725926802482258762012-10-24T16:45:23.149-07:002012-10-24T16:45:23.149-07:00Thanks for the comment! I am so happy to hear that...Thanks for the comment! I am so happy to hear that someone else out there knows what I'm going through, although its unfortunate at the same time because nobody deserves that. I'm sorry to hear about your disease and I hope the pain is managed enough that you can sleep soundly at night. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07719382731324464753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367728018060731774.post-42264879774588385462012-10-24T16:33:56.823-07:002012-10-24T16:33:56.823-07:00Bless you, my friend. I, too, am on several medic...Bless you, my friend. I, too, am on several medicines, including Vicodin and Valium. I take them to live. Vicodin doesn't control the pain, it only makes it bearable (though barely so at times.) Valium I have for many years for Meniere's Disease, a condition that some heal from and some will have forever and will have continuous deterioration from. I am in the later category.<br />Please don't let your friends' comments get you down. I have a feeling I am much older than you (in my 50s.) I have gotten to the place I explain to others what is actually happening when someone makes an inappropriate comment about me. (Sometimes I stumble due to Meniere's and someone will remark I am "stoned" or "on lots of pain medication." That becomes an educable moment for me. I answer for myself, even though I am pissed that someone made a remark. I know everyone handles things differently. <br />Please understand that there are those of us out here who understand. When people take routine medicines to control symptoms, the medicines no longer cause behavioral side effects. People need to educate themselves.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13857428263976167315noreply@blogger.com