Anyone got some advice about pain medication?

[Warpy]

6. A lot of us wish that.

The nausea from the morphine eventually fades, but that's about the time you're getting dependent on the stuff and will have to taper it down rather than quit cold turkey when it's time.

I always explained to my patients that nothing kills the pain completely. Opiates just dull it enough that they could cope with rehab and then have the pain settle down quickly when they returned to bed.

If you've got any sort of healing incision in the area, I'd get rid of the cabbage. Anything that creates a warm, moist environment near broken skin is just asking for infection.

My own problem is chronic pain that has lasted for years and will be with me for the rest of my life. My own balance is just enough pain control that I can function, not so much that I'm oblivious (although that seems attractive from time to time). I use Ultram because I don't get mentally foggy from it and a TENS unit when my back locks up.

ETA: explore with your doctor whether or not another opiate or semisynthetic opiate will work better than morphine. Methadone has been used very successfully for pain control and doesn't tend to fog you up. In any case, a good pain control specialist has many more things at his disposal so there is some light at the end of your very painful tunnel.