Welcome and hope you stay tuned as others may have helpful advise for you.
My experience with Fentanyl has not been a good one but for pain management, it helped. I won't go into all the details with me but just monitor your mental facilities as this drug can take away your reasoning ability. Just take a look on line about the side effects and be aware. Educating yourself when it comes to drugs is something we all need to know and understand as the doctors do not always give details but then again, it depends on how this drug affects you and your pain management.
Keep a positive attitude and focused. Keep yourself active both mentally and physically and that should help you get through the day. Welcome again and hope the best for you.
Thank you so much for the reply; it really made me feel welcome
Hi, and welcome.
Fentanyl is an opioid like Morphine. It is one of the "last choice" medications.
I am not a fan of pain management through narcotics, as most problems have other solutions that aren't as life devastating or body harmful.
And medication type pain management is only covering up the symptoms, not finding a solution. It should always be a last resort, when all other solutions are not achievable.
There are many issues to consider, such as: Why is hormone therapy not a treatment or was it and it was not effective? Have you already progressed through all other pain medications? What is the status of having a laproscopy or full hysterectomy?
I'm not asking you to provide any information that makes you uncomfortable. But without knowing, you may not even know what alternate options you could have which weren't made known to you.
Hi. Just want to second.educating yourself about Fentanyl. I did not have a good experience with it. I found it oversedating and it caused.terrible.problems.with short term memory. Some find.it a good med but I have found more.had trouble with it.
Thanks for responding! I went from Percocet to the patch years ago. I had a laparoscopy which proved I had endometriosis, but to make a long story short, the surgery was botched. Hormone therapy did nothing for me and I'm far too young for a hysterectomy – so looks like I'm in it for the long-haul.
I must say I am in much better shape than before pain management. I could not get up to play with my daughter at least two weeks out of the month because I was in so much pain. I was being treated like a druggie by my doctors and was suffering severe depression and questioning myself because of that.
I have more to say, but can't right now as I have a house full of kids lol!
Thanks to marycarmel as well:)!
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