I had my first brain surgery in Europe. I was in hospital a week or so. All I had to do was say the word for pain and they stabbed me with morphine. Many times a day. When I went home, with only some mild opiate pills in comparison, I remember lying on the bed in agony wishing for a shot.
I will never let that happen to me again. I’ve had a few c sections and after the first shot they give when the anesthesia wears off, I refuse all pain killers. I take opiates only when necessary (after surgeries etc) and I stop the second my mind says “well, I’m not in pain now but I’m gonna be so I’ll take one for later. “ done.
But that first surgery, that was not my fault. That was iatrogenic for sure.
“and I stop the second my mind says “well, I’m not in pain now but I’m gonna be so I’ll take one for later. “ done.”
really, that’s the only way to avoid heading down the addiction path, and that’s exactly how I do it too ...
but the problem is that 99.999% of people given these powerful pain killers are never told how additive they are by those who prescribe them and what to watch out for, and even if they were told are not smart enough or cognizant enough of their own body’s behavior or have enough control of themselves to avoid addiction ...