Mmmmm…do I really need to go to my GP to pay $60 for him to tell me that I have either torn the cartilage in my rib or fractured it again – of which I already know now I have done one or the other. Having experienced both before (of which there is little difference pain, discomfort and recovery time wise between the two).
There is nothing to be done about it other than wait for it to heal, rest I suppose and take painkillers. I still have the codeine from last time I tore the cartilige in the same rib (it’s always the same one) last time… Although given the regimen of other painkillers I am currently on (and wasn’t then) I’m not sure what mixing codeine in with the Oxycontin will do?
I had a bad experience a few weekends ago when I took a mersyndol for a headache and nausea. In the past that had been standard for me – but I’d never taken a mersyndol while on the Oxycontin. Whoa baby! That was pretty freaky! I went out with sweetie that day, but was basically a walking zombie and the next day I had absolutely no recollection of the previous day. At the time I didn’t know what was going on – other than I felt firking weird! It wasn’t until the next day (when I could think a little better) that I realised what the “sitch” probably was. I won’t be doing that again in a hurry!
Today I have supplemented the Oxycontin (my daily long-term pain-killer for back pain – not that it does that much these days for that anyway) with the faster acting Oxynorm. It’s worked minimally, but the Oxynorm wears off fast and I have to just keep taking more. And the two of them together is making me pretty drowsy and weary now.
Tags: medication, pain, pain-management, ribs
