FAQ/Help |
Calendar |
Search |
Member
Member Since Mar 2024
Location: In the southern United States
Posts: 171
(SuperPoster!)
55 hugs
given |
#1
I saw my primary oncologist today, who is a competent doctor and we are very
friendly toward each other.As I continue to get worse the pain is also, and as of now my primary weapon he gives me is 100mg Morphine SR. Everytime I see him now he is trying to push me to transition to 0.75 Mcg Fentanyl patches. This has come up several times between us, and to be frank, I don't want to be on that stuff. It spooks me, is not a true opioid, it is synthetic and made in a lab. Plus it is very sedating, I actually don't want to sleep all the time. I do have good days when the pain is not too bad so on those days he gives me an ample supply of 30/650 Percocet. I have a nurse here all the time, and my partner is a doctor, so there is plenty of overwatch. I do not like like the ideal of being on Fentanyl, so I push back against this. I mean good grief, I have; Percocet, Morphine SR, Enough Xanax to take out a missile cruiser with, am on Phenobarbital (A barbituate for seizure control), and am even given 12.5 Ambien CR to help me sleep. I think that is quite enough and I am very rational and an M.D. as well. The first round of cancer, my primary care doctor and half the cities specialists missed the diagnosis for a year, and was put on Fentanyl then, guess Scott thought it would cure cancer? So, I still have a bad taste in my mouth from that experience. I am not going to let him put me on that. Am I wrong in thinking this way? |
Reply With Quote |
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
referred to hematologist oncologist | Health Support | |||
anybody here cross-country ski? | General Social Chat | |||
My Cross | Sanctuary for Spiritual Support |