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I sure could use a prayer or two
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I've been steadfast in keeping you in my prayers , I know about withdrawal personally , I get it because I get the crawling and shaking in my arms and legs . I hate taking the morphine and the fentanyl so when I get times I'm out of pain I don't use them then in a day or so I'm doing like you said. They keep uping the dosages so all you want to do is sleep. And it's so hard to keep a normal wake and sleep time. Ill be still praying a little extra during the day or night. Like now for me it's 4am and I'm wide awake. So many things I need to do . Please father touch my friend who's in pain and torment beyond what we should bare , Grant his relief and do a mighty miracle this day AMEN n AMEN .
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My prayers are with you Mark and I BELIEVE GOD will help you through this trying time
I want to thank everyone for the prayers and support. The emergency surgery to remove my Morphine pump was a breeze, BUT it through me into full blown drug withdrawal and I would not want anyone to know this experience. It has been 4 of the most miserable days of my life so far and I have at least a week to go. You start out with a lot of pain, you get very weak and very sick, you are constantly nauseated, you throw up but they are dry heaves and hurt, you are very depressed, cry over nothing, you shake and tremble, you are so weak you can't walk, you can't concentrate on anything. You wish you could just die to stop the suffering. All this is going on simultaneously and constantly 24hours a day. There are more symtoms, but that gives you an idea of what withdrawal does to you. I could not eat at all for 5 days. Food makes me even sicker. I have lost 14 pounds in 4 days. Finally today I was able to eat a 2 ounce piece of plain chicken breast and keep it down. I can only sip water, so I constantly take sips of water. I drink about 20 ounces a day this way. I am dehydrated. When this is done, I still have a long road back and start adapting to a new level of disability. Getting back to my shop, hopefully by summer is what is keeping me going.
Again thank you all for your support and prayers.
Again thank you all for your support and prayers.
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I'm praying again this morning for you Mark , I'm hurting some from the dentists hammering and chiseling in my mouth . Filled two teeth and bondo on the broken one . Ora jel has been helping , I swear he was trying to chop them out. All the while he says I should get route canal on the busted one. $350 . Just for this visit alone, there goes the food money this month. Good thing the kids are willing to help. Please try to drink Mark bodies shutdown fast with out water , try Gatorade the additives help guard from dehydration. God you see our desires and know our needs please help us in Jesus name. Thank you father in heaven
Hang in there Mark, one step at a time, and keep thinking about your first few days back in the shop ............... Whats happening in the first week back ? Specific little easy jobs or a big difficult one or better still knock over a half finished one .............. most people have one of those.
Thank you.
It is hard to tolerate even purified water. There is a really bad taste in my mouth and smell in my sinuses. The sense of smell is magnified by about 50 times. I can smell an egg cooking 3 rooms away and it is still so strong I can't stand it. I smell every little thing so strong it is unbearable. I have turned a corner this morning. Last night was the first time I got a few hours sleep and first time I could drink more than a sip of water at a time. The pain is almost gone and the nausea is a little better, but many of the other symptoms rage on. I am so weak. I fully understand how you feel and wish you some relief.
Thank you.
Before this happened, I was converting my friends 14 1/2 SB lathe to large dials. I had finished the cross slide and the compound is made but the dial needs the graduations. That will be the first thing I do as he has been there supporting me.