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susieq

I also live alone but I keep busy by playing bridge with some wonderful friends.
I have had a colostomy for a year and a half. I am now going in to have a morphine pump implanted in my back for three herniated discs.
I keep busy and live in a condo, which I own and love. I don't have any pets at this time but I love all of them.
Susieq

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Hi Susieq,
Has your doctor discussed how the morphine will affect your colonic motility?

Here's a link that discusses morphine, and if you scroll down to the section on "Constipation", you will find information on morphine and colonic motility:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphine

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Hey suseq, I don't want to respond to what I know about the morphine pump, I just had a dear friend finally get it removed, she will have side effects her whole life, but we are all different. I don't know how it will work on you or affect your pain, I just know what it does to people and the thought process. Maybe you need this, I am not your doctor but will keep you in my prayers, God bless you, love Jenny.

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This topic brings to mind a question I have been pondering regarding the analgesic pumps, namely, does the pump work on other pain medications like Dilaudid for instance, I find it does not have the side effects of morphine. I have been living with a herniated disc for the last 20 years but two years ago something more sinister has happened and where an exacerbation from the disc would last anywhere from a few days to a couple of weeks, what I have now is a horrible pain in my whole left leg and this is everyday and I don't want another spinal operation, the last two ops have kept me away from the specialists for as long as I can possibly avoid it. The only time I have read about these pumps it was with morphine, and after four surgeries ending with an ileostomy, it was always morphine and the hallucinations were frightening and seemed so real, like I KNEW some of the nurses were trying to kill me and this was so real I still remember after seven years and it seems like yesterday, but, others I have talked to had no such problems which comes right back to we all react differently to differing medications. anybody have an answer, thanks for reading my babble, Ed
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Ed, I would take the Dilaudid pump any day over Morphine, but they usually just give that temporarily. Morphine pumps are long term, like what Hospice uses. Both drugs are highly addictive, but I like the way Dilaudid makes you feel in the short term. Anyway, I can't get into this pump on here. It is up to you all and your doctors. I wish you both the best with the pumps. All I can do is say a prayer. God bless you all and keep you safe, Jenny.

 
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Ed, there is a good chance you can get a Dilaudid Pump with that kind of pain. They control the amount you get at one time; it is pre-measured nowadays. If you feel you can't take the pain without help, then ask your doctor about the Dilaudid pump. I know the Morphine pump is put inside the skin, but the Dilaudid Pump doesn't have to be. So you cannot overdose on it. I am not big into Morphine. For one, I am allergic to it. For two, it is what Hospice gives you to also die on and keep you from so much pain when you're ready to hit the dust, like if you have Pancreatic Cancer or Liver Cancer, etc. When life gets you down, just sing this song in your head:
Mama Said There Will Be Days Like This, Days like this my Mama Said. That should do the trick. If that song doesn't work, then sing L is for the

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