- What is the 'death rattle'? 21st October 2003
... local hospital, yesterday he was so out of it from the morphine . He is on 3 mg. per hour IV drip, and every 2-4 hours...
... on weather to put in a port or a pick line for his morphine drip. I don't know why they have not decided this ... because he won't be here much longer to even use the morphine drip at home??? I don't know, we have a meeting today...
... with hopice they had put in a picc line so that the morphine drip could be given in the home so glad they did.It ... she did. she did have the picc line put in for the morphine let him die in comfort and peace, you dont want him...
- Dad is not doing well-NSCLC-Sage IV 16th October 2003
... hospice inn they are finding his medicine range with the morphine drip. Once the morphine is regulated they told him ... anyone had this experience? How much longer after the morphine drip will he live. This is just breaking my heart...
- new to board 23rd September 2003
... bone. they have her on oxygen now and she has the morphine patch to help with the pain in her leg. we dont think...
- psychotic episodes in cancer patients 6th September 2003
... kidneys and hipjoint. He is taking Zyprexa, and liquid morphine . He also has a patch. I just don't know how to help...
... and heard of others, having the same feelings from morphine . Maybe an adjustment might help with the dosage....
... enough, and I think, also, that maybe it's too much morphine . These poor people. Again, I feel very lucky that...
... they tryed to stablize her. she was on heavy doses on morphine those first months. she certainly would halucinate ... when she gets really bad pain, shes back on the morphine , and the symptoms i mentioed start again.
most certainly ... i would say that the morphine is causing what you describe. i hope they can move...
- Six months or Less 23rd August 2003
... it better or get him on PCA, so far he is rejecting morphine , he wants to be lucid, but most of the time he's in...
... codein, vicodin, demeral, oxycontin, oxycodone, to morphine . Then to liquid morphine because he was on such high ... and then back home after the switch was completed. Morphine kept him from getting drousy or being knocked out...
- Spinal and Brain Mets 12th August 2003
... mets to her bones & spine) 6 years ago and they used morphine and nerve blocks so she couldn't feel anything from...
- if no chemo...fast end? 8th August 2003
... and radiation so they gave him a prescription for morphine and sent him home. My mom is calling in hospice on...
- End Of Life 1st July 2003
... she can talk to us like before :o) I sure hope the Morphine does what the patches did. Thank you all for your...
- what a V.A.T.S surgery is on the lungs,and my surgery with it. 17th June 2003
... with the epidural it was horrible,I was being given morphine every 2 hours.
I had 2 chest tubes coming out the ... the pain would be,I was then put on percocette and morphine every 2 hours around the clock.I have never felt such...
- my mother's breathing probs 16th June 2003
... she takes lorazepam (atavan) for stress, and wears morphine patches for pain/discomfort. i was just wondering...
- Walter 6th June 2003
... quickly. The doctors advised him to consider getting a " morphine pump" but my dad resisted. He was in a lot of pain...
... taking care of yourself.
Mom did not start with the morphine till about the last 4 months. Then it was only one...
- Stage iV NSC Lung Cancer 21st May 2003
... and it is obvious that he is very ill. He started morphine for the pain last week. The primary tumor has already ... eroded one rib. The morphine is helping with the pain but, he is insiting on remaining...
... Taxotere alone) at this time. He is now taking 60mg morphine 2 times a day, along with many other drugs to ease...
- Grandmother to pass any minute 7th May 2003
... want to leave. She was hallucinating i guess b/c of morphine drip. Monday before I came to hospital, dr came by ... she looks like a corpse laying on the bed, but the morphine is still dripping and she is still trying to breathe...
- Time with Mom...will be short:( 19th April 2003
... we do not have much more time with her. She is on Morphine every 12 hours and when she needs more we have another...
- Im so Scared........ 15th April 2003
... worrying about my mom. (She is home for now was put on Morphine every 12 hours......I hope that helps her)...My husband...
... two things that I could find to be thankful for were morphine and Hospice.
I used to think those were awfully strange...
... cancer....She only has one lung now....and started Morphine this week after a fall.....She says she was to weak...
- Lung surgery-removal of lung 7th March 2003
... way to prevent pain the first 4 days is to have a morphine line right into your spinal cord. It sounds nasty...
- Adencarcinoma 28th February 2003
... rib started getting out of control so in November Morphine was given in a drip until a dose could be measured ... Hospice was called in. Methodone was substituted for Morphine so he was a lot more alert. He never one time complained...
- My dad 25th February 2003
... during the waiting period so the doctors prescribed him morphine . Recently they took him off as he was hullicinating...
- Need some advice for my mom 31st January 2003
... tolerates the medication. OXYCONTIN is stronger than MORPHINE and it works wonderful for me. If you have any questions...
- What to expect? 18th January 2003
... said at this stage it would be up to us, because the morphine could slow everything down and that would be the end...
... experience giving shots was the one who had to give her the morphine that she needed. She did have her moments when she...
... brain is not functioning properly. My mom was also on morphine , and the last 4 days she was in kind of a semi-coma...
- Cheryl - how are you? 10th January 2003
... why is Danny on Methodone? Did Dr. W over-prescribe Morphine ? Does Danny get a lot of pain still? Does Methodone...
- help needed... 24th December 2002
... part of the body....we haf no idea why it hurts..even morphine is not of much use...and he need not go for chemo...
- Hospice 5th December 2002
... wore him out. He slept for hours and I gave him extra morphine to help us both rest.
He had two Gemzar treatments...
... have not mention the Fentanyl patch, then use the morphine for breakthrough pain, of have a morphine pump for...
... Hospice house for Pain relief. They are taking him off morphine and putting him on Methadone. The Dr. at the hospice...
- Mary, just an update, my husband is really suffering. 9th November 2002
... husband is stage iv. He is in the hospital now getting morphine and the new test showed the cancer has spread to the...
... spending most days at the hosp. Danny gets 1000mg morphine or more per day. He had a new chemo last wed. a port...
... spending most days at the hosp. Danny gets 1000mg morphine or more per day. He had a new chemo last wed. a port...
... spending most days at the hosp. Danny gets 1000mg morphine or more per day. He had a new chemo last wed. a port...
... spending most days at the hosp. Danny gets 1000mg morphine or more per day. He had a new chemo last wed. a port...
- mum has lung cancer - so much pain :( 4th October 2002
... takes - but she is too scared to go on the "harder" morphine stuff. pain is in soulders and hips mainly. i put...
- My husband is in remission from stage four lung cancer... 16th September 2002
... they could just do something about the pain. He is on Morphine now and that hardly helps more than an hour or two...
- back pain and lung cancer 20th August 2002
... metastisized to his back in less than a week. He was given morphine to control the pain. He started radiation the day...
- Radiation onset pneumonia 25th June 2002
... is this common and will the pain subside he is on morphine pills to help the pain so he can eat. I am worried...
- back pain, early sign of lung cancer? 3rd June 2002
... compresion fractures as well and is being treated with morphine for pain very effectively.
Hope this helps.
Marnie...
- small cell carcinoma - in the leg bone 20th March 2002
... surgery tomorrow - if she can be medically cleared. The morphine for the broken leg completely took away her apetite...
- Please help me to cope ...... 17th June 2001
... friend..... She has also been nasty to me whilst on the Morphine ..I know she cannot help it ..but it hurts.....Please...
... Valentines day. She too was somewhat "mean" while on the morphine , but mainly to her husband. She took turns with the...
... used sedatves lorazapam and then she would be better. morphine is she had pain. the worse part about the way she...
- I need info about lung cancer 25th December 2000
... treatments.
The only pills he actually took were morphine for the pain. The Cancer can be painful and pain...
- Confused why doc is so concerned about lymph node! 25th March 2008
... Nothing is helping. They gave me Toradol, vallium, and morphine and I STILL had pain. After the Morphine, the pain...
- Dad still having migranes.... 26th February 2008
... ya gotta do sometimes.
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I remember being on Morphine for a week until the problem subsided on its own....
- chemo headaches? 16th January 2008
... Eventually I had to go to the hospital and get juiced up on Morphine . Although I remember the doctors prescribed some morphine ... gets well and I'm glad he's over the hump.
But yes Morphine ...see if you can get some....
- My Story. 20th December 2007
... I spent about 10 days in the hospital dosed out on morphine due to extreme pain in my neck (possibly the worst...
- Hi Everyone, Bad news!! 2nd August 2007
... I was on morphine , but I have stopped taking it, as i wanted to know...
- With all the medications I'm on surely I'd could sleep at night!! 9th June 2007
... sleeping in the day, I have only taken my hrt and morphine this evening, I am really tired, in pain and would...
- To Singer 5th June 2007
... me, I feel the same about you too.
I have had my morphine doubled and i am on diazapan (my memory is getting...
- Im Being Admitted!! 4th June 2007
... Ails, I went to my doctor who just prescribed more morphine :)
i had to go back to the hospital to have more...
- Please Help 18th May 2007
... good moisturizer after I shower/bathe. I am on oral morphine for pain, which I know can cause itching symptoms ... night, the itching started before I started taking the morphine , and sometimes its not every night. It all started...
- My Brother in law's Scan Results 18th April 2007
... really really intense, so I am going to have some more morphine and have an early night,
Love and best wishes to...
- I'm back!! 2nd April 2007
... be doing anything regarding my spleen, I am given morphine for the continuous pain that I am in though. The...
- What to expect: ENT, biopsy? 19th September 2006
... was done on a groin lymph node. I had versaid and morphine and knew nothing. I remember going into the OR and...
- Debbie or anybodyI need some answers 17th August 2006
... glad the biopsy part is over. I had the versaid and morphine for mine. I never knew a thing. I never even had...
- Just Curious I Suppose 14th July 2006
... removed from the groin for biopsy. I had versaid and morphine as "anesthesia". It was a breeze and I was in no pain...
- My biopsy is tomorrow.... 15th June 2006
... what anesthesia you will have but I had versaid and morphine ...it was great. I remember commenting on the music...
- Input please. 16th March 2006
... done at the hospital under anesthesia...versaid and morphine . I didn't know a thing til it was over. The surgeon...
- please help!! 18th December 2005
... had my biopsy, I was under versaid (spelling?) and morphine . They said it was like a twilight sleep. I don't remember...
... freaked me out. I asked if I could have the versaid and morphine which is what they used when I had the biopsy. She...
- Lymphoma? 19th October 2001
... ...She was only 66....She was kept pain free with Morphine .... Please chat to your Mum and tell her that you...
- Whats the next step 1st April 2008
... s which includes fully effective administration of morphine ,the preferred pain medication when analgesics and ... pain management with as high as necessary amounts of morphine will not cause addiction and need not be a concern...
... pain progresses so you might plan on the use of a morphine pump which he can control with measured doses as needed...
- Question / advice for son 17th September 2007
... in the lower back spine. They have been offering
morphine to help the pain. Does morphine also have negative...
... I'm so sorry!
Morphine , as with all heavy narcotics, is hard on the body...
- Brachytherapy 5 days post op catheter problems? will i be ok? 4th August 2007
... bad bladder spasms. Folks, this was tramatizing. Morphine did nothing. They finally decided to put an 18 size...
- Newbie needs to vent (It's a long one)! 10th April 2007
... the meantime, he developed a severe headache that morphine wouldn't fix and another brain scan showed he had...
- anti nausea medicine 7th April 2007
... Thanks everyone. I just heard he is in the hospital on morphine & feeling better but I'm making notes of these meds...
- New to all this!!! 7th March 2007
... for two nights then I recovered at home. I had a morphine pump while in the hospital, so I could administer...
- Gift Ideas for Terminal Patients 7th December 2006
... other form of treatment. Twice a day he is using morphine patches for the immense pain. My question is...what...
- Advanced Prostate Cancer - No Further Treatment - Lost 3rd October 2006
... suggestion we have had from the medical professionals is morphine . His dosage was just increased to 30 mg every 12 ... some relief at this point or is the only option more morphine . Is this all we can expect - each step is a learning...
... could barley walk he stumbled and fell also. he was on morphine for the pain but he didn't like the way it made him...
- Back from hospital advice... 6th July 2006
... a little while ago. Heres the update: Hes been on Morphine because the pain is pretty strong. He says its just...
... Did you all need it as well on here? They gave him morphine shots and then later on some other one starting with...
... you both.....
I had a lot of pain but didn't need morphine after my radical RP (last July 25). I took one Percoset...
- The time has come...Thank YOU ALL!!! 3rd July 2006
... little while ago. Heres the update: Hes been on Morphine because the pain is pretty strong. He says its just...
- Any Insight into Life Expectancy? 25th March 2006
... 11 months. His last two were unbearable pain that morphine could hardly control. His neck fractured from sleeping...
- My Dad's battle with Advanced Prostate Cancer 1st February 2006
... oncologist at that point. The oncolgist gave him morphine and sent him home. We all thought this was nuts since...
- dad has stage4 metastesized to bones 6th September 2004
... back to you. Please look into hospice if you can. Morphine can cause nausea, vomiting & constipation. Sometimes...
... didn't even tell him that this could happen from the morphine . He has been having sever pain in his lower abdomen...
... community that can provide advice. My mother is on morphine too and the constipation thing is a huge issue, so...
- Prostate cancer Pain 19th August 2004
... radiation? Maybe too close to the spinal cord? Is he on morphine or another opiate? How about one of the injectable...
- Back home from surgery! 13th July 2004
... was terribly nauseated and the doctor suspected the morphine drip was the cause. After they switched to another...
- Need some information 16th July 2003
... that moment, I would have given him extra doses of morphine to make sure he didn't feel a thing.....hine site...
