Opiates

[Insidious Von]

I got a crash course in opiates Sunday night/Monday morning...I had a heart attack.

Hospitals don't give the same opiate twice, good policy to prevent cravings. I was taken to the ER to determine what exactly I had, I thought it was an ulcer. After the blood work was done the entire focus shifted, the ER doctor told me I had a heart attack. I was moved to Cardio and given Delaudid to de-stress my heart...it was an exceptionally SWEEEET high. When I had the angioplasty they gave me Fentanyl. I was semi-conscious while they did the procedure but only remember the doctor telling me that the stent was in place. The effects of Fantanyl lasted longer than Delaudid but the ride was meh.

Now I understand The Beatles Strawberry Fields Forever, both John Lennon and Jimi Hendrix were experimenting with Delaudid...unfortunately only one of them survived.

 

[Insidious Von]

Delaudid is the drug of choice for terminal cancer patients, it will stop your heart.

Heather Graham's film debut was in Drugstore Cowboy. She is left behind while the crew go on another heist - guess what she finds?

 

[lomotil]

I got a crash course in opiates Sunday night/Monday morning...I had a heart attack.

Hospitals don't give the same opiate twice, good policy to prevent cravings. I was taken to the ER to determine what exactly I had, I thought it was an ulcer. After the blood work was done the entire focus shifted, the ER doctor told me I had a heart attack. I was moved to Cardio and given Delaudid to de-stress my heart...it was an exceptionally SWEEEET high. When I had the angioplasty they gave me Fentanyl. I was semi-conscious while they did the procedure but only remember the doctor telling me that the stent was in place. The effects of Fantanyl lasted longer than Delaudid but the ride was meh.

Now I understand The Beatles Strawberry Fields Forever, both John Lennon and Jimi Hendrix were experimenting with Delaudid...unfortunately only one of them survived.

I wish you a speedy recovery.

The brain’s opiate receptors don’t know which opioid or opiate you are getting for the most part so hospitals can and do give the same drug repeatedly on a case by case basis. Heart attack is an acute severely painful medical condition as you are now aware of and pain meds and narcotics are only given for a very short time usually, no where long enough to develop an addiction or craving as would be the case say in treating say something like a fractured spine for example.

 

[Silkroad]

Scary event IV. Glad to learn you're on the road to recovery. Sincerely hope it's a full and lasting one.

 

[Insidious Von]

Thank you.

The car accident left me feeling like a punch drunk boxer. After the angioplasty I started moving around, I noticed that I had my balance back.

A few years after the car accident, I had to do a marathon negotiation session. After four hours, while on a cigarette break, I told my co-lead that he would have to take over, I was running out of gas. He got me two oxycodone pills, different type of ride, you're more alert than ever.

 

[GameBoy27]

I got a crash course in opiates Sunday night/Monday morning...I had a heart attack.

Holy crap. Glad you're okay. A friend had a heart attack a couple weeks ago. He wasn't so lucky. Died on the way to the hospital.

 

[shack]

All the best to you IV from a fellow survivor. It's been 30 years for me.

We need our movie reviewer back.

 

[Insidious Von]

Holy crap. Glad you're okay. A friend had a heart attack a couple weeks ago. He wasn't so lucky. Died on the way to the hospital.

Gravol saved my life.

 

[GameBoy27]

Gravol saved my life.

I suspect my friend had 100% blockage of the LAD artery. Known as the widowmaker.

 

[Insidious Von]

I suspect my friend had 100% blockage of the LAD. Known as the widowmaker.

That's what the heart specialist told me hours after the angioplasty, "you had a widowmaker event". Without the Gravol, I would have been dead by 2:00 AM Friday.

The ER doctor told me my heart wasn't getting enough oxygen.

 

[GameBoy27]

That's what the heart specialist told me hours after the angioplasty, "you had a widowmaker event". Without the Gravol, I would have been dead by 2:00 AM Friday.

The ER doctor told me my heart wasn't getting enough oxygen.

Wow, only 12% of the people who have one of those outside of a hospital survive. My friend literally dropped dead. There was no way to get Gravol or Aspirin into him. Yours must've been a little less severe. Scary shit none the less!

 

[danmand]

That's what the heart specialist told me hours after the angioplasty, "you had a widowmaker event". Without the Gravol, I would have been dead by 2:00 AM Friday.

The ER doctor told me my heart wasn't getting enough oxygen.

I wish you a good recovery and a long life.

 

[Insidious Von]

Wow, only 12% of the people who have one of those outside of a hospital survive. My friend literally dropped dead. There was no way to get Gravol or Aspirin into him. Yours must've been a little less severe. Scary shit none the less!

I've been told that I have a heart of stone, nothing much scares me. When the pain shifted, I got dressed and went outside before I called 911...didn't want to wake anyone up.

When I got discharged my nice came to pick me up, went to the pharmacy, then took her for brunch...wanted food with actual flavour. My first night in my home bed I watched The Quiet Man on TCM (love John Wayne), then I got a nice surprise while streaming this:

 

[Conil]

I got a crash course in opiates Sunday night/Monday morning...I had a heart attack.

Hospitals don't give the same opiate twice, good policy to prevent cravings. I was taken to the ER to determine what exactly I had, I thought it was an ulcer. After the blood work was done the entire focus shifted, the ER doctor told me I had a heart attack. I was moved to Cardio and given Delaudid to de-stress my heart...it was an exceptionally SWEEEET high. When I had the angioplasty they gave me Fentanyl. I was semi-conscious while they did the procedure but only remember the doctor telling me that the stent was in place. The effects of Fantanyl lasted longer than Delaudid but the ride was meh.

Now I understand The Beatles Strawberry Fields Forever, both John Lennon and Jimi Hendrix were experimenting with Delaudid...unfortunately only one of them survived.

Holy cow Bro. I'm glad you're doing ok it could've been worst. Now you have to cut out the 3 P's. Pizza, pasta and prosciutto. I didn't see you around and thought you went into hiding since Milan is losing.
Be Well ..Ehm Ehm ..any left over Dilaudid let me know. wink wink

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

Hope you feel better.
I was given a morphine drip when I had my appendicitis and I was in 7th heaven too.
LADEE LADEE LADEE!!!!!!

Good thing that stuff is illegal and by prescription only......LOL

 

[danmand]

My dentist in Mexico gave me Tramadol, which is supposed to be a safe opiate. They really works.

I have a box of them just in case, but I have not had to use them.

 

[Insidious Von]

It's now been almost two weeks since "The Event", I'm impatiently awaiting re-hab. By the end of this week, the follow-up appointments will be done and the paperwork expedited in time. I wan't to make a good impression on the cardiologist when I see him in April.

Here's what I've learned from it. Always have Gravol in your medicine cabinet, if your stomach stays stable your chances of survival. I was hoping I could wait until the next morning before, I take to take a Brilinta before bed so I made the stop regardless. I returned the following day to have the plan structured. I was encouraged to continue the vitamin supplement but don't take it late unless you want to go without sleep. I've also been on The Patch to control the cigarette cravings, again replace it early. I woke up in the early hours and saw a double star outside my window.

It wasn't the diabetes that caused the heart attack, it was smoking and isolation. Hospital food is flavorless, they gave me cheddar after the first day. My blood sugar reading after breakfast on the first morning was 17.9 (8 and below is normal). On the second morning they gave sliced apple and oatmeal, my blood sugar reading was 5.4. I may have gotten some benefit for a disaster, I no longer feel like an old Joe Frazier - a nasty gift from the car accident. I'll know for sure when I go back to the theater, last time getting out of the chair was difficult and I had to hold on to the chairs going down the stairs.

We think that with the three major senses (sight, hearing and smell) are necessary for a good life, that's false. Isolation was just as damaging as the cigarettes, humans need to deploy the sense of touch to stay healthy. That's why solitary confinement is such a harsh punishment, isolation due to Covid - 19 greased the wheels to a heart attack. Something I'll be talking about with my GP when I see him on Thursday.

My mood is actually pretty good, something else came back after I was released from hospital. The return of Gretchen Corbett (from the Columbo trivia thread), sparked the match. If the video is half way through, start from the beginning...prego.

 

[The Oracle]

That's what the heart specialist told me hours after the angioplasty, "you had a widowmaker event". Without the Gravol, I would have been dead by 2:00 AM Friday.

The ER doctor told me my heart wasn't getting enough oxygen.

Okay so I'll ask it after much deliberation.......How would Gravol which is an antihistamine help you pull through a heart attack?

That doesn't make much sense to me and I even googled it but came up blank.

Check that it does have vasodilator properties so I'm guessing that's it but.......

 

[Insidious Von]

That doesn't make much sense to me and I even googled it but came up blank.

You always did come across as something of a blank Mr. Oracle, so I'll answer.

When it started to come on five days before, I thought I had the flu, so I took Gravol. When you have a heart attack the sensation of nausea can get severe, it's the heaving combined with the chest pressure that damages your heart. On the night that it happened, I was awoken from sleep with the pain in my chest intensified but my stomach was calm, that bought me time.

Obviously you've never experienced one, my answer may not satisfy you technically, you have your right hand for that.

 

[Insidious Von]

For everyone else don't take my experience as set in stone, it's not the same in different people. It happened to work for me.

I thought Mr. Oracle was a lawyer? He should have been able to desseminate the data in front of him. I looked up "The impact of Cardiogenic vomiting", done.