The Pain File:
All about the when of how these little guys keep me sane.

Percocet 5/325™ (5 mg oxycodone/325 mg acetaminophen) henceforth written as 'percocet'.

My current general care Doc has gotten me a referral to a pain management specialist. It's not till 12 March 04, but at least it's something. Since I'm sure she's going to ask, I've decided to begin keeping record of how much percocet I eat, and when.

Here it is:

5 March 2010

The usual suspect again. Burning pain in the lower back. I slept for a couple hours thisafternoon, but afterward the pain began. I've been too distracted to do anything about it untill now, but it's increasing intensity has finally gotten to me. My ass and legs feel electric as well, but strangely without too much pain there. It's the lower back that's gotten me this time.
I cannot spend any more time in the chair, and have crawled into bed, hoping that and one percocet will help.

First full day after taking the *new* UTI med and I felt much better, consiquently moved around alot more today. I'm now laying in bed, hurting and not really wanting to do much. Upper and lower back hurting quite a bit I've been thinking if I just lay down then I'll be allright, but not so after about 2 hours.
So one percocet down.

It appears to be that time of night again~> Lower back pain again along with my ass.
Spasms are pretty bad as well.
It may be because I've been sitting in my easy chair for a bit today and that always makes my ass hurt. I've brought in my 1" roho from the car, we'll see if it works.
1 percocet eaten.

It's like a bad sunburn. Went and saw Dr Morgan about the "lump" yesterday, and there's no difinitive answer.
Thismorning I moved the back of the chair up a little which might be adding to the annoynace of right now. Today I have to last till 3 so that's going to kind of suck, as I am hurting rather bad allready.
1 percocet dissolving under the tongue.

pain decreased by 1/3, unfortunately here I sit in pre-calc and I am finding my brain is working at about 1/3rd speed.
being dumb and knowing it sucks.

Went to a meeting at 1800 while feeling rather painful. Forgot / lost my 'take along' pain-pill bottle so I couldn't take anything. By the time I got home here at about 2000, pain was incredibly terrible. felt like I had a kidney belt on much too tight and I've done about a million situps. Ass and thighs are also more on fire than I've ever felt.
Would rate pain right now as a "9" and have eaten 2 percocets.

'Sit-up' burn is reduced but the electrical pain has progressed down both legs. I can "feel" my left big toe and my right outside anklebone resonating as if with an electrical current.
The place where (could I feel) I would feel my kidneys feels the same.
Spasms in my legs are bad as well- several times during the meeting my left leg was playing "sewing machine" and now that I'm laying in bed when I try to roll any direction or reach anything my legs pull themselves up as if I'm trying to do crunches or something.

1740 9 Feb

Great pain, same deal, electricity and what seems to be deep muscle pain in the usual 3 places. Electricity seems to be stronger when I move. I should just go lay down, but I don't have time to be inactive at the moment.
1 percocet dissolving under the tongue.

A bit of a reduction, but not a hell of a lot. Need to be upright and awake for awhile longer, as schoolwork calls.
So I'm having another. Spasms are really bad as well.

2030 8 Feb

Same thing. Lower back, ass, thighs. Pertty much every part of me that touches the chair burns. Shoulders are also tight.
1 percocet.

Not feeling any better, but afraid to take any more as I need to think for awhile yet.

1720 7 Feb

Same deal with lower back~> Electrical burning. When I move it feels like corn flakes are crunching between vertebre. best option would be to go lay down, but I don't have the time to do so right now.
1 percocet.

pain level lowered for a bit, but it's back up now.
1 more eaten.

1600 6 Feb

Tightness in the lower back, vague but powerfull pain in the same zone.
1 percocet eaten.

Lower back pain gone, replaced with electricity. Same usual sopt, along with ass and backside of the thighs.

Lower back pain bad enough now that I've had to lay down.
1 more percocet eaten.

4 Feb 2120

Left glut has been excized, fried up in some butter, sliced into ribbons, and replaced.
Spasms have increased, nailgun feeling is back in the same usual spot (T6?) and the left side of my back has the hot fryingpan and electric feeling.
1 percocet, 1 neurontin 600, 3 baclofen (30mg)

No better. 1 more percocet.

Getting even worse. Sat in bed for awhile, feels like the implant just came out of a red hot forge and is trying to claw it's way out of my back. I can feel both ends, the whole length, and all the bolts. Pain from ass has progressed down left back of thigh.
Am now laying prone in bed with pillows under my chest in an attempt to ease the pain.
Chewed that last percocet.

pain decreased by 1/3, still not very tolerable. Burn, baby Burn.
Trying to do my math homework, unfortunately I've eaten too many percocets, and I 've found myself doing the last problem 3 times

Pain level down to about 1/3 in L glut and quad. Rest almost gone.

Been up in the chair almost 1.5 hours, leaning around alot, feeling both ends of the implant again and burning along left lower side of my back.
1 more percocet eaten.

3 Feb 04

Picture an inverted triangle attached to my back, with it's tips bolted to my shoulder blades. It feels as if my shoulders are being bowed / pulled forward, as if I'm laying on a beam or pipe or somesuch with heavy weights tied to my hands. Lower back where the tip of the "triangle" is is doing the "electric" feeling again. Rather annoying.
I'm trying to stretch, I want to stretch, but nothing helps.
1/2 eaten.

tightness down by 1/2, now tolerable, "electrical" feeling gone, now feels like some sort of muscle soreness.

pain in the middle back, lower, ass and back of thighs. They all feel hot, as if being boiled, as well as the standard "electric" feeling. Pins and needles, but poking really fast.
I've found myself unconciously leaning forward, elbows on knees, and pulling my shoulders forward, but it doesn't help.
1 percocet eaten.

Back pain reduced by 2/3, as is ass and thighs. Ass most painful currently, and I've been getting that "shot with a nailgun" feeling at about T6, left side. It's been previously identified as an intercostal muscle spasm, which pulls the rib / vertebre joint out of place, causing a momentary dislocation.

Pain's back up, left side more than right. 1 more eaten, going to bed.

Was fine all day, al lteh sudden I felt as if I'd been hit by a bus. Lower back, glutes and thighs are on fire. Increased spasms, and I can feel the top and bottom of the implant.
1800 hrs 1 percocet, 1 neurontin 600mg, and 1 bacolofen 10 mg eaten.
I layed down to watch Stargate.
1845 reduced pain by 1/3, another percocet eaten.
2100 upright, pain still pretty bad, lower back, glutes and thighs. Back feels hot, as if in a frying pan, lower feels as a combination of struck tuning fork and 'finger in the light-socket'.