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by hansthehorse
2923 days ago
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I recently underwent surgery and radiation treatment for cancer at the base of my tongue (left side) which was noticed by me because it formed a lump on the left side of my neck. They took about half a golf ball out of the base of my tongue and scooped out a bunch of neck stuff but my neck never bothered me at all. Tongue surgery recovery plus 2 months of mouth and neck radiation treatment is something I wouldn't wish on anyone. I was on morphine for 5 months and my only complaint is that they told me at refill time that I should be done with it now and they didn't want to renew my monthly prescription. I told them I agreed with them but I needed another month of pills to allow myself to wean off of them over time. They were very reluctant but after a few hours and a few different doctors talked to me they went along with it. I did a 4 one week reductions and that first week without was almost worse than the cancer recovery. I fear the return of the cancer more because of the need to have to go through the morphine withdrawal week than the cancer itself. This was at the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center where I received absolutely first class treatment throughout the entire experience. |
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This makes me so mad.
You are just supposed to quit in one day, cold-turkey?
Ridiculous.