During this hospital stay, did you need medicinefor pain?
During this hospital stay, how often was your pain well controlled?
During this hospital stay, how often did the hospital staff do everything they could to help you with your pain?
1978 Bad Motorcycle accident, major roadrash,raw flesh,bones,...
1. NO I had Surgery the very next Morning and when I woke up All the Pain was GONE! I had a little stinging on my thigh where they skinned me alive to do the skin grafting,(1’x2’) but Not Pain.
2. for the first 2 days they gave me a shot of demeral once each day, mostly to calm me down. then another week and I was clean
My pain was the “Go Directly into Shock” and hit the ground wherever you are as soon as the meds wore off. I knew what to expect going in to this and would absolutely do it again, withdrawls sucked, and I would do it again, but so what the Percodan SAVED MY LIFE!!!
There’s absolutely a need for pain control. Through the 90s there was a notable lack of understanding in handling pain as part of treatment (and of the difference in OD tolerance between someone in mild pain and someone in extreme pain). That said, leaving the judgement after a point in the hand of the patient there is problematic.
Really, it’s a combination of that third question, and the compensation being tied to pain control that’s the main issue.
Pain killers, properly used, are a medical miracle. Improperly used, they can wreck your life, potentially worse than your accident - or end it.
I’m glad you were well cared for.
Hey, I’m a pro-pain med guy and understand these meds need to be tapered down to avoid the bad withdrawal symptoms. The bureaucrats are nuts! I think pain sufferers exist in sufficient numbers that they could put some politicians’ seats in jeopardy if it becomes an issue.