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Exactly. I know some pretty tough guys. One of which took a gunshot wound and barely needed any recovery time. This same guy got in a car accident that ruined
by tuxxy 9y ago
Exactly.
I know some pretty tough guys. One of which took a gunshot wound and barely needed any recovery time.
This same guy got in a car accident that ruined his back. After some surgery, he tried to not use opioid pain killers, but he described it as maddening. It's not the pain that brings you issues, it's the constant dull, aching pains that give your life grief.
He started taking prescribed opioids for it. When it came time to ween off of them, he said it was like looking into a void where he had two exceptionally clear choices: continue using opioids, or struggle to get off of them. He picked the latter and is opioid free for a few years now. He said it was the hardest thing he's ever done.
He's just happy to say that he doesn't need them anymore.
- datawarrior 9y agoWhen I was 19 I messed my back up very badly on the job. The company tried very hard not to take responsibility for it, going so far as court with dueling doctors. The fact I refused opiods for my pain was used against me, "If it's so bad why aren't you taking the pain medications?" My lawyer told me that if I had taken them I likely would have gotten 50% more int he settlement. I don't regret it though. Addiction is a major problem in my family.
- jdhawk 9y agoSo always get the script, then flush them?
- tomjakubowski 9y agoA strategy defeated by a single question under oath: “And were you taking the drugs as prescribed?”
- QAPereo 9y agoI think that future generations may look at how we were forced to deal with pain in much the way we look at pre-anesthesia surgery.
- specialist 9y agoBack pain is somehow more personal, emotional. For me, it’s much harder to ignore, suffer.