OVERDOSE!!
Just calming down from a crazy 12 hours in Emergency!
My pain has become so bad that my family doc prescribed Morphine!
Unfortunately, due to a miscommuication betwixt us, I thought I was on ‘regular’ Morphine. Not true! I was given “Sustained Relief” morphine. So, I took it like regular Morphine. BIG MISTAKE!
I accidentaly overdosed (more on that experience later).
Thanks to a quick acting wife; a 911 call; and a very responsive EMS team I AM ALIVE! THANKS ERIN, (EM Tech)!!
I’m still ‘coming down’ from the SR Morphine, so I am running hot and itching like crazy (turns out I am ‘sensitive’ to Morphine) till the Reactine(R) kicks in.
Sheesh! What am I NOT sensitive to?
This is a hell of a way to start the weekend.
I am going to be doing a series of posts on this subject. I will explain how this happened, in the hopes others will learn from my ‘mistakes’.
Happy Belated Thanksgiving! I am thankful for my LIFE! And, for dedicated EM Techs like Erin who loves her job! We had a great chat as the Narcan shut down my Opiate receptors — image little Pac Men (R) cruising your veins, running around shutting down the Opiate Receptors. I could literally FEEL a burning in my veins as the receptors were disconnected.
As more and more receptors disconnected, I became more alert. That’s how the EMT’s “KNEW” I’d overdosed — Narcan is THE Antidote for Morphine.
I am grateful to God that I am here to ‘tell the tale!”
I’m done for now.
Stay tuned for more insights, information, ideas, and encouragement.
