She was wearing a Fentnyl patch? And could still lift her head...She must have had one hell of a tolerance.
Yeah, you can’t tell me there wasn’t a little sumin’-sumin’ in that Coke glass, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxZq76N1GKY
People make fun of her and of Rush Limbaugh, but until you know what it’s like to live in intractable, chronic pain, you can’t criticize. Most people can’t even imagine the level of pain involved. It’s like childbirth that just goes on and on, with no hope for improvement.
If Paula Abdul has RSD she is in serious pain. I have a friend that suffers from RSD. He’s really tough too. Vietnam Vet he’s been shot and bayoneted no problem. RSD big problem. It is considered to be just about the most pain a person can have. I researched it for him. He says that the skin on his hand is so painful that he was wearing a glove so the air moving over it wouldn’t cause pain. The worst part is that you look at his hand and all you see is a bit of redness. You wouldn’t really want this at all.
Fentanyl is a synthetic morphine analog. It is at least 100 times stronger than morphine. My girlfriend used fentanyl before her death to handle severe pain. You can get it as a patch or as a lollipop sponge. It is so powerful that it won’t be prescribed unless you are already on morphine because it might kill you outright. That being the case if she is taking it and it is hard to get she must be in awful pain. If you have pain and if you take the right amount it offsets the pain and you get no euphoria. If you take the same amount without pain you get high from it. That is what causes addiction. Here’s a bit of info I got from the Internet.
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome (RSD) is a chronic condition characterized by severe burning pain, pathological changes in bone and skin, excessive sweating, tissue swelling, and extreme sensitivity to touch. The syndrome is a nerve disorder that occurs at the site of an injury (most often to the arms or legs). It occurs especially after injuries from high-velocity impacts such as those from bullets or shrapnel. However, it may occur without apparent injury. One visible sign of RSDS near the site of injury is warm, shiny red skin that later becomes cool and bluish.The pain that patients report is out of proportion to the severity of the injury and gets worse, rather than better, over time. Eventually the joints become stiff from disuse, and the skin, muscles, and bone atrophy. The symptoms of RSD vary in severity and duration. The cause of RSD is unknown. The disorder is unique in that it simultaneously affects the nerves, skin, muscles, blood vessels, and bones. RSD can strike at any age but is more common between the ages of 40 and 60, although the number of RSD cases among adolescents and young adults is increasing.