My painkillers have been changed this week. I was in so much pain over last weekend that I had to force myself out of the flat and to the doctor’s surgery that is happily situated about 5 minutes down the road from us. Now I get to rattle around taking:
2 x 50mg Tramadol Hydrochloride, 4 times a day,
2 x 30mg Dihydrocodeine, 3 times a day, and
2 x 500mg Paracetamol, 4 times a day.
I think it’s having the Codeine and Paracetamol separately that caused me to be sick this week. Codeine has made me be ill in the past, apparently I haven’t quite grown out of that yet, though it all seems to be calming down as I’ve managed to successfully keep both small amounts of food and drink inside my stomach today. Hurrah! I feel incredibly weak and painful, at the moment, which is less favourable news. Especially as I have a GP appointment on Monday morning and the much waited for consultant appointment on Tuesday afternoon.
I’m still gathering advice for the consultant’s appointment and the 2 best places for SPD advice that I’ve found, so far, are Mad Mums and UK Pelvic Pain/SPD/DSP - lovely people who have been/are going through long-term pelvic issues caused/made worse by pregnancy. They reply, are supportive and incredibly kind. While, obviously, it’s awful that so many women go through this agony, it is wonderful when we can join together and help each other through experiences. I’m just so touched. It might seem silly, but it’s true.
The Pelvic Partnership, upon me emailing back to say how scared I am of phonecalls, have also been incredibly kind. I really must work up the courage to phone them, as they don’t sound as scary as I had previously imagined. It would be a huge step for me.
