Hello,
I have post-traumatic arthritis from a car accident
23 years ago. It only began to show up last year, I had arthroscopic
surgery 2 mos ago, I have absolutely no cartilage in my ankle, and my
pain is still so severe that I'm now in pain management. Does anyone
have any experience with pain mgmt.? They have me on morphine sulphate
12h which really scares me. And even though it is 12h, I can tell it
still has peaks and troughs because I get sleepy about 6 hours after
taking it. I've driven drowsy and that scares me. They moved me from
vicoden (orthopedist prescribed) to the morphine (pain mgmt
prescribed). But this is what I have to do for insurance - a
"sub-optimal regimen" before they will move me up to Opana-ER. Does
anyone have any experience with that or any other drugs?
To top
it off, I have 22 years of sobriety in AA and I just don't like the
idea of taking medication like morphine. It messes with my mind in
that, even though I've taken it appropriately (as well as the vicoden)
there is a part of me that doesn't feel like I'm "really sober" even
though I need this medication. I have not told very many people at all
- 3 to be exact - and I know they are trustworthy, but I want to go to
a pain mgmt. place that deals with people in recovery and I found out
about one through one of the people I told. It's just a constant
internal battle for me.
Has anyone else had this type of experience?
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