Jan, the injectable stuff is called Acupan (generic name Néfopam ) and the doctor said that it could be taken sublingually (pharmacist confirms it...I find it weird but it does work and I am loath to be injecting any pain med into me at this stage of my life)...I only use it when things are nightmareish...
The Robaxin is a bi-coloured long, oval pill from the Canadian Costco (their own label brand) and it is Ibprophene + methocarbonal (sorry about the spelling but I can't find my glasses!) so it does contain nsaids...they compare it to Robaxin, not me...that is the only name that I know for it.
I think that it is the blue side that is not dissolving or at least not when I want it to.
I am back at work full time as of Oct 1st and my schedule is, as usual, blindingly crazy...full days in class til 9pm, climbing hills with backpacks and purse, running from subway to train to school etc...I do not have a lifestyle that supports my disease...but I have put my home on the market...hoping to sell soon so that I can move closer to public transportation. Hubby finally agrees...we have to. (amazing what a triple ankle fracture can do to a person's perception of life and lifestyle)...I just need to hang in there until we sell (oh, the packing!)...For now he has hired a cleaning lady to help me out. (agian, once you have suffered you develop compassion!)
Bill, my bed and sofa look like a pillow-fest...I have oblong bead pillows, grain pillows and feather or foam...About 15 in all...I use them in the small of my back, under my hips, and legs etc and at night I have a huge, heavy body pillow that I wrap the top half of my body around when on my side or place under my knees...they all help but without the meds nothing does any good at all.
Rachel, thanks for the clarification...somehow I feel better about it...knowing the difference makes...Well, a difference in the way I will look at the medication...
Tomorrow I do my bloodwork and especially tegretol dosage for absorbtion, Fri all of the radiology tests (threw my mamo in there too for luck!) and next week the contrast study for my pouch (my 3 month post-op follow up...at 10 months!).
Can they see the details of the pouch with an IRM?
I am trying hard to get it all done before I am back to school full-time...but all that I really want is a very loooong nap. (pain-free!)
I do find that if my pouch is totally empty I suffer less and sleep better so I may just go back to a liquid diet...I cannot function normally anymore otherwise.
Sharon