WHOA -- bad toe and foot pain
my poor Dan woke last night with the worst type of nueropathic pain centered in his foot/toes of his affected leg..... rubbed it, warmed ( with a heating pad) - in the end it took 15 mg of valium and 10 mg of oxycodone and 600 mg of gabepentin to knock it or him out.... and he was asking for more pain meds ( and he hates pills ) ... boy oh boy - he writhed in pain from 0330 to about 0700 .... i knew we would enter this stage of after affects of stroke - he has always had the nueropathic generalized issues but this was so specific ......... owieee... we had a pretty great day yesterday - visited at a friends house ( his wife had a stroke) and he was just so happy we stayed for 8 hours a true record - usually he just wants to go home - but they made him feel so welcome and comfortable.... having another stroke commiserator "who gets it" is so valuable to dan ( and me) .. although his wife does not have near the residual effects in terms of cognition. So i get to hear from her how she feels about "life" in general. sadly they are moving to a warmer climate soon - end of february- ..... probably to AZ - depending on where in AZ Sarah might get a very valuable resourse -- although sarah from AZ has got it "down" ...... little update about our latest issue ( as if there is never a issue lol).... nancyl
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