Non-chemical or alternative pain relief?

[ynot slow]

I am definately advocate of mind over matter,so much so that after having the epidermal in for 5 days the pain wasn't too bad,then after removal using panadol every 4 hours(and thinking that aint much strength wise)the pain team said take it(pain relief)and it keeps a lid on the pain till you feel stronger.This enabled me to tell myself you bloody wuss if a spasm came and breathe through the pain,seemed to work,also whilst having chemo using similar thinking re after effects etc.

Last time after release I was prescribed morphine based tablets for 5 or so days and pain tablets,mostly took the heavy tablets at night to enable sleep as ribs were spread to remove part of lung etc.

[Mikkel]

Some damage?!?

I'm a bit curious, exactly how did you manage to do that using a fillet knife? Was it you operating the knife? You aren't the four-year old toddler who fell into a washing machine I take it...
I mean, I've managed to cut myself every now and again... but the arteries, nerves and tendons?

Crikey, I hope you'll heal up properly!

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.

He's not kidding either. Keeping your balance while doing stoppies with one hand is quite impressive!

Another method of control to consider would be http://www.exitinternational.com/ probably not relevant to the starter of this thread, but there will be those people who would not be prepared to live through a life of chronic pain.

Please, do not go international!

Had the majority of prescription pain relief meds & plenty of other options as well......they're all temporary and the pain is always consistant. But after 15yrs of living with it it's the way things are for me.

And you still ride motorcycles...

Thankfully I have never had to deal with injury on that scale, but I suppose it does comes down to whether you are able to say "fuck it, I won't let it limit me anymore than it absolutely has to" and then making good on that sentiment. Some are able to do that, others aren't. However, I doubt that you'll know for sure which kind of person you are until you are in that situation.

[T.W.R]

And you still ride motorcycles...

Riding motorcycles is the easy part.... though I mainly ride one handed.
Technically speaking the arm is still broken as it is...... on paper it's called a non-union of the ulna shaft & permanent dislocation of the radial head ( the elbow articulates at the elbow joint and at the non-union of the shaft).
You just got to keep on keeping on especially when operations are at the point where you're planted in front of a team of 12 medical specialists and they sit there scratching their heads doing the "WTF do we do with that" (last operation was like exactly that )

[CookMySock]

So I arrived here ready to make a witty comment regarding a doobie and started reading the responses.

Fark me if I haven't got the proverbial lump in my throat. Certainly put my hemorrhoids into perspective!

Kudos to the honest and open replies, now I have to go off and do something manly to get rid of this gay throat lump ...........

It certainly makes it real clear why we should be more careful - not just on bikes, but in day to day life. I bet there is not one of these seriously injured people who does not wish he could turn the clock back.

Take care out there.

Steve

[Mikkel]

You just got to keep on keeping on especially when operations are at the point where you're planted in front of a team of 12 medical specialists and they sit there scratching their heads doing the "WTF do we do with that" (last operation was like exactly that )

I hope they won't put 12 surgeons on the same operation though! Too many chefs and all that...

[T.W.R]

I bet there is not one of these seriously injured people who does not wish he could turn the clock back.

Steve

mmmm nah you'd bet wrong

I hope they won't put 12 surgeons on the same operation though! Too many chefs and all that...

hope there wasn't...only remember there were two and the other theatre staff in there when I was wheeled in. They only cleaned out some bone debris & shaped the back of the elbow joint a bit because they'd come to the conclusion that anything too major would be detrimental to what movement the elbow had

[onearmedbandit]

I bet there is not one of these seriously injured people who does not wish he could turn the clock back.



Steve

And you'd be wrong. If you read my post earlier in the thread you'll see I'm actually thankful for the accident. Why would one want to live with that sort of mentality anyway? I can't turn back time, can only live in the present.

[Madmax]

After 3 years of ops on my wrist they took out the proximal row of bones so now i have a constant
bone on bone grinding,
K rod in my left femur,
Plate and pins/screws in lower leg/foot,
Had trouble sleeping for years until my doc gave me NOZINAN
can sleep 10 hours now no problems

[blackdog]

After 3 years of ops on my wrist they took out the proximal row of bones so now i have a constant
bone on bone grinding,
K rod in my left femur,
Plate and pins/screws in lower leg/foot,
Had trouble sleeping for years until my doc gave me NOZINAN
can sleep 10 hours now no problems

glad to hear u getting the sleep.

i'm currently only getting 3-4 hrs a night, doctors again on thursday, i will be insisting on at least some valium