[Magdalen] annual physical

[Ginga Wilder]

Interesting, ME.  I was prescribed oxycontin in 1992 when I broke my
humerus clean through.  OMG.  I took one or two pills and never felt high.
I was so nauseated and discombobulated from those few doses that I had to
sit down on the floor to let the spinning go away.  I must have had some
lesser pain relief, but I don't remember.  The bone did not knit for 11
months, and did so quite badly.  7 years and 5 surgeries later, my arm was
as good as it would get.  What I most needed was for the pain to stop.  I
finally found a hand surgeon who took everything nonessential out of my
shoulder joint.  That worked.  Even though in one surgery, the long head of
the biceps tendon was cut and placed below the break, I have an good amount
of strength in that arm.  Just don't ask me to throw anything!  Had I taken
the heavy meds, God alone knows how bad my addiction would have been.  With
the alcoholic gene in my family from both parents, I have been careful and
aware of my tendencies.  25 years of smoking cigarettes was enough for me.

I'm guessing that if one can be addicted to CBD oil, I will do that when/if
I begin taking it.

Ginga

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On Fri, Jan 4, 2019 at 2:27 PM ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> I went through oxycontin withdrawal after a knee replacement.
> Boy, was I surprised!
> Was called back to work early, so just stopped taking it (so I could go
> back clear-headed)
>
> Went to bed (mostly to try to stay warm, because I couldn't stop
> shivering).
> Fell asleep eventually. Woke up twelve hours later, drank a quart of water,
> and it was over.
>
> But oxycontin never made me high. A friend who's a nurse (who's had two hip
> replacements, so knows plenty about this stuff) says there's a genetic
> component. Some people miss the high and chase it. Some people don't miss
> it at all. I was in the latter category, TBTG,
> -M
>
> On Friday, January 4, 2019, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm sure.  I don't/can't take oxycontin or similarly formulated drugs,
> so I
> > have poor pain management.  I hate the nausea and whooziness that they
> > cause...I'd rather just hurt.  I have a script for Tramadol that was
> filled
> > several years ago...most of it is still in the bottle.  But, that's
> > me...weird and hard-headed.  Also, I come out of an alcoholic family and
> > was horribly addicted to nicotine and smoking cigarettes.  I quit once
> for
> > 17 years, then began again when I had a bad day.  I smoked another 11
> > years, finishing up at 3 packs/day.  That was 2001.  I fear becoming
> > addicted to the oxycontins, etc.  So, yes, hard-headed.
> >
> > Based on this, I imagine CBD oil will change my life.
> >
> >
>