The Wait

My back & hardware pain has spiked the past 3 days, and I'm wondering why. The weather is warming up, it's not raining much, I'm staying active but not too active... I don't understand this pain flare. I haven't fallen, no UTI, no problems. I'm calling my doctor in the morning, but a year after surgery and it's uncontrollable pain again.

I wonder... Could it be psychological since I'm remembering my surgery & recovery?

Knight...You have suffered so much. Things gotta get better.

Joe

Hey Knight. I was an advanced care paramedic so we had standing orders to administer IV morphine and other narcotics at our discretion. No medical professional is able to self administer or administer controled substances to a diirect family member. The reason is so that someone can monitor the patient and administer narcan or fuids in case of an overdose. I have tried to get IV morphine so my wife who is also a paramedic could help when I am really in severe pain. I find straight scotch works the fastest. Hope you are feeling better.

I'm sorry that happened to you. We had standing orders to administer medications and had parameters to follow. For example head trauma was a contrindication for morphine administration. These standing orders varied from province to province, so I have no idea about your state laws. I cringed everytime I was in the back of the ambulance with an elderly patient with a hip fracture and we went over a bump, and that was after administering morphine. When I was flown back from Cuba I had been on a spinal board for 72'hours and was in severe pain. I knew the medics transporting me from the plane to the trauma hospital. I asked for morphine but they could not give it under there standing orders.
I'm not making excuses for the medics in your situation and there are people in every profession who shoud not be doing that job. I don't like it when people have bad experiences with medics who should have been helping them. I hope I never treated someone like that.