Update:
Lyrica has brought my pain level down considerably. It is less frequent, of shorter duration, and
of a lower intensity. Not gone; but
better. HOWEVER, my lightheadedness and
dizziness has remained.
I had planned to go to the gym for a swim;
but I decided that I should not drive today.
My wife told me at dinner, “Even in your painful times, you were
yourself and able to go out and do things; right now, you are not yourself.” Oh yeah baby!
I am feeling exactly what you are saying!
So I am hoping that this side effect of the
medication will subside. If it doesn't;
I’d rather have the pain and be clearheaded.
At least then I can go about life.
If I choose to discontinue Lyrica, I might try another medication but I
would guess that I would be headed to surgery.
There are no guarantees that surgery would work either but I would need
to try. I’d rather be in a wheelchair,
have pain occasionally and not walking than being a bit out of it all of the
time.
Thought for the Day:
Recently someone commented on the fact that my attitude is so good
all of the time. I responded:
“I decide right at the beginning that I didn't want to be
miserable and whinny. I truly trust in God and rely upon Him. I
spend a lot of time in bible and devotional reading to keep my mind in the
right place. So far, I've only had a couple of days where I was in the dumps,
actually none of them lasted a full day. I quickly refocused on all
the good things that have happened and thought about how I could have it so
much, much worse.”
“Thanks for bringing this all to mind--I just spent some time
praising God for it all. I know He is using all this for my good.
Hard as it may be, I am a better man for it all.”
Have you ever noticed that most of the things people get mad and
upset about are rather minor? It is also
true that normally when it is a major event that is the focus of our bad
attitude there is usually absolutely nothing (or very little) we can do about
the situation. We are stuck with the
cards that we have been dealt. We can complain
about them. We can call it quits and
fold. Or we can play the best we can
with the hand we’ve been dealt. I’ll
have to admit that most times we aren’t dealt a very good hand; but there is no
“Mulligan” in stud poker like there is in golf.
And we usually don’t get to travel back in time and undo a major event
in our life that we wish we could change.
We are usually stuck with what we’ve got.
So are you going to let circumstances control your attitude or are
you going to choose your own attitude?
You can’t normally control circumstances. All you can do is control how you let them
affect you. Don’t just complain. Don’t call it quits and fold. Play the hand you’ve been dealt, and win or
lose—enjoy the game!
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