If you were in enough pain you'd have eaten a few pieces of bread and tried again.....trust me on that.
After a botched first hip replacement they went in again and only changed the ball because it was far less intrusive......after two dislocations,which hurt like a MFer by the way, they went in and cut me from the top of my ass cheek to around 6-8 inches above the knee.
I was never happier to see that syringe full of (
Dilaudid) coming my way after the dislocations. And there's no way in hell you can make it through recovery without some oxycodone.
Do you think I took them on an empty stomach? Though I sympathise with your pain...we did exist for many many thousands of years without opiates.
As for my own pain I have rather advanced cervical degenerative disc disease (C5-6). Some days it's worse than others. I have had multiple cortisone injections, manipulations, physical therapy...yada yada. I take a shitload of NSAIDs as well..which will probably lead to some form of digestive cancer.
They will eventually have to do something...cutting related. I resist.
Been there done that. Mine required fusion of the third and fourth vertebrae.
As far as surgery goes I'd have to say the back was the worst,the third hip replacement would be second and the surgery to remove a cancerous tumor on my kidney being last.
There is no doubt that opiates are needed for those in extreme pain. No one in their right mind would deny access to these drugs, to such people. However, the evidence clearly shows that many Americans are addicted to opiates, yet they are not in extreme pain.
I would bet nearly every adult American know at least one person in their life that is addicted to opiates. I know of three people. One was a pharmacist who ultimately took her own life.
Here are some statistics about the opioid epidemic:
1. In 2017, health care providers across the US wrote more than 191 million prescriptions for opioid pain medication—a rate of 58.7 prescriptions per 100 people.
2. Despite guidelines to limit opioids as a first approach to managing most chronic pain, a study found primary care clinicians write 45% of all opioid prescriptions in the United States.
3. More than 11 million people misused prescription opioids in 2017.
4. Every day, more than 1,000 people are treated in emergency departments for misusing prescription opioids.
5. In 2017, prescription opioids were involved in more than 35% of all opioid overdose deaths: nearly 17,000.
6. From 1999 to 2017, almost 218,000 people in the United States died from overdoses related to prescription opioids.
7. The CDC estimates the total economic burden of prescription opioid misuse in the US is $78.5 billion a year, including the costs of health care, lost productivity, addiction treatment, and criminal justice involvement.
7 Staggering Statistics About America's Opioid Epidemic
I definitely know the dangers.
The kid two doors down was home from college and his parents were in Germany for a year.
I was sitting in the garage as usual when all of a sudden a half dozen cop cars and an ambulance show up in my cul de sac.
I noticed the pool cleaning guy was standing around so I went and asked him what was up.
He said he found a body floating in the hot tub.
Turns out the kid ODed on opiates and drowned.
Then there was my buddies wife,and a year later my buddy died from em.
That shit is insidious!!! If there's one thing I learned from my drug and alcohol counselor mother is to be aware of your bad habits and to recognize when you're losing to them.
