accual work tomarrow

Good luck at work tomorrow, Janae! I hope you're feeling better when you wake up.

One of my nurses specifically told me to take Ibuprofen for leg pain. It does seem to help more than Tylenol.

Here is wishing you strength and serenity.  You will conquer the beast!  

I hope today goes well for you Janae.  Do what you can and rest if you need to.

Sending you loads of positive energy.

Love and Hugs,

Cindi

janaes said:

I did it!!!!  I made i

I did it!!!!  I made i through work.  I wouldnt say it was easy.  This is terrible, at least thats what i think right now, but the hardest part was my back pain that i think came because my sergery hasnt healed comletely.  I had back pain alot right after sergery and took a while to get rid of it.  Itwas weird but yesterday my back started hurting again.  It hadnt bothered me much for a while.  I guess thats whats terible.  That i thought my back pain wouldnt bother me muchand it did.  Thank goodness today i got to sit down and do a training for a half an hour at the end of the day.  I wont be doing that very often.  Tomarrow is the first day of school so what i do tomarow is what i will do every day.  We just did a lot of prep stuff.  I Looked uo at the clock at 11:30 and decided i did great because i made it that far.  Not today,but that is when we are going to have our break for lunch.  I felt like that wasan acomlishment.  We will see how tomarrow goes. Probably a bit more work.  The good thing was that i asked my boss if i could sit down if needed to.  She told me i could.  I had to sit down once because i was feeling hot and dizzy.  Was able to regaine my composure after a few minutes. My boss was alot cooler about things today.  She asked me about my wig

I thank you again for all you thoughts and encouragement.  I hope i can get your support tomarrow and for the next couple of weeks as it will be chalenging still especially right after my chemo treatment which is thursday.  Willsee how monday goes. 

I am so glad for you.  It will get easier as you as the days go by.  You should be.proud of your self.  

Lou Ann

I'm curious to know what the doctor said about the ibuprofen.  I was told that I should only take Tylenol during chemo.  I know when I worked in an ER, ibuprofen (Motrin or Advil) were advised for muscle pain.  But I think ibuprofen can lower your red blood count, as it, like aspirin, can cause some internal bleeding in some people.

I still have peripheral neuropathy and I'm one month shy of being 6 years out from chemo.  It was really bad in the beginning, and it's not as bad as it was right after chemo.  I fell one day because I couldn't feel the edge of someone's driveway in the dark.  Most people don't have it as long as I've had it, maybe a year or less.  I hope yours goes away quickly.

Good luck at work. 

Ibuprofen was recommended to me for leg pain and the ache that goes with restless legs. No one has told me not to take Ibuprofen during chemo. I do try to only take it when I need it because of the possibility of internal bleeding, but I hate to give it up altogether because it's so much more effective than Tylenol for pain and inflammation.

pinky104 said:

Ibuprofen

I'm curious to know what the doctor said about the ibuprofen.  I was told that I should only take Tylenol during chemo.  I know when I worked in an ER, ibuprofen (Motrin or Advil) were advised for muscle pain.  But I think ibuprofen can lower your red blood count, as it, like aspirin, can cause some internal bleeding in some people.

I still have peripheral neuropathy and I'm one month shy of being 6 years out from chemo.  It was really bad in the beginning, and it's not as bad as it was right after chemo.  I fell one day because I couldn't feel the edge of someone's driveway in the dark.  Most people don't have it as long as I've had it, maybe a year or less.  I hope yours goes away quickly.

Good luck at work. 

Pinky, I was also told to only take Tylenol and was given a prescription for Percoset.  But, when my liver started failing, my GP said no more Tylenol or Percoset even though I bleed very easy.  She said to use Advil, though, no more than two Advil a day because of my bleeding problem.  

Jana, I'm eight months out from chemo and I STILL have foot and leg pain almost every night.  I went through eight weeks of physical therapy, two to three times a week to work on the neuropathy and it's still there, although, not as bad.  I am hopeful at some time in the future it will totally go away.  I'm glad you had a good first day at work.  This d*mn disease is not for sissies - good thing we're all big tough guys!!!  LOL

Love,

Eldri

I am definately in the minority, but I was able to take Aleve. This is probably because I have a tendency to clot. I hope you find something to control your pain.