What’s on your mind?

[Scepticalscribe]

Today, I finally got around to writing (on the appropriate headed paper), printing out, signing, having a local business put them into a pdf format - and eventually despatching by email - references for my staff during my recent deployment in the Balkans.

And I arranged for a Covid booster and the flu jab - that is scheduled to take place this coming Monday afternoon.

 

[rm5]

And I arranged for a Covid booster and the flu jab - that is scheduled to take place this coming Monday afternoon.

I still need to get both my flu and Covid shots. Plan to when I get home at Thanksgiving, I think I can do both at once at Costco.

 

[The Clark]

Over the past few weeks, I started abusing Hydromorphone (a highly potent painkiller), and it began to seriously disrupt my life.

Now, I'm on day 3 without any Dilaudid, and the withdrawal symptoms are hitting hard: intense headaches, body aches, nausea, constant sweating, heightened emotions, mental fog, and anxiety. It's tough going through this, especially during the first week of a new job. I'm sharing this here as a reminder of why it's not a good idea to misuse these medications. I should have realized that anything more potent than morphine is best avoided unless medically necessary.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Over the past few weeks, I started abusing Hydromorphone (a highly potent painkiller), and it began to seriously disrupt my life.

Now, I'm on day 3 without any Dilaudid, and the withdrawal symptoms are hitting hard: intense headaches, body aches, nausea, constant sweating, heightened emotions, mental fog, and anxiety. It's tough going through this, especially during the first week of a new job. I'm sharing this here as a reminder of why it's not a good idea to misuse these medications. I should have realized that anything more potent than morphine is best avoided unless medically necessary.

Good luck with it. I tend to avoid medication. I take the odd ibuprofen and that’s about it. That said I tend to avoid the doctors as well not been in a few years.

 

[rm5]

I'm sharing this here as a reminder of why it's not a good idea to misuse these medications. I should have realized that anything more potent than morphine is best avoided unless medically necessary.

I would agree. I was prescribed painkillers after my surgery in August, and was very careful to safely dispose of them after I had recovered. They are extremely dangerous. Please, please be careful...

 

[rm5]

Good luck with it. I tend to avoid medication. I take the odd ibuprofen and that’s about it. That said I tend to avoid the doctors as well not been in a few years.

I swear, I am an iatrophobic. I turn into a nervous wreck the minute I enter any medical facility. Partly due to the fact that there is ALWAYS, ALWAYS, something wrong with me.

 

[Apple fanboy]

I swear, I am an iatrophobic. I turn into a nervous wreck the minute I enter any medical facility. Partly due to the fact that there is ALWAYS, ALWAYS, something wrong with me.

The opposite here. I have not been to the doctors much in my adult life. Not had any surgery since I was a young child. I don’t get sick very often and haven’t taken a sick day in over a decade.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Over the past few weeks, I started abusing Hydromorphone (a highly potent painkiller), and it began to seriously disrupt my life.

Now, I'm on day 3 without any Dilaudid, and the withdrawal symptoms are hitting hard: intense headaches, body aches, nausea, constant sweating, heightened emotions, mental fog, and anxiety. It's tough going through this, especially during the first week of a new job. I'm sharing this here as a reminder of why it's not a good idea to misuse these medications. I should have realized that anything more potent than morphine is best avoided unless medically necessary.

Good luck with it, and thank you for sharing this unsettling (but valuable) cautionary tale with us.

 

[The Clark]

Good luck with it. I tend to avoid medication. I take the odd ibuprofen and that’s about it. That said I tend to avoid the doctors as well not been in a few years.

Thank you. I admire that, and I'm glad you don't have to deal with health care too often. It's typically a mess.

 

[The Clark]

I would agree. I was prescribed painkillers after my surgery in August, and was very careful to safely dispose of them after I had recovered. They are extremely dangerous. Please, please be careful...

Very smart. Only use when needed, otherwise dispose of. If you hang on them, they become a liability.

Aside from a couple times I nodded off, I was generally pretty responsible but truthfully each time I used I kept pushing the limit. That's why I'm no longer taking them. Only bad things will happen if I do, and I miss not being reliant on them.

 

[The Clark]

Good luck with it, and thank you for sharing this unsettling (but valuable) cautionary tale with us.

Thank you, and yes I think it's good to share an experience like this in the off chance that someone else is dealing with something similar at the moment. You never know.

 

[Macky-Mac]

I still need to get both my flu and Covid shots. Plan to when I get home at Thanksgiving, I think I can do both at once at Costco.

I'd suggest you try to get them before you travel for Thanksgiving. Airports and airplanes are easy places to catch something. Keep in mind that it takes a couple of weeks for immunity to build up after getting vaccinated.

I had my latest round of vaccinations several weeks ago.