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.
To be totally honest I had FAR less pain in my knee even a few days after my operation than this dam rib thing is causing me now (just realised that while writing about mixing the two “oxy’s’ together.
How did I do it? Well that’s another whole blog topic on its own… Let’s just say I won’t be experiencing the throes of passion again anytime soon. Not because I won’t want to (although maybe not right now with painful rib) – but because Sweetie will be too scared now to come anywhere near me (after I had just managed to convince him to actually come near me in the first place and that he won’t break me….) But as I say… that’s a whole other story.
I think I am qualified enough now in my body and its ails to deal with this myself and save some money that I don’t really have. Although perhaps it should be recorded somewhere in my notes. I wonder whether an email to my GP would suffice, lol.
At least the painful rib is giving me a slight reprieve from the constant rheumatoid arthritis pain through my whole body these days. In its weird way of how pain works – my rib has moved into first place right now while it is the most accute issue for my body to deal with. But the rest will be back soon enough I am guessing.
Tags: medication, pain, pain-management, ribs
