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<blockquote data-quote="THAT Gurl" data-source="post: 4171393" data-attributes="member: 45551"><p>Go to pain management. Take what they give you. Note: I'm NOT saying take what they give you as in put it in your mouth and swallow. I'm saying fill the prescription and put it in a dark, cool place and only take it when you need it. Rinse, repeat.</p><p></p><p>There WILL come a time you will need said medications and for some odd reason the more you actually need them the less doctors are willing to provide them. It is absolutely insane.</p><p></p><p>When that tree branch fell on me the doctors went from using fentanyl to treat my pain to telling me Ibuprofen was sufficient. Literally 48 hours -- TWO days -- after my accident I didn't need anything to manage my pain. And I looked like I had been beat with a stick. The stares I got leaving the hospital told me all I needed to know -- NOBODY who worked on my discharge or saw me leaving believed I ought to be going home then. I guarantee you the damned pissy-ass security guard thought that Grumpy had beat me. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙄" title="Face with rolling eyes :rolling_eyes:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" data-shortname=":rolling_eyes:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙄" title="Face with rolling eyes :rolling_eyes:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" data-shortname=":rolling_eyes:" /> </p><p></p><p>I tell you all this to say that if I hadn't had a bottle of pills that had been leftovers from month-to-month from me already being in a pain management program I would have REALLY been screwed. Because it took me a full 2 weeks to get a prescription filled. I was within 72 hours of actually being out of ANY pain medication and it took me nearly 2 months before I was even minimally functional again (and not spending ALL my time watching the clock so I could take another dose of meds). It was, quite literally, a scary time in my life -- and I don't spook all that quick. Not in my DNA.</p><p></p><p>BUT ... I had absolutely no idea when (or if) my pain levels were gonna diminish (docs didn't know either) and when you can't even breathe in your sleep without the pain waking you up it's a pretty miserable way to be. </p><p></p><p>Get the prescription(s) and put them away. You aren't getting any younger and one of these days you're gonna hurt in such a way as it's REALLY gonna make you take stock of just how lucky you've been not to hurt like that up to this point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="THAT Gurl, post: 4171393, member: 45551"] Go to pain management. Take what they give you. Note: I'm NOT saying take what they give you as in put it in your mouth and swallow. I'm saying fill the prescription and put it in a dark, cool place and only take it when you need it. Rinse, repeat. There WILL come a time you will need said medications and for some odd reason the more you actually need them the less doctors are willing to provide them. It is absolutely insane. When that tree branch fell on me the doctors went from using fentanyl to treat my pain to telling me Ibuprofen was sufficient. Literally 48 hours -- TWO days -- after my accident I didn't need anything to manage my pain. And I looked like I had been beat with a stick. The stares I got leaving the hospital told me all I needed to know -- NOBODY who worked on my discharge or saw me leaving believed I ought to be going home then. I guarantee you the damned pissy-ass security guard thought that Grumpy had beat me. 🙄🙄 I tell you all this to say that if I hadn't had a bottle of pills that had been leftovers from month-to-month from me already being in a pain management program I would have REALLY been screwed. Because it took me a full 2 weeks to get a prescription filled. I was within 72 hours of actually being out of ANY pain medication and it took me nearly 2 months before I was even minimally functional again (and not spending ALL my time watching the clock so I could take another dose of meds). It was, quite literally, a scary time in my life -- and I don't spook all that quick. Not in my DNA. BUT ... I had absolutely no idea when (or if) my pain levels were gonna diminish (docs didn't know either) and when you can't even breathe in your sleep without the pain waking you up it's a pretty miserable way to be. Get the prescription(s) and put them away. You aren't getting any younger and one of these days you're gonna hurt in such a way as it's REALLY gonna make you take stock of just how lucky you've been not to hurt like that up to this point. [/QUOTE]
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