I just had a drama with a nurse from 9am to noon today. There was a miscommunication between the pharmacy and the nurse station. I needed the pain pill and now an antiinflammatory that the doctor ordered and nothing happened in those hours. They felt like a lifetime. I cried all morning in pain. I feel like a druggie just wanting those darn pills to knock this pain out. My doctor came in telling me to be tough and go home. Yeah right. I dont want to be tough right now. I am having a pain crisis. (more…)
Author: Blanca Stella
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Its throbbing! please stop the pain
It’s 11:30PM. My ankle is throbbing, throbbing!The vicodin is not working.I was trying to get off the the intravenous Dilautin. My nurse is busy with another patient. I almost panicking, but instead I pray. I remember what i was thinking about one hour ago what Eckhart Tolle said, “This too shall pass.”. I hold my hands to my heart knowing that I am not alone. I call in Jesus, God, anyone, help! The throbbing is still there….but less as I pray and clam down. I cannot succumb to the anxiety. I observe. I focus on the strength of my heart and the rest of me that feels whole This is just another step to surrender to the love of God. I could have panicked in this half hour. I am knowing it will pass…I have to move thru it. (more…)
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It Hurts, Block My Pain Please!
Its 2PM. I am here in the hospital. The surgery went well. The pain has been intense. I think all the nerves in the foot and all the diggings , as the doctor put it, to take out all the pins caused a lot of discomfort. One pin, he said was right on the joint and two were so deeply embedded he had to leave them. I was given morphine and a nerve block the first day coming out of surgery. (more…) -
The Power of Focused Prayer
I am going to the hospital tomorrow for reconstructive surgery on my ankle. I have traumatic arthritis and diminished cartilage due to a car accident 5 1/2 years ago. The procedure is going to be two fold, first all the metal, about a dozen pins and two plates, are going to be removed and am going to have a “halo” attached, also called Ilizarov and drilled into the bone in 12 places from my foot to my shin. It will be giving space to my joint and basically will look like I am a human shiskobob. I will have this attached 24/7 to my ankle for 6 weeks. (more…)
