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Yetzirah

What Day Is It Again?
Sat Jun 12 2004



Warning!

Peri-menopausal discussion follows. Continue at your own risk!

Live and learn. That's what they say.

Last night I was up for several hours with the figits. It was very annoying. But that's par for the course evidently for women of a certain age experiencing the onset of menopause.

Or so I'm told.

This morning, I stumbled out of bed accompanied by some nasty and persistent cramps that have dogged me for three days. I began to get cranky about it and brought out the big guns that my doctor had given me for just such an occasion.
Up till now, I had been resisting using them, preferring the knowledge that I HAD them if I needed them, but I didn't HAVE to use them. (Speak softly and carry a big stick theory) But my patience had worn thin.

I looked at the label on the prescription.

"Vicodin"

I went on the internet and read up on it. What I read made me nervous. But I was still doubled over in pain. I took the dang pill. And then ate my breakfast.

20 minutes later, while reading some diaries, I started to get a little dizzy, and lightheaded. Hmmm. Maybe I'll go lay down. I got cozed up in bed with my down comforter as it was a little chilly here this morning. . .

THREE HOURS LATER I woke up for real. I say for real because the whole time I was asleep, I kept dreaming that I was getting up and getting busy. (I hardly EVER go back to bed in the mornings, and my poor subconscious was feeling guilty I think)

Anyway, I am now pain free, and wiser.

The wise part being, never take Vicodin unless you have a warm cozy horizontal surface handy!

Now that I'm awake, I am getting things ready to go up into the hills nearby for Hub Man's yearly family reunion, and camp out. The sleeping bags are airing out on the back patio and I am going to go check and see if there is enough rhubarb to bake a pie to take with us. We already have a big tupperware filled with fresh blackberries to share.

So I won't be here to post tomorrow. But will try and get some pictures. It 's always more fun just to watch the kids running around wild rather than corralling them for photos. We shall see.

I think I will leave the Vicodin at home though. That stuff is dangerous!








15 Comments
  • From:
    Salamander (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Jun 11 2004
    I don't know about "dangerous". "Heavy-duty" perhaps. I sure can think of a few good uses for the stuff. And I'm willing to be allimon could think of a good use or two (or three) as well.
  • From:
    Yarngirl (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Jun 11 2004
    Have a fun weekend! :o)

    Julie
  • From:
    Enchantedbutterfly (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Jun 11 2004
    I gaurd those little pills with my life. It's my backup plan for intense & unexpected pain! Sometimes its nice though when your hurting to just get drugged up and go to sleep. Glad to hear your feeling better.

    Have a nice weekend!

    Butterfly
  • From:
    RobertH (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Jun 11 2004
    At least you got a good few hours sleep, your body must have needed it, and at least no more pain! Hope you have a good weekend :-)
  • From:
    Monstergue (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Jun 11 2004
    I'm with you. I don't like taking heavy duty painkillers. Unfortunately, I broke that rule while Chaya was here. She must have thought I was the goofiest person she's ever met. I read later that one of the side-effects of that particular drug was "feeling weird" (yep, it said that right on the drugs website).

    At least you got a temporary reprieve from those nasty cramps.

    Hugs,
    Bobbi
  • From:
    Salamander (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Jun 11 2004
    OK ... how'd you do it? I know you made this entry a while back, but you got it to show on the ten most recently updated a second time. There's been times I've screwed up a post and it never showed up on the ten most current entries (yes, it is possible, trust me) and I could never figure out how to get it on the currently updated list.

    Somehow I'm going to figure out your secret! (grin)
  • From:
    Allimom (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Jun 11 2004
    My docs used to tell me not to take vicodin on an empty stomach. I always thought it was because it caused an upset stomach, but maybe it's because it is like alcohol, and knocks you for a loop on an empty tummy.
    Alli
  • From:
    Fairywishes (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Jun 11 2004
    Certainly does sound like heavy stuff, handy to have though just in case!

    have a great weekend, mmm fresh blackberries AND rhubarb, there is only one thing for that combination, a crumble!

    have fun

    x
  • From:
    AQuietEvening (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Jun 11 2004
    Ok first of all...you're freaking me out by being a day ahead of all of us... I mean we're in the same time zone... heck we're in the same state so how do you get to be in Saturday when I'm still trudging through work on Friday??... (you can manually change the date of the entries when you post them so they show up on the right day if you're posting late in the day...)

    and 2... you said rhubarb and blackberries in the same entry and I'm jealous. I'm not a big pie fan...but rhubarb...yummmm.

    Enjoy your weekend!

    ~QE
  • From:
    AQuietEvening (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Jun 11 2004
    Ok and just to show that I'm further baffled..how come our comments are dated the 11th and the entry is dated the 12th... something's up in dear diary land....

    ~QE
  • From:
    InStitches (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Jun 11 2004
    Vicodin came in handy when I had major pain some years back, but the pharmacy failed to put the warning labels on it about not operating machinery and such.

    I did not get sleepy, but I got verrry happy and a bit loopy. Without a care in the world I got in my car and drove to church for a women's group meeting. It is a miracle I did not hurt anyone.

    I don't know if the Vicodin is dangerous, but I sure am when I take it. wheeeee! If needed now, I would only take it under close supervision. :)
  • From:
    Salamander (Legacy)
    On:
    Sat Jun 12 2004
    The instructions say that Blogger sets its date internally, and if you want another date you have to go back and change it after you post. I suspect that our comment dates are set by the time zone we've chosen for our diaries. This would account for the discrepency in dates between entry and comments.

    Still it would be neat if we could offer advice before events ever happened!
  • From:
    Bookworm (Legacy)
    On:
    Sat Jun 12 2004
    Argh, you've got to stop mentioning those blackberries. They're all I can think about. ;-)
  • From:
    Ichandra (Legacy)
    On:
    Sat Jun 12 2004
    i agree with you yetzirah prescription drugs are dangerous and my philosophy is never to take them unless i absolutely absolutely have to
    you know yetzirah instead of the medication i think it is just better to pronounce these words--
    begonus ichymoodium
    or ickuymoodium begonus
    you will get healing magic either way but one of these word spells will reverse the magic it would be comparable to leaving your bottle of pills in the sunlight with the lid off for hours
    all of this in reference to our past correspondence ichandra m.d.
  • From:
    AeolianSolo (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Jun 14 2004
    Ibuprofen (Advil, but generic is cheaper) is an effective pain reliever, with the added bonus of being a MILD muscle relaxant and it stops cramps. If you can take it (some people with aspirin sensitivity can't), you might want to try 400 mg (regular dose) before you try the Vicodin and see if it works for you. Also, take it with a little food or a glass of milk, just in case it might upset your stomach if your stomach's empty. It's not a narcotic and won't knock you out or make you feel weird.

    --Solo