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Due to a condition I was born with, I was raised the opposite. No over the counter medication my entire life, with some exceptions. I usually decline pain manag

by ehnto 11mo ago

Due to a condition I was born with, I was raised the opposite. No over the counter medication my entire life, with some exceptions. I usually decline pain management in ER, for things like broken bones, but for surgeries and stuff of course I have no choice as I go under. I will take what the doctor orders though, to treat illness and conditions though thankfully at this stage there hasn't been many instances. Usually that's antibiotics.

srean 11mo ago
Broken bones? A broken femur or a shin is hell.
- ehnto 11mo ago
  Yeah it was pretty painful at first and at different times. Never like in tears pain though, just very distracting. I have broken two fingers and two collarbones, at different times, and a toe! Both collarbones were fully smashed to bits but did not pierce the skin, I had bruising for months. I have an above average tolerance but I think what really helps is pain management techniques, which I believe can help all of us at different times of need. Chronic pain is a bitch, which I have, and not everyone has pain that is reasonably manageable, but even prescribed pain meds are really going to mess with you and I think it is worth avoiding if possible and not inhumane.
  - srean 11mo ago
    Is higher tolerance to pain even a real thing ? I have been told that I have that, but I don't think it feels any less painful. It's not possible to know. I feel I am just a little accepting of it. Broken femur is almost a different league though.
    - ehnto 11mo ago
      I have the same thought, it must be as it's accounted for in medical practice, but also how would I know? I only have my subjective experience to go by. I think it is important to accept everyone's own experience of their pain though, I have no idea what someone else is feeling even if I have experienced the same event. Their experience and what they feel could be vastly different, our nervous systems behaving vastly different. It is not a morale failing to feel and be affected by pain.
      - srean 11mo ago
        Indeed.

by ehnto 11mo ago

srean 11mo ago

Broken bones? A broken femur or a shin is hell.

ehnto 11mo ago
Yeah it was pretty painful at first and at different times. Never like in tears pain though, just very distracting. I have broken two fingers and two collarbones, at different times, and a toe! Both collarbones were fully smashed to bits but did not pierce the skin, I had bruising for months. I have an above average tolerance but I think what really helps is pain management techniques, which I believe can help all of us at different times of need. Chronic pain is a bitch, which I have, and not everyone has pain that is reasonably manageable, but even prescribed pain meds are really going to mess with you and I think it is worth avoiding if possible and not inhumane.
- srean 11mo ago
  Is higher tolerance to pain even a real thing ? I have been told that I have that, but I don't think it feels any less painful. It's not possible to know. I feel I am just a little accepting of it. Broken femur is almost a different league though.
  - ehnto 11mo ago
    I have the same thought, it must be as it's accounted for in medical practice, but also how would I know? I only have my subjective experience to go by. I think it is important to accept everyone's own experience of their pain though, I have no idea what someone else is feeling even if I have experienced the same event. Their experience and what they feel could be vastly different, our nervous systems behaving vastly different. It is not a morale failing to feel and be affected by pain.
    - srean 11mo ago
      Indeed.