At the time of the talk, I knew that their medical situations were increasingly more complicated and pain issues were affecting enjoyment of their lives. What I

At the time of the talk, I knew that their medical situations were increasingly more complicated and pain issues were affecting enjoyment of their lives. What I did discover in that conversation is that my father was already prescribed a low level synthetic opioid tramadol. I really didn't care if used it as long as he could enjoy his hobbies and he felt his use was normal and Mom (since she lives with him) felt his use was normal. He actually didn't like the stuff. I quote "didn't do anything for the pain, and I was constipated."