The Unhappy Me thread

[pinhodecarlos]

Codeine has a lot of side effects. I didn’t take it after my surgery.

[fivemack]

Originally Posted by xilman

Good.

I've just spent the afternoon in bed dosed up on naproxen and codeine for my backache.

Oww! You have my sympathies

[VictordeHolland]

Originally Posted by pinhodecarlos

Codeine has a lot of side effects. I didn’t take it after my surgery.

The last time I got codeine prescribed/used (after my wisdom teeth were removed) I could barely stand because of the nausea.
Needless to say I stopped taking them and took normal paracetamol and ibuprofen.
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Pssst, some Dutch 'vegetables' work quite well against back pain

[Uncwilly]

Originally Posted by VictordeHolland

Pssst, some Dutch 'vegetables' work quite well against back pain

Only if it is a chronic condition.

[Xyzzy]

Originally Posted by chalsall

Have you jumped out any aeroplanes?

Not recently.

[chalsall]

A good friend of ours went up to Canada for open heart surgery.

We just learned that she is not expected to wake up.

[kladner]

Originally Posted by chalsall

A good friend of ours went up to Canada for open heart surgery.

We just learned that she is not expected to wake up.

That's really hard. Surgery didn't go well? Here's hoping she surprises the experts.

[chalsall]

Originally Posted by kladner

Here's hoping she surprises the experts.

Thanks. But statistically, she won't. One in a million chance.

She's already effectively brain dead.

Her blood brain barrier failed.

[kladner]

Originally Posted by chalsall

Thanks. But statistically, she won't. One in a million chance.

She's already effectively brain dead.

Her blood brain barrier failed.

Argh! Did that translate into cerebral hemorrhage? (Sorry for being so detail oriented.) My sincere condolences.

[chalsall]

Originally Posted by kladner

Argh! Did that translate into cerebral hemorrhage? (Sorry for being so detail oriented.)

We don't have a lot of the details. And I was similarly analytical (while crying a whole lot).

I don't think this would be like a stroke, but rather a slow death of the whole brain.

The good news is she probably has no cognitive abilities. So she will feel no pain, nor be "trapped".

The bad news is at some point a decision will have to be made.

Originally Posted by kladner

My sincere condolences.

Thank you. I will pass those on.

She was given a bad hand early in life, and just laughed it all off.

[kladner]

Originally Posted by chalsall

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The bad news is at some point a decision will have to be made.

Thank you. I will pass those on.

She was given a bad hand early in life, and just laughed it all off.

That sounds a lot like Frida Kahlo, in her approach to a difficult (painful) life.