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Re: Surgeons/anaesthesiologists should avoidgiving opiates (morphine) to cancer patie
I haven't felt up to using the computer much or researching anything since my hip surgery last week. Too much pain. But today I wasn't happy to see the title of this thread. 
I've been given far to many opiates since my femur surgery and came home with morphine. In cancerland you just can't win. This concerns me more so since I've been told I have had a recurrence, and I'm still not on any chemo. I'm on all kind of opiates & can't imagine not taking them right now...far too much pain. I haven't even had time to read all this yet but I will.
Thanks for sharing this...we just can't win.
Chelee
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DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes.
Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs.
Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06
Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07
3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07
9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV.
9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa
9-29-09 Power Port Placement
10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head.
11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed
12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa.
3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed.
4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone.
5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy.
Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time.
7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.
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