ok..I am sure I posted to the group last night but I don;t see it anywhere, so I will try again.
HI all! I finally made it back home from Milwaukee and had a great visit with Mom. The weather was great and so was the company. I did well eventho Mom has Lortab in the house..I wasn't even interested in them. That;s a good sign to me. The feeling of wanting to use is dissappearing. And I can 't even imagine going back on sub... ever. (not to say I didn't need it when I was on it..it was life saving)
So, here's what;s going on with me..still having low energy, chills, and a feeling of malaise..kinda flu like but not untolerable... NOT like weeks 2-3 after jumping off at 1mg of sub! I wasn't sure if I had caught a slight case of the flu(with tummmy trouble) but again, not unbearable... just annoying. I have lost 15lbs and being a distance runner, I need to not lose any more! A good wind would blow me away! LOL My running/training is sufferinmg and being the addict tha I am, I WANT TO RUN AND I WANT TO RUN FAR AND I WANT TO DO IT NOW! Can't break the 7 mile mile marker and I was running full marathons while on sub/opiates... very frustrating and very hard to explain to hubby that sub didn't give me a buzz! He still doesn't get it, never will. I take the miles I can get bc OATMEAL IS BETTER THAN NO MEAL haha
Just wanted to touch base tho and tell you all I missed you.
I will have to catch up reading posts, but want to let anyone out there on sub, thinking about going on sub, or trying to get off, there there IS HOPE..be patient . It's well worth it to be opiate free. It gets better... it really does..one day at a time...
I have a consult for accupunture(for fibro) next week and for Cognitive Behaviorial Therapy(for fibro pain)..will let you know how it goes.
I have a dear friend in the ICU, so any extra prayers you have are welcomed..her name is "Jewel"
LMK how you are doing my friends!
I missed you
runnermom
No sub since 9/11, still having PAWS How are you all?
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- 16 Oct 2011 by runnermom56
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- 19 October 2011
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- suboxone
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Hi runnermom56,
PAWS is not a pleasant thing!! I suffered from post acute wd syndrome for at least a year after I flushed my Oxy down the loo. Now that certainly doesn't mean you will suffer that long!! I was taking oxy for ten years, and cold turkey is no picnic, and PAWS I believe is worse when one goes CT.
Keep running!! And I know all about being too thin, it sux! And there are always the insensitive ppl that make remarks about how lucky one is to be 'so skinny', ugh!!
Those tummy issues will abate eventually, are you taking anything for tummy problems? If I may be so rude, what kind of tummy issues are we talking about, #3? If so, get some Immodium and start eating!! Easier said than done, I know!!
Running will most certainly help with PAWS!! As you know, I'm sure. Get that runner's high and get those endorphins flowing!!
Over my the years in my attempts to get and STAY off opiates I have had the 'pleasure?' of experiencing PAWS. It does suk-big time.
You know you're doing the best-exercise really is a cure all. Patience is the next issue to deal with, I guess.
Some wisdom I took from all my years of 12-step programs is there is always something to be learned in whatever it is we're going through. OK, that might not help you right now-and yet it can. When you look at this as a learning experience. Something tells me I am not saying anything people here don't know already.
As for your friend in ICU,
I am sending prayers as I write this
renee
Hi Lady!!
You brought up a great point... PATIENCE!!!
And yes, Jewel is in our prayers RM!! Keep us posted on her progress, won't you?
sweet lemon (Lara)
thx Ladies!!
My friend was taken ill by a mysterious infection which caused her to "code" 4 times in the last week..she's had stints put on her heart. she is in kidney failure and she's on the vent... she's only in her 50's..healing thoughts and prayers are NEEDED. makes you count your blessings, huh?
XO
runnermom
Very sorry about your friend runnermom, she will remain in my prayers.
Hi RM... I cannot add much to any of the advice/info so well delivered from the other folks. I just wanted to tell you how much admiration that I have for you from the way you have handled all of your adversities. You are a role model indeed!!! All I can give you is my words of encouragement to stay with it. I SOOOOOOOOO look forward to the day when I can be off the subs. I am so scared from hearing about the PAWS thing.
I am also looking forward to starting the 12 steps with my life coach/addiction counselor who has also offered to be my sponsor. What a lovely woman that God has brought into my life.
Lady... u have given me encouragement from the words that you have spoke of the 12 step program. My sub doc has told me that it is used in over 164 other programs other than AA and NA. He says that it is a blueprint for life. Boy do I need that.
Pup, you are HILARIOUS!!! And let's not forget. tis the elctronic (or battery operated) age!!! lol
Now Sweet... did u not know that is EXACTLY to what I was referring!! Lol... gotta love it...
I had an idea Pup!! LOL
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Post Script; GREAT PROFILE!! I just read it, lovely and very hopeful !!
thx Sweet Lemon!
I just got back from a 7 miler..I am just stuck on that 7 mile marker..uhg..Great suggestion..I will do some reading today on PAWS. It's possible I may have it for a while... if you read my profile you saw that my brain hasn't been opiate free for quite a while... how long before your energy recovered??? You are so brave ... what an inspiration!
runnermom
oh..and in answer to the question..mostly #2 and alot of it(TMO?) I am not taking anything for it bc I figuire it needs to go..why hold it in..I'd been constipated for years whilst on opiates..know what I mean?? So if I can be near a bathroomI will let it go... LOL
Hubby is comng around a bit mostly bc I am interested in you know what again..haha... sex is def better now that I am clean! I suppose it will be like anything..a day at a time eh?
TTFN
gotta watch the Packers beat St Louis, then the Brewers beat the Cardinals!!
have a great Sunday!
runnermom
Hi again RM,
My energy returned within about six months or so, yet the mental part of PAWS hung around for soooooo long!! It was a real drag!
I gotta tell you, my sex drive returned with a vengeance after I quit opiates as well, but then took a nose dive when I went on prozac! ugh, just went off of it again, so we shall see...
I actually FORCED my husband to sit at his PC and read about PAWS!! I threatened to make tuna casserole if he didn't read it, and that was impetus enough for him to get right on it!!! LOL
Couldn't help but sharing that wee bit of silliness with you!!
Oh hells bells, just got interupted by 4 text messages, so now I cannot recal what you wrote!! And I cannot see it either, duhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
Lara xoxo