the Aleve works!!!

[mmegaera]

At least so far. Apparently it's not good for migraines, which was what made me think it didn't work at all several years ago, but it's *excellent* on cramps. And it lasts *12 hours*!!!!!

Also, the Prilosec I've started taking to protect my stomach lining from the NSAIDs per the nurse is also helping with the nausea, without the loopiness side effect the anti-nausea med gave me. That and eating less at a time but more frequently.

Here's hoping this state of things lasts longer than the last round of "making Meg comfortable" meds did. It's been very hard emotionally to realize that hospice's concept of comfortable is a lot more realistic and pragmatic than mine was.

Oh, and morphine (for breakthrough back pain) *must* be taken with a Miralax chaser. 'Nuff said.

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[archangelbeth]

Boo, nausea.

Ginger capsules?

[mmegaera]

None of the home remedies (ginger, peppermint) or the OTC remedies (tums, etc.) do much at all. I'm on a different med for it now, that I can take at night but not in the daytime because it makes me loopy (when I first used this word to people to describe this, I was astonished that they didn't understand what I meant! -- isn't it obvious???). It's worse at night than in the daytime, so that's something, anyway. I also have something to take in the daytime, but it only lasts an hour or two, which is why I have the two different meds. They're trying to figure something better out, but it's taking time and experimentation. Joy.

It's whack a mole. I swear it is.

[archangelbeth]

(People not knowing what "loopy" means??? That's... weird.)

Here's hoping that the experimentation proceeds swiftly to a Good Solution!

*sends mole-whacking thoughts*

[mmegaera]

Seriously. Don't they read Calvin and Hobbes?

A metaphorical sledgehammer might be more useful than the stick you mentioned elsewhere...

[archangelbeth]

Oh, my mom was using "loopy" for aaaaages before Calvin and Hobbes ever graced a newspaper! It be old, at least in some areas of the universe...

*attempts to will a mole-whackhammer into existence*

[mmegaera]

I know, I heard it used as a kid, so at least 50+ years old.

Let me know when it materializes [g].

[archangelbeth]

They are clearly... out of the loop.

*ducks, runs*

(no darn molewhacker yet, *grumble*)

[mmegaera]

ROFL

[mmegaera]

Oh, and I have a fan now. Yay!

[archangelbeth]

Yay fan!! If you tie a tiny stick to it, it is a Fan Club? O;>

[mmegaera]

Snort.

[archangelbeth]

O-:>