The Michigan State Flower is the "Apple Blossom." We have lotsa
wild roses here too--lots of simulairities, actually. Apple trees in
blossom are very pretty...I'll bet there are lots of poets who have
whiled away hours describing them (or their smell.)
I sure don't know much about medication, but I know that morphine
is strong--after my brain surgery, I felt ready to go home with my
head in a turbin (sp?) I'm told that I was propped up with the
maximum legal dosage of morphine, but when I think about it,
I would have had to be in major pain without it. The doctor sawed
a hole in my head around the size of the reach of my fingers and
yanked out a tumor with a come-along (well--I was sleeping, maybe
they didn't use a come-along.) At the time though, I felt fine!
Again, I don't know much about medications, but one of my
neighbors was given an extremely large dose of radiation back
in the early days of cancer treatment--she is cured but is constantly
on medication for the radiation after effects. The other day, her
husband was telling me she takes her Morphine in a patch, much
like the "quit-smoking" gimicks you see advertised. He said
they like the patch very much--it gives a slow, controlled dosage
that lasts for three days.
Good luck with your dear Mother!
Ross
-----Original Message-----
From: Docent@aol.com <Docent@aol.com>
To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com <mol-cancer@lists.meds.com>
Date: Monday, July 20, 1998 10:14 PM
Subject: [MOL] Re: IQ Test for tomorrow/allergies...
>Well, actually a tomato is a fruit according to my friends at in
agriculture
>at LSU. Then again they also told me that the apple and the rose are from
the
>family, so go figure. But enough of my butting in on that topic.
>
>My real question concerns getting help for my mother:
>
>My mother is having what her oncologist calls a psychotic reaction to her
pain
>meds, in particular demerol and morphine, and perhaps benedryl. Has anyone
>else had this kind of reaction, and if so was there another pain medication
>that was substituted successfully?
>
>Thank you in advance for your helpful replies.
>allison
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