Getting back to normal :-D

Started Husband on the slow release pills yesterday at 3pm. It works fairly well, in that it seems to 'kill' the pain completely for approx 4 hours, then it slowly comes back again, though not at the same high intensity. If we say that, on a scale of 1 - 10, his normal pain is around 7-8 (so he says), then this 'reduced' pain is around 3. It stays at that intensity all the way, to the next dosage. So, I have emailed our wonderful pain management doctor to ask her advice on what to do to ensure the pain stays suppressed ALL the way through to the next dosage - ie, either increase each dose, OR split the dose up to be taken at shorter durations? Or....?

He also remembered (as I should have) that the last few times he tried sleeping pills, he had mild hallucinations during the night, which disappeared in the morning. He thinks that the "wild" hallucinations of the last few days could be due to a combination of the morphine and the amitryptilline. He has had no hallucinations at all since he stopped the amitryptilline on Tuesday night, and last night he refused to take the new sleeping pill (dormicum) prescribed by the doctor, as he was terrified of hallucinating again. He slept most of yesterday, and most of last night, so I guess I will not be giving him the dormicum after all!

So, end result: A tired but relieved Husband (and me!), with Husbands' pain reasonably under control and NO hallucinations at all since Tuesday night! He still has the twitches, but far less than before. I am giving him a couple of days to catch up on all the sleep he missed during his wild hallucinations ride(!), then have to start getting him up and moving, and not let him sleep all the time.

Thank you all, for all your prayers and your moral support... and especially to my parents for keeping an eye on Husband the other day, giving themselves a huge shock in the process!!

So, please continue to keep Husband in your thoughts and prayers, so that the pain can be brought completely under control and we can then continue our fight against the cancer.

Till next time, stay safe, stay HEALTHY!