I have done hard labor all my life. I am almost 60 and still am able to work fairly hard just not as often. I wanted 45 hydros a month.
I had to go to “pain management” and first thing doc did was double the hydros and put me on time release morphine, come back every month and pee in a dam cup. How the heck can I drive? He just shrugged his shoulders.
I never peed in a dam cup for anyone. Then doc treats me like I am in Jr High with lectures and almost a disdain for me.
So I walked out last time and told him to shove his pee cup.
No hydros for me, not even 45 a month for a beat up old man so he can cut firewood, etc.
I’ve never been much of one for pills, I avoid painkillers unless it gets unbearable because I’ve assumed pain is a warning to restrict my movement in order to heal. Might be wrong about that, but that’s been my assumption. I’m not yet old enough to experience the constant aches and pains, though. Getting there, but not yet.
However, on two occasions I’ve been prescribed Hydrocodone and it provided relief for which I was very grateful. The first occasion, I was awakened in the middle of the night by severe chest pains. I know looking back that my reaction was stupid, but I didn’t want to make a scene and wake the whole neighborhood, or the expense of calling EMT so I drove myself to the ER. Turned out to be basically what was once called pleurisy, severe chest wall pain from coughing, I’d had bronchitis. They gave me Hydrocodone and kept me there for observation for two hours. Amazing, that pain that was almost debilitating was just ... gone. Not loopy or buzzed or disoriented, I just felt good, no pain.
The second time, I came down with shingles on Christmas Day, the first Christmas after my father passed away. Didn’t realize I was that stressed, but it was a trial to maintain a jovial appearance to keep the holiday together when I felt his absence so strongly. Started out as a bump behind my hairline at my left temple, pain and a sensation of cold. Thought it was an insect bite of some sort initially, but then it began to spread. Eventually, the rash covered the left side of my forehead and almost got into my left eye. I can’t describe the pain, it was like it drilled down inside my skull. You wouldn’t think a simple rash could hurt like that, but it did. Awful. Hydrocodone gave me relief from that, not total relief but enough that I could sleep.
So I walked out last time and told him to shove his pee cup.
I heard it was fairly easy to get medical cannabis in Arizona, you might want to try that.
As far as peeing in a cup I'd recommend getting used to that. As you get older you'll get more and more requests to do so. One of them might save your life.
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