I was in my 20's in the 60's. Therefore it seems ironic that now, in my 70's I'm taking Morphine. I seem to have missed out on the whole drug culture & have to take a heroin derivative for pain.
The NHS does not deal well with pain. I gather that trainee doctors don't get much training about pain & pain relief, which seems odd given how many health conditions involve pain. Getting a referral to a specialist pain clinic isn't easy. Some research shows that 21% of people experience pain every day. That's nearly 1 in 4. Personally I have forgotten how an absence of pain feels.
Currently I'm changing over from months of taking the maximum dose of Co Codamol, which contains Morphine & is addictive, to Morphine itself. That means that my body is simultaneously coping with withdrawl & a new drug. I am so wiped out by the afternoon that I have to lie down & I doze. So I'm losing daytime & as a result finding it difficult to sleep at night.
All drugs are toxins and all have an effect on the body. I came to the conclusion long ago that patients nowadays have to be very pro-active in their own healthcare. I don't think we should just accept what we are told or prescribed. Doctors are human beings & can't know everything. They can make mistakes. We have access to a huge body of information & other people who are in similar situations as ourselves. We need to take responsibility for decisions made about our healthcare.
The trouble is if you are feeling ill, in pain, fatigued & incapacitated you are not in a good place to be able to do that. It's a Catch 22. What I need is a friendly Cannabis supplier or a research trial into Cannabis & chronic pain because the Morphine isn't working. You would think that the pharma companies would be able to come up with something to make any pain bearable.
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