Re: Owwww.....
From: Laura (sweetiepie42055423@yahoo.com)
Mon Aug 26 22:23:23 2002
At Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Jo Eslick wrote:
>
>Hi Laura,
>
>As a veteran of Morphine injections I feel VERY qualified to answer this
>question!
>
>Here in Australia different hospitals have different "protocols" for
>pain management and how that pain management is dispensed!
>
>Just 4 weeks ago I was in our local base hospital and I was having 15mg
>sub-cut morphine injections every three hours.... yes I was in THAT
>much pain.
>
>Their policy IS to inject the morphine into the thigh or arm muscle and
>yes it hurts a LOT!!! I usually have a "butterfly" inserted, which
>allows me to have multiple injections at the one site. This works like
>an IV & has a little cap they remove to inject the morphine. If the
>area is rubbed softly in an outward motion from the injection point it
>can sooth the "sting" or "bite" you experience with the injection.
>
>These butterflies only last for approx 3 days & then they will insert a
>new one. Mine kept getting raised, in a red nasty lump, meaning I had
>to undergo this uncomfortable process more times than usual!!
>
>Once I was transferred to Sydney & admitted to the Royal Hospital for
>Women, I was able to breath easy. Believe it or not, morphine injected
>into the abdomen doesn't hurt! There is usually a layer of fat, which
>helps to soften the "shock" of the injection. I NEVER experience ANY
>pain associated with injections in my tummy, unless it is getting close
>to time to change the butterfly to a new spot.
>
>Morphine injected directly into your IV gives you a much quicker affect
>from the morphine, but it is short lived and normally used in acute
>situations, while the butterfly is used for longer term pain management,
>over the course of several days, or as in my last visit to hospital,
>three weeks of injections!
>
>I hope this helps you. IF you feel itchy or feel like ants are crawling
>over your skin, it means that you may have been given a little more
>morphine than necessary to alleviate your pain. I haven't experienced
>this myself, as I now have a very high tolerance for the drug.... BUT
>my father is also a chronic pain sufferer and experiences that sensation
>with oxycontin, a tablet form of "morphine like opiate pain medication".
>
>Love & warm gentle hugs,
>Jo
>
>--
>Love and gentle hugs,
>Joanne Eslick
>Founder Australian Adhesions Support Group
>http://www.bombobeach.com
>NSW Australian Co-ordinator of
>International Adhesions Society
>http://www.adhesions.org
>
>--
>I am not a medical person, and all my messages are based
>on personal experience. I am a fellow adhesions sufferer
>reaching out to help others.
>
Thank you for a reply. I am becoming all to familiar it seem's with
these injection's. This was the first time I had it injected into my
muscle like that. I usually don't itch from Morophine,but I do find
that Dilaudid or Fentyl make's me itch ocassionaly. I am glad to know
that what I experienced was normal. Best wishes and pain free day's.
Lora