I've been scarce around MDC for awhile now. Below pretty much explains my absense.
I'm still BFing ds but we've weaning back to only one feeding per day (when he wakes up at night). My prodominant reason for weaning is so I have more medication options. I've NEVER been one to want to take meds but this has been 5 years of worsening health, supplements not doing the trick and the past 1.5 years of straight misery. I've been taking Ibprofen in times when I just can't tolerate the pain anymore but, it's not working anymore. I do the supplements, the magnesium baths, the glucosimine, calcium, vit D (LOTS of vit D), pre natals, the primrose, and it's taken a turn for the worse again despite all of that.
While DS is still nursing I understand there isn't much I can do but, soon he may stop needing his night time feeding. He hasn't so much as asked during the day for a couple weeks now.
I can't take this much longer. It hurts. It hurts like hell, every day. Every damn day. My knees, my back, my neck, my ankles, my hips, and that deep ache in the core of my leg bones... every... single.... day. My back spasms when I try to go to sleep at night. The migraines are back lately too (light, sound, and movement sensative). Sometime my jaw, my hands, or my feet are in pain.
With all of this medical stress and failing body and mind I've still managed to keep the house in order, take care of my kids and my animals, and keep a pretty darn decent mood. I hadn't cried for over a year even with all the bad news from doctors, worsening symptoms, frightening symptoms, and sometimes unbearable pain. But, this past Sunday, my husband was sleeping in after a long work week and I was upstairs tending the house while the kids played... and I just couldn't take it anymore. I asked the kids to be good, that I needed to go downstairs for a few minutes. They went about playing together in one of their rooms and I went downstairs, climbed into bed in the darkened bedroom with my husband, and cried. He did his best to comfort me as long as I needed. 10 minutes later, I wiped away the tears, picked myself up, and went back to my life.... in pain. Still in control.... but in pain.
What can I do? What can I take once ds is done that will help but won't cause more problems. The only thing besides OTC pain killers I've taken in the past was the codine I was given after surgery. I got sick nearly instantly after just one, threw up, then felt sick for the next 3 hours. Never took another one again. Dont' want a repeat nor do I want to take something that will do more harm than good or interfear with being a SAHM. I think I've just run out of options. I don't know where to go from here.
Any suggestions, advice, relating?
I'm still BFing ds but we've weaning back to only one feeding per day (when he wakes up at night). My prodominant reason for weaning is so I have more medication options. I've NEVER been one to want to take meds but this has been 5 years of worsening health, supplements not doing the trick and the past 1.5 years of straight misery. I've been taking Ibprofen in times when I just can't tolerate the pain anymore but, it's not working anymore. I do the supplements, the magnesium baths, the glucosimine, calcium, vit D (LOTS of vit D), pre natals, the primrose, and it's taken a turn for the worse again despite all of that.
While DS is still nursing I understand there isn't much I can do but, soon he may stop needing his night time feeding. He hasn't so much as asked during the day for a couple weeks now.
I can't take this much longer. It hurts. It hurts like hell, every day. Every damn day. My knees, my back, my neck, my ankles, my hips, and that deep ache in the core of my leg bones... every... single.... day. My back spasms when I try to go to sleep at night. The migraines are back lately too (light, sound, and movement sensative). Sometime my jaw, my hands, or my feet are in pain.
With all of this medical stress and failing body and mind I've still managed to keep the house in order, take care of my kids and my animals, and keep a pretty darn decent mood. I hadn't cried for over a year even with all the bad news from doctors, worsening symptoms, frightening symptoms, and sometimes unbearable pain. But, this past Sunday, my husband was sleeping in after a long work week and I was upstairs tending the house while the kids played... and I just couldn't take it anymore. I asked the kids to be good, that I needed to go downstairs for a few minutes. They went about playing together in one of their rooms and I went downstairs, climbed into bed in the darkened bedroom with my husband, and cried. He did his best to comfort me as long as I needed. 10 minutes later, I wiped away the tears, picked myself up, and went back to my life.... in pain. Still in control.... but in pain.
What can I do? What can I take once ds is done that will help but won't cause more problems. The only thing besides OTC pain killers I've taken in the past was the codine I was given after surgery. I got sick nearly instantly after just one, threw up, then felt sick for the next 3 hours. Never took another one again. Dont' want a repeat nor do I want to take something that will do more harm than good or interfear with being a SAHM. I think I've just run out of options. I don't know where to go from here.
Any suggestions, advice, relating?
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