The first time I came into contact with chronic pain was when I saw an orthopedic surgeon, who prescribed me mild anesthetics and painkillers during the operation. Then I fell off the roof 15 feet high and broke my back in five places. This is the beginning of the end of my career as a fireman. I had surgery on my hand, ankle and right shoulder. I also have a compression fracture in my back. Over time, these fractures will heal on their own. However, the intervertebral disc in my back was damaged.
After four operations in two years, I told myself that I should retire at the age of 50. I didn't change any medicine; I still take mild narcotic painkillers once or twice as prescribed. However, it didn't relieve my pain as you thought. No pain. As a chronic pain patient, you will know that you will never-I repeat, never be pain-free! What you have to learn is to endure some pain in order to get through the day.
The next thing you learn is that many doctors, not all doctors, don't understand the concept of pain and don't know how to treat it. Pain is a lingering reality in your daily life. You will have chronic pain, and then you will have very serious pain, or sudden pain! At certain times of the day, the weather and posture will affect your pain.
The next thing you need to know is that when you seek treatment, most health care professionals and doctors have some doubts about your motivation to relieve pain: medication. They will treat you coldly and suspiciously and minimize your pain.
Others misuse or abuse narcotics. How did this happen? The recent media attention is that every man, woman and child in Ohio can take 30 tablets of Oxycontin every month. Or young adults-how teenagers take their parents' or illegally buy these powerful drugs, and take them in excess, will of course attract people's attention.
Let me clarify something first. Before I started taking oxycontin, I took vicodin under a strictly controlled dose for 7 years. At first, the medical doctor I met gave medicine away like candy! But I have a terrible pain. So any useful prayers have been answered! Only once did the pain become so severe that I went to the emergency room.
God, that was a mistake! I received terrible treatment, which the medical profession called drug seeking or abnormal behavior. Because I used to be a nurse, I know what the emergency room can and cannot do. At first, I took the ignorance of the emergency room staff as a personal vendetta. But I also sent a fireman to the emergency room. They treated him badly, too. He had to be hospitalized! I have never bought medicine, nor have I misused it. Neither did he.
Next thing you know, you are biased against an ignorant doctor of medicine. Their intentions are good. But they force you to have an epidural injection ($3,500 per injection) to get an analgesic anesthetic. Pain is perceived and subjective for everyone. We can see that a person's leg is broken, his leg is deformed, his bone is exposed and he is still bleeding! We can all safely say that this man is suffering! Right? Well, yes and no!
We are all taught how to deal with pain. In some cultures, pain can be publicly expressed by crying loudly, while in others, there is almost no sound. One day, one of my neighbors began to cry and scream in public in despair because her mother had a son who died. Fire engines, ambulances and police consider this an emergency. Later, I learned that the poor young man died while swimming in Russia six months ago. Mother knew this, but at a family barbecue, she was afraid again.
The following is our understanding of chronic pain. Women are the main victims. Chronic pain syndrome, fibromyalgia and sickle cell crisis are just a few very painful diseases that will last a lifetime. The reasons for the first two cases are not clear. At present, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that opioid anesthetics should be used in MDs as a general method to solve the problem of overdose. However, we are all different, thank goodness.