tlfiore
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I feel like I'm losing my mind, I do. This whole recovery process is a LOT to absorb and manage, isn't it? Thank you friends for the replies and concerns!
@caredFL can you believe the lunacy involved in getting the written prescription in one's hands here in Michigan? It's craziness. For the life of me, I know my head will ache if try comprehending the useless thinking and rationalization behind it all. And I forgot to mention...if someone other than the patient picks up the narcotic, that person must show 1) their ID and, 2) the ID (driver's license) of the person/patient. Makes sense to show the connection between patient and person receiving the script, I suppose.
I can comprehend how the series of steps pertaining to written scripts makes it more difficult for folks to steal DEA numbers from prescribers and "phone-in" narcotic orders. I get it. However, look at the logistical nightmare this one protocol creates for your basic, run-of-the-mill person like me. Seems to me where there is a WILL, there is a WAY. In my experience professionally, most people who want to illegally obtain narcotics have a plethora of means by which to do so!!!
Anyhow...here it is 3:50 am. And in an effort to squirrel away my few remaining oxycodone 'til Tuesday, I had a rather scary "uh-oh" moment earlier.
I maintain a journal of everything I'm doing & ingesting, so I do not lose track of what I'm taking for pain (and constipation-lololol). I also like to make note of what works for me (or not), what measures help my discomfort & pain, which activities seem to make it worse...trying to figure it all out.
The "uh-oh" moment occurred when reviewing notes earlier and I realized I may have miscalculated when I took my last oxycodone dose on Thursday evening/Friday morning, thus the horrible effects after taking the hydrocodone (Norco).
Husband was home last night, so around 9:00 pm Saturday, I felt tired and weak, of course the usual mild-moderate knee pain. In an attempt to stretch-out my oxycodone tablets 'til Tuesday (when my neighbor can obtain the written script for me), I decided to take 1/2 Norco 10 mg tab (10 mg/tab with 325 acetaminophen), compensate my acetaminophen dosage at 12 midnight. So, I take 1/2 Norco @ 9:00 pm, 11:00 pm rolls around and nothing...still some pain but ALSO, no vomiting, no dizziness, no disorientation, no headache, no sedation...nothing.
At 11:00 pm, I took the 2nd half of the Norco 10 mg and Tylenol 625 mg x 1. It took me about an hour to settle but with icing, elevation, positioning, etc I did manage to fall off to sleep 'til 3:00 am. Now I am really thinking that on early Friday morning, I may have lost track of what I took, how much and when, thus precipitating that horrible reaction to Norco...not good.
For me, the narcotic drama has been the worst. Seems like this over-policing and hyper-vigilance by the powers that be create some potentially dangerous, or hazardous scenarios for us, the patients.
I'm going to read a bit, take another Norco and try to get more sleep. I'm icing and elevating, which help so very much! Uggggghhhhhhhh! I can't even...
I do feel ever-so-slowly things are improving and getting better. And I'm just a little over two weeks post-op. Hope you had restful sleep and you are off to a better day!
@caredFL can you believe the lunacy involved in getting the written prescription in one's hands here in Michigan? It's craziness. For the life of me, I know my head will ache if try comprehending the useless thinking and rationalization behind it all. And I forgot to mention...if someone other than the patient picks up the narcotic, that person must show 1) their ID and, 2) the ID (driver's license) of the person/patient. Makes sense to show the connection between patient and person receiving the script, I suppose.
I can comprehend how the series of steps pertaining to written scripts makes it more difficult for folks to steal DEA numbers from prescribers and "phone-in" narcotic orders. I get it. However, look at the logistical nightmare this one protocol creates for your basic, run-of-the-mill person like me. Seems to me where there is a WILL, there is a WAY. In my experience professionally, most people who want to illegally obtain narcotics have a plethora of means by which to do so!!!
Anyhow...here it is 3:50 am. And in an effort to squirrel away my few remaining oxycodone 'til Tuesday, I had a rather scary "uh-oh" moment earlier.
I maintain a journal of everything I'm doing & ingesting, so I do not lose track of what I'm taking for pain (and constipation-lololol). I also like to make note of what works for me (or not), what measures help my discomfort & pain, which activities seem to make it worse...trying to figure it all out.
The "uh-oh" moment occurred when reviewing notes earlier and I realized I may have miscalculated when I took my last oxycodone dose on Thursday evening/Friday morning, thus the horrible effects after taking the hydrocodone (Norco).
Husband was home last night, so around 9:00 pm Saturday, I felt tired and weak, of course the usual mild-moderate knee pain. In an attempt to stretch-out my oxycodone tablets 'til Tuesday (when my neighbor can obtain the written script for me), I decided to take 1/2 Norco 10 mg tab (10 mg/tab with 325 acetaminophen), compensate my acetaminophen dosage at 12 midnight. So, I take 1/2 Norco @ 9:00 pm, 11:00 pm rolls around and nothing...still some pain but ALSO, no vomiting, no dizziness, no disorientation, no headache, no sedation...nothing.
At 11:00 pm, I took the 2nd half of the Norco 10 mg and Tylenol 625 mg x 1. It took me about an hour to settle but with icing, elevation, positioning, etc I did manage to fall off to sleep 'til 3:00 am. Now I am really thinking that on early Friday morning, I may have lost track of what I took, how much and when, thus precipitating that horrible reaction to Norco...not good.
For me, the narcotic drama has been the worst. Seems like this over-policing and hyper-vigilance by the powers that be create some potentially dangerous, or hazardous scenarios for us, the patients.
I'm going to read a bit, take another Norco and try to get more sleep. I'm icing and elevating, which help so very much! Uggggghhhhhhhh! I can't even...
I do feel ever-so-slowly things are improving and getting better. And I'm just a little over two weeks post-op. Hope you had restful sleep and you are off to a better day!
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