Hoffy in the Hospital

[Hofstadter]

My stitches are supposed to come out friday, but I think I'll probably need surgery again due to them popping during sleepwalking. Of course my psycho mother refuses to let me go to the hospital, can't even catch a bus or something due to the heat

Bugger this.  Don't think I'll be getting out of the sling for months. My left arm is in so much pain I had to triple the oxy

[Staggerwing]

Dude, you need to decrease that oxy as soon as you can. Big Pharma lied when they said it was less addicting. You need to do whatever you can to reduce it's hold on you because that shit was practically engineered to make junkies.

If your mum won't let you get proper treatment then call a friend or two and tell them you need help now. Get them to sneak you out and get to a hospital ASAP. Tell them what's going on and that you need proper responsible pain management. Get some professionals involved in your battle.

[bayonetbrant]

what Stags said

[airboy]

So sorry to hear about your injuries and difficulty recovering.  Missed this while traveling.  I've prayed for your recovery.

[Sir Slash]

Ditto Hoff!

[Hofstadter]

Dude, you need to decrease that oxy as soon as you can. Big Pharma lied when they said it was less addicting. You need to do whatever you can to reduce it's hold on you because that shit was practically engineered to make junkies.

If your mum won't let you get proper treatment then call a friend or two and tell them you need help now. Get them to sneak you out and get to a hospital ASAP. Tell them what's going on and that you need proper responsible pain management. Get some professionals involved in your battle.

I don't really have any friends, at least none that will to help. Ive been talking about my physical and emotional abuse for years and I've never gotten help.

[BanzaiCat]

Stags is absolutely correct. You should not use oxygen if there's no need for it.

Do you use a pulse-ox monitor? It's the clippy thing that goes on the end of one finger. Unless your O2 saturation is in the mid-to-low 90s or lower, you should NOT be using it regularly. O2 from tanks is supposed to be a temporary fix to stabilize a low O2 content in the blood stream. If you're using O2 when your saturation is normal, you're putting poison into yourself.

Did your doctor prescribe oxygen? If so I can only imagine it was because of a low blood saturation. If not, he's probably a quack. I can't think of any reason to order such a thing otherwise.  ???

[bayonetbrant]

My left arm is in so much pain I had to triple the oxy

Dude, you need to decrease that oxy as soon as you can.

Stags is absolutely correct. You should not use oxygen if there's no need for it.

Oxycontin, not Oxygen

no one really wants to kick their oxygen addiction

[BanzaiCat]

Ha!  :D

Well, that's still true. At least that's what they taught me when I was working an ambulance.

Oxycontin is...well, it has a metric ton of contraindications. One of the worst ones (IMO anyway) is how it slows your breathing down. I say "worst" because if you're not close to hyperventilating and breathing normally, this could be bad news. It can also swell up your throat.

[acctingman]

Dude, you need to decrease that oxy as soon as you can. Big Pharma lied when they said it was less addicting. You need to do whatever you can to reduce it's hold on you because that shit was practically engineered to make junkies.

If your mum won't let you get proper treatment then call a friend or two and tell them you need help now. Get them to sneak you out and get to a hospital ASAP. Tell them what's going on and that you need proper responsible pain management. Get some professionals involved in your battle.

I don't really have any friends, at least none that will to help. Ive been talking about my physical and emotional abuse for years and I've never gotten help.

YOU are your best friend. Not preaching or making light of this, but you have to think this way to make it in life in my opinion. Yea, friends/family make for a nice support network, you have to be your best friend.

Best of luck on a speedy recovery there Hof  O0

[mirth]

Thinking of you and wishing you the best, Hof.

[Hofstadter]

If you wanna see pics of my wounds. They are located here https://www.reddit.com/r/MedicalGore/comments/7eyxua/jumped_through_window_during_night_terror/

Fair warning, my friend threw up on seeing those images

Last week I went to the doctors, the nurses had no idea where my wounds were, and since I can't really see them they got pissy at my bad descriptions. I also asked the doctor "at week two i woke up with terrible pain my arm, but I think it was a muscle spasm from a terror, what can I expect if the sutures ripped?"

His exact words "It is what it is, we can't just open you up to you think you had a night terror"

I want to kick him in the balls.

[Hofstadter]

[airboy]

Hope you are doing better.

[bayonetbrant]

Wow - I hope you finish healing up soon