No drinking or drugs
Condemned to spend each moment
completely aware
At a family dinner recently, my son-in-law mentioned how loopy he felt when he had to take Vicoden after the removal of some wisdom teeth. I realized that I had never had the experience common to the use of pot, or Vicoden, or other drugs. [Despite having grown up in the 60's and going to college then too, I have never tried pot or any other illegal drug. I don't smoke nor do I drink. (can't stand the taste of alcohol). Been in my right mind for my whole life.]
I don't mean to say that I haven't ever had to take a controlled substance/pain killer. Believe me, after 12+ surgeries and a bunch of other little things, I've had the 'opportunity' to sample some of the best modern medicine has to offer.
The first time I had Demerol (shoulder tumor removed) it made me loopy. After than, each time I got Demerol (generally before each surgery), nothing. It calmed me down a bit until I began to be wheeled into surgery. Wide awake!
I was given Morphine for the week or so after my near spleen surgery and death experience: Ha! it knocked me out for the first 3 days, dulled the pain and then made me dizzy and sick to my stomach after that.
Verset--don't make me laugh. First time I had it (to pop my foot back after dislocating it while I broke 5 bones in my ankle), well I can clearly remember how many hands were on my leg/foot and what was said. And how much it hurt. Really, really hurt. My last cataract surgery I got 3 doses of it, with the last one in mid surgery, the doctor told them to give me another dose--I tend to ask a lot of questions when someone has needles and stuff near my eyes.
Then there is Vicoden. (The one Dr. House is addicted to.) I've been prescribed it on more than one occasion, for more than one knee surgery, root canal etc. I take it and wait for the loopiness to begin. And nothing. Vicoden just takes the edge of the pain, and sometimes, just barely. I have never finished a prescription of it because after a few days, it's no better than glorified tylenol.
I recently had a cut, a deep painful cut, and after cleaning it out, smearing it with the appropriate goo and bandaging it, I could not find the tylenol. But I did find one lone Vicoden from the recent knee surgery. So I took it. Of course I knew the pain from the cut would subside before the drug kicks in (in the past that would be 20-40 minutes for me). I was curious to finally experience that loopy feeling.
So I waited. And waited. 10 minutes. 20 minutes. 30 minutes. 1 hour. Nothing.
Nada, nil, zip, zilch. Nothing. The pain from the cut was gone. And. That. Was. That.
The upshot, and reason for the haiku is that I have become resigned to the idea that this is it. No time-outs in la-la land. Oh well.
completely aware
At a family dinner recently, my son-in-law mentioned how loopy he felt when he had to take Vicoden after the removal of some wisdom teeth. I realized that I had never had the experience common to the use of pot, or Vicoden, or other drugs. [Despite having grown up in the 60's and going to college then too, I have never tried pot or any other illegal drug. I don't smoke nor do I drink. (can't stand the taste of alcohol). Been in my right mind for my whole life.]
I don't mean to say that I haven't ever had to take a controlled substance/pain killer. Believe me, after 12+ surgeries and a bunch of other little things, I've had the 'opportunity' to sample some of the best modern medicine has to offer.
The first time I had Demerol (shoulder tumor removed) it made me loopy. After than, each time I got Demerol (generally before each surgery), nothing. It calmed me down a bit until I began to be wheeled into surgery. Wide awake!
I was given Morphine for the week or so after my near spleen surgery and death experience: Ha! it knocked me out for the first 3 days, dulled the pain and then made me dizzy and sick to my stomach after that.
Verset--don't make me laugh. First time I had it (to pop my foot back after dislocating it while I broke 5 bones in my ankle), well I can clearly remember how many hands were on my leg/foot and what was said. And how much it hurt. Really, really hurt. My last cataract surgery I got 3 doses of it, with the last one in mid surgery, the doctor told them to give me another dose--I tend to ask a lot of questions when someone has needles and stuff near my eyes.
Then there is Vicoden. (The one Dr. House is addicted to.) I've been prescribed it on more than one occasion, for more than one knee surgery, root canal etc. I take it and wait for the loopiness to begin. And nothing. Vicoden just takes the edge of the pain, and sometimes, just barely. I have never finished a prescription of it because after a few days, it's no better than glorified tylenol.
I recently had a cut, a deep painful cut, and after cleaning it out, smearing it with the appropriate goo and bandaging it, I could not find the tylenol. But I did find one lone Vicoden from the recent knee surgery. So I took it. Of course I knew the pain from the cut would subside before the drug kicks in (in the past that would be 20-40 minutes for me). I was curious to finally experience that loopy feeling.
So I waited. And waited. 10 minutes. 20 minutes. 30 minutes. 1 hour. Nothing.
Nada, nil, zip, zilch. Nothing. The pain from the cut was gone. And. That. Was. That.
The upshot, and reason for the haiku is that I have become resigned to the idea that this is it. No time-outs in la-la land. Oh well.
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