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Breaking the morphine habit
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The week at the Benalla Hospital turned into three – I got home to see the Grand Final. As predicted, they have removed the morphine from my system but, as sure as hell, it has done nothing to ease the pain.
You see, when the blood PSA count returned to 1.0, my Urologist declared the cancer to be in remission. The latest nuclear scan showed no new activity in the bone metastases. Therefore, my doctor declared that, in remission, there can be more pain, Well I say bullshit to that!
They have sent me home with a narcotic patch which tricks the brain into making other medications confuse the morphine receptors. Another tablet to take when I wake up in pain to prevent panic as I try to deal with the pain over the next hour along with Panadol as the basic pain medicaton. I am definately less functional that when I walked into the hospital.
  
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Editorial
- Petrol should be cheaper
November 11, 2009 | 10:08 pm The Australian dollar is now at 93 US cents and oil is about $US78 a barrel. At the current price of $A1.20 litre for petrol we are paying at least 25% too much. What’s going on?
- Taking a week off in hospital
September 6, 2009 | 8:33 pm Tomorrow, I am to be booked into the Benalla Hospital for about a week but you won’t notice a difference because this web site is all but automated.
I have been on morphine since my prostate cancer was diagnosed back in April 2008. As time goes by, the body becomes immune and the dosage has to be increased. The current dose is 100 mg both morning and evenings with liquid shots as required to manage the pain breakthrough.
The objective is to infuse some other pain killer through a tube into the stomach whilst my body adjusts to going without the ‘Hillbilly Heroin”. I have been told that it is not a comfortable time and that the side effects are a build-up of fluids and an increase in appetite. I am genuinely not looking forward to the process.
- Violet Town Market
August 30, 2009 | 5:31 pm
The Violet Town market is reputedly one of the best markets in North East Victoria and attracts up to 200 stalls and patrons of up to 4,000 each month.
The market, held on the second Saturday of every month from 8:30 am – 1 pm, promotes and supports tourism and the social and economic fabric of the community. … full detail here
- Too much sex in Wodonga
August 14, 2009 | 9:21 am Well, I have followed the Wodonga twitters all week and as the can’t get ttheir tweets above the navel, I have duly removed that wicked town from the Twitter search and added Yarrawonga in its place.
I’m sure those looking for sex tweets already know how to find them.
- Sex in Wodonga
August 9, 2009 | 3:49 pm On the blog pages, I have a column titled, What the twits are discussing generated from a Twitter search of the town names in the border area.
Unfortunately, I will probably have to remove Wodonga from the search as the column is being overrun by tweet ads for swinging and sex in all its various forms. It seems the border area is becoming a hotbed for fun times. Todays listing is made up of 40% sex ads out of Wodonga. Of the five Wodonga tweets, four are sex ads.
I’ll leave it for a week and, if the ratio doesn’t drop, I will remove Wodonga from the Twitter search list.
You may accuse me of censorship, but my blogs represent my morality and having sex ads automatically inserted into my work does not represent my moral standards.
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