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Mar. 29th, 2023 02:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogAnd something I wrote last night after putting prescription strength Voltaren on Miriam's back and feet, and as I was lying next to her while she tried to find a position that relieved her pain enough to sleep:
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Miriam is having a lot of pain and trouble sleeping tonight and it really hurts, being here but being able to do so little. She's looking at unhelpful things online like "if you need to take painkillers for more than ten days, you should talk to your doctor" or "getting enough sleep can help with nerve pain" and I'm just so sad and angry that she's dealing with this.
We've been waiting for her to get an appointment at a pain clinic for something like six months. It's hard to get enough sleep when your painkillers wear off before you're rested and the pain wakes you up.
It hurts so much, sometimes, that I can't do anything to make this go away.
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Miriam is having a lot of pain and trouble sleeping tonight and it really hurts, being here but being able to do so little. She's looking at unhelpful things online like "if you need to take painkillers for more than ten days, you should talk to your doctor" or "getting enough sleep can help with nerve pain" and I'm just so sad and angry that she's dealing with this.
We've been waiting for her to get an appointment at a pain clinic for something like six months. It's hard to get enough sleep when your painkillers wear off before you're rested and the pain wakes you up.
It hurts so much, sometimes, that I can't do anything to make this go away.
