When I had my femur fracture in '99, had to wait about 4 hours while the docs decided
whether I needed to go into surgery that night or the next day. No pain meds during wait,
may have needed general anesthtic. Not that bad,
I have a pretty high pain threshold. They gave me a shot of morphine , (I had no input,
no idea what it was until next day) to move me from ER to hospital via ambulance, and two
bed to gurney, gurney to bed moves.
They tried demoral (?) first, instant massive nausea, countered by another
shot, then went loopy, then to sleep, then woke up at 3 hrs in pain, with a 4 hr shot interval.
They switched me to morphine pump, perfectly lucid, zero pain. Off in two days, I was concerned
about addiction. Nothing beyond tylenol or aspirin after that.
Oxycontin was tried once for a back injury, severe constipation from a single pill. Never again.
I am an aspirin user for pain, very effective, always after a meal. Works for me, maybe not for
others.
Bill