I won’t tell my story of woe again, but I lost a husband and a son to Oxy. It’s awful stuff.
Dreadful. Prayers for his soul.
My sympathies to you, your stepsons, your entire family, and most of all to Bruce. May he find the peace he was seeking.
A person with real pain will not become addicted.......................
Almost everyone knows this story now, not yours in particular but know someone who’s gone off the deep end.
What a terribly sad story. May God have mercy on his soul.
This is the type of case where I absolutely stay away from passing judgement... I can only feel a tremendous amount of sympathy.
But it does help with my decision regarding cleaning my gutters. I’m calling someone experienced to do it.
And life in constant excruciating pain with no hope of ever alleviating it is not worth living.
In that situation, we can unite our suffering to Christ's, and it will not only be a golden path to heaven, but it can be offered for the suffering and salvation of others and sanctify the whole world. That life of pain is not only worth living--it is the life of a hero, the life of a saint.
"Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."
We’re told suicide is a mortal sin, but I wonder if God is willing to look into a man’s heart and forgive him under these circumstances.
Heartbreaking — and unnecessary — story!
Adhesions are horrible. I spent 9 hrs in surgery while they removed all my intestines, cut them apart to remove the adhesions, and wrapped my intestines in Seprafilm to block adhesions from forming and then put me back together again.
I woke up during surgery with my arms still strapped to the boards and observed the panic of the surgery team.
I understand why Bruce did what he did and assure you that he is in a better place now. The big difference is that I had the opportunity to die, go to Heaven and return to my physical body. Heaven is so blissful, so peaceful, so wonderful that I did not want to return to my body. The thought of doing the same as Bruce in order to return to Heaven has crossed my mind many times as I experienced the despair of being back in my body.
Prayers for Bruce at this time are very helpful. When you are out of your body and someone says a prayer for you, you not only feel it but know who is saying the prayer.
That breaks my heart to read and I agree that terrible, unrelenting pain that could be relieved has to endometrial Gods mercy.
There has to be a way to solve this
Boy, I hope some doc FReepers weigh in. Both on diagnosis of and treatment for adhesions. Adhesiins can be dealt with. Wonder if this poor man might have benefited from a different approach. Prayers for him and his family.
If the pain is not too severe I have been able to tell my brain that the pain simply was not there.
However, there have been times when opioids would have been welcomed.
There was one which consisted of 5 mg. of something which I do not remember combined with 400 mg. of acetaminophen actually killed pain but did not put me to sleep nor make me feel like a zombie the following day. I wish I could remember the product which killed the pain.
I’m 74. The ladder accident that started this whole tragedy is why I hire somebody who’s younger and lighter to do ladder work around my place. Prayers for his soul.
I have thought this for awhile. Due to all of the addicts out there, the people who NEED these drugs are going to suffer. It actually makes me angry. I’m tired of the excuses the addicts give. Sure, some may have gone into addiction because of pain, but I don’t think that’s a majority of people. Just my opinion. And I don’t want to hear everyone’s horror story about their child, spouse, grandma, dog, etc. Bottom line is some people need these drugs and each case should be handled individually.
Thank you for posting this. A close family friend died of an opioid addiction. She had suffered a severe neck injury in a car accident. She had multiple surgeries, but was left with chronic pain. For five years, her physicians prescribed opioids to relieve her pain, but cut her off once they realized she’d become addicted. Her life really spiraled out of control after that. She started buying oxy, or something like oxy, off the street. She could no longer maintain her job as a bank manager, and was fired. She was a full-time junkie for the next few years, losing her home, her car, much of her hearing, and several teeth. She moved in with her mother, and died of an overdose on her 33rd birthday.
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His age is irrelevent.
It could have happened at any age, and I suspect is more likely among younger, less experienced people.
Medical malpractice rules supreme in surgery.
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I have little sympathy for someone who gets themselves addicted to recreational drugs, however, if they decide they want help, I’m all in.
On the other had, I have a huge amount of sympathy for those who develop an addiction to prescription medications for pain.
In a case like this guy, I say give him whatever he wants. (after all other means have failed of course)
I know people in Arizona who experience chronic pain. They go to pain management doctors who prescribe oxycodone. They are not allowed to receive pain relievers from any other physician and they are required to be tested to make sure THEY are using it and not just distributing it to others.
This seems to be a reasonable way to help people with their pain while preventing abuse.