ER visit

I don't think that I could ever be a druggie. While I have to take many medications for everything I have I would much rather be "drug free". (wouldn't we all?) Seriously though...Doug took me to the ER (Good Sam) Sunday night/Monday morning. At 10 pm Sunday I started feeling a lot of pain again in my upper right back and in my upper right chest. It hurt worse when I would inhale, so I was taking shorter breaths so it wouldn't hurt as bad. Doug had to work his 6 pm to 6 am shift but came home about 1 am or so when I told him the vicodin that I took at 10:30 wasn't helping at all.

Getting to Good Sam, they did an EKG and a chest xray and of course both came back as ok. I was thankful for that, but my pain was still there. I think knowing that I am being followed by Cleveland Clinic is what makes these doctors not know what to do...or that they don't even want to touch me for fear of doing something wrong in the eyes of "The Clinic". So they gave me Morphine through my IV line as well as Toradol. I instantly felt the pain go away which was great. But then I felt the room spinning and like I had been out all night drinking. (hadn't felt that way in a LONG time!) :) So anti-nausea medication immediately followed and I was able to keep my cookies from being tossed. (thank goodness!) But I had Doug on his toes waiting for something exciting to happen. haha! Back to the druggie part though...I was so out of it and very loopy. Doug said the ride home was fun and interesting and he wanted to tighten the cord to my O2 around my neck a little so I would pass out and be quiet. :) (he was just kidding by the way...I think...)

We got home about 7:30 am and I thought I would sleep like a baby, but I was sadly mistaken. I didn't sleep well at all and still felt groggy from the morphine and woke up still hurting. I had very weird dreams and just felt really off all day. I told Doug I don't think I ever want those drugs ever again because of the way that I felt. So like I said, I don't think I could ever be a druggie. I did not like what I was experiencing at all! Just a few more days and we will be headed back up to Cleveland to finish testing and meeting with doctors. I sincerely hope that after the dr's discuss my case that they will finally list me. If I do not get listed, I don't know what I will do as this pain is getting to be too much anymore. :(