Non-chemical or alternative pain relief?

[mashman]

and 1 handed typing is a pain in the arse as well

and i'd really get that looked at too

[CookMySock]

You dick. Dunno if Lorazepam will do it, but ask your doc for a trial of it. Two 1mg tabs will be enough to tell you if it will help.

Resist the tamptation to be a smartass when taking Lorazepam, coz you will feel like you can leap tall buildings in one single bound, batman!! And don't overdose on it either coz you will be out like a light. Google it before taking it I think.

HTH,
Steve

[steve_t]

If the morphine at the hospital wasn't helping, you'll need something mind altering. Tramadol made me high as a kite but obviously your pain level is so severe that you need something stronger. You might need to check out something like hypnosis or self-hypnosis.

[mashman]

temazipan is supposed to be pretty good...

[onearmedbandit]

did u get all ur movement back in the end? i dread the thought of having to ride a dn-01 or mana coz i cant operate a clutch.....

cant say enuff good stuff about the surgeons and hosp staff, they were amazing

Pah, worried about not operating a clutch, childs play! If the worst does happen then I'll show you how you can still ride just the same with only one hand.

[blackdog]

Pah, worried about not operating a clutch, childs play! If the worst does happen then I'll show you how you can still ride just the same with only one hand.

dude u da man

[steve_t]

You dick. Dunno if Lorazepam will do it, but ask your doc for a trial of it. Two 1mg tabs will be enough to tell you if it will help.

Unfortunately, benzodiazepines interact with opiate drugs like codeine, tramadol, morphine to make them less effective. I guess it's not a problem if you're heavily sedated and out of it

[The Stranger:Me]

Mind over matter. My pain level is on average 7-8 out of 10 24hrs a day, spikes in excess of 10 literally hundreds of times a day (I need to readjust my pain scale lol), and I stopped taking all medication over 8yrs ago. I use a combination of mental processes to keep it under control, such as realisation (that I'm damn lucky to be where I am today), employing the pain to be a boost (if I can overcome this pain in any given situation and retain my cool then I can overcome anything), and actually mentally overcoming the pain by releasing my mind from fighting it.

It isn't easy, it can be very taxing, but the bigger the pain rush (I'm talking pain like my flesh is being torn from the bone, that there are spikes in my arm tearing it apart internally, that my hand is being crushed by an enormous force, that my palm is grasping a hot blade, my flesh feeling raw on my palm, my elbow and forearm being crushed in a vice, feeelings of my shoulder wanting to burst from internal pressure, to sometimes feelings of molten metal pumping through my veins ( an intense burning pulsating pain).) the bigger the release. It's like a drug.

So try to not fight the pain, it isn't going anywhere, you can't run away from it. Don't give in to the pain as such, just let it do its thing and wash over you. If you save the mental energy of fighting the pain (it's impossible btw) then you have more energy for dealing with it.

All this has taken a fair bit of time to adjust to of cours, whether you can adapt in the time required to do this is up to you. My pain thresehold has risen dramatically as well, enabling me to do with my base pain better.

Good luck with it all, be thankfull it's not worse, and keep yor spirits up. Live is a wonderful thing full of highs and lows, and if it wasn't for the lows the highs wouldn't feel nearly as good.

+1
Only had about 51/2yrs of it, but it's not so easy with a torn diaphragm, collapsed lung, twisted stomach and your bowel and liver in your chest cavity - where your right lung should be. Just another hypochondriac.
It gets easier to handle, after a few years I would wake up and go yes! there it is, I know I'm alive. Just had to relax and enjoy it, there was no other option.

Can't say I missed it once they put me back together properly though.

[SMOKEU]

Drink some good alcohol and toke up a nice fat J. You'll be feeling great within seconds.

[Mr Merde]

I spent 5 months in hospital in the UK with an operation gone wrong on my spine.

Pain was agonising.

They had me on massive ammounts of tramadol which just knocked me into gaga land.

I refused morhine as it made me very sick.

Hospital then prescribed medical grade grass.

Worked a treat and made hospital food taste great.

I cant condone someone using the drug here as it is illegal but for me it worked.

When I couldnt smoke it I took it as an infusion.

[Warr]

tramadol aswell, but even the morphine in hosp made very little difference

BkStg, your injuries and pain are way beyond anything I have dealt with.
My experience was ....
Broken & dislocated right wrist, set in cast. Shatted 5th metacarple with 3 pins in left hand.
Ribs, shoulder blade collar bone etc etc.
Daytime I didnt have alot of pain issues HOWEVER night time my hands felt like they were in a deep frier. And sleep was becomming a Real problem.
Finally I asked the Doc what was the Max doasge for Tramadol.
So patten became.
No Tramadol all day. Sleep time 1 x 50MG & couple of spoonfuls of Yoghurt. If still awake in 1 hour another tramadol 1x50MG and yoghurt, if still awake ... etc
I never got past taking 3 or 4 and never got close to Max.
But the sleep got sorted and therefore the healing.
Tramadole was a bit pricy but claimed it back on the ACC. I found it really good, but expect to be throwing up the next day if you dont take it with something

Good healing mate and good sleeping .. sounds like you have bit of a journey ahead

[allycatz]

I had similar sensations with nerve damage after caesar section. Voltaren emugel helped. I didnt have to load up on any more pain relief (was on codeine also). PS watch the codeine, it can cause constipation. Alternate days on Panadeine or Panadol with codeine works good as you keep the pain releif levels up without losing the effectiveness of the codeine

[Mr Merde]

BkStg, your injuries and pain are way beyond anything I have dealt with.
My experience was ....
Broken & dislocated right wrist, set in cast. Shatted 5th metacarple with 3 pins in left hand.
Ribs, shoulder blade collar bone etc etc.
Daytime I didnt have alot of pain issues HOWEVER night time my hands felt like they were in a deep frier. And sleep was becomming a Real problem.
Finally I asked the Doc what was the Max doasge for Tramadol.
So patten became.
No Tramadol all day. Sleep time 1 x 50MG & couple of spoonfuls of Yoghurt. If still away in 1 hour another tramadol 1x50MG and yoghurt, if still awake ... etc
I never got past taking 3 or 4 and never got close to Max.
But the sleep got sorted and therefore the healing.
Tramadole was a bit pricy but claimed it back from on the ACC. I found it really good, but expect to be throwing up the next day if you dont take it with something

Good healing mate and good sleeping .. sounds like you have bit of a journey ahead

I woke up in the morning and had a 200mg Tramadol capsule. 4 times during the day I had 100mg capsules and before going to bed I had another 200mg capsule.

800mg a day. I was not living in this world most of the time until I got the medical smoking weed and dumped the Tramadol

[Str8 Jacket]

I spent 5 months in hospital in the UK with an operation gone wrong on my spine.

Pain was agonising.

They had me on massive ammounts of tramadol which just knocked me into gaga land.

I refused morhine as it made me very sick.

Hospital then prescribed medical grade grass.

Worked a treat and made hospital food taste great.

I cant condone someone using the drug here as it is illegal but for me it worked.

When I couldnt smoke it I took it as an infusion.

Check it out....

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3317...Law-Commission

[blackdog]

I had similar sensations with nerve damage after caesar section. Voltaren emugel helped. I didnt have to load up on any more pain relief (was on codeine also). PS watch the codeine, it can cause constipation. Alternate days on Panadeine or Panadol with codeine works good as you keep the pain releif levels up without losing the effectiveness of the codeine

already broken out the laxatives