Holy. You sound like my dad, who's aversion to needles was so powerful he never took any sort of pain medication for dental work. I can't even begin to imagine.
As for the Novocaine issue, do what I do - always schedule the work late in the day, then go home and sleep it off. Dan Sent from my iPad On Mar 24, 2013, at 3:27 PM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > Correct. Nothing eliminates pain. Pain is there to keep us from hurting > ourselves and to allow healing. > > I do not even let the dentist use Novocaine. The drill is annoying, but the > pain is not that bad. When I get out of the chair, it is over. When they > use Novocaine, you are out of commission for at least half a day. > Overcoming pain is more a matter of mind over matter. This position is not > without experience. My back was nearly broken over 40 years ago. It hurts > right now. But it is a minor annoyance. > > Having the right mindset, laughing, and keeping busy are the best medications > for pain. > > I believe there are less addictive medicines available, if medicine is > necessary. > > >> Some painkillers affect people differently. For example, after a few doses >> of Percoset I stopped taking them because of unpredictable side effects. >> Hydrocodone was far more predictable but I also only took a few. I am >> like Dan, would rather tough it out. >> >> Pain medication is supposed to reduce, not eliminate pain, right? >> >> I think a lot of people think pain medication should eliminate pain of any >> sort. >> >> On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 9:49 AM, Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> wrote: >> >>> That stuff scares the heck out of me. I am understandably concerned about >>> the wife's upcoming hip replacement surgery, as I know there will be a lot >>> of post operative pain, and she has a pretty low threshold for it. >>> >>> I rarely even take something for a headache, as I would rather tough it >>> out than take medication, even OTC stuff. >>> >>> Dan >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> On Mar 24, 2013, at 11:15 AM, Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>> > My own personal experiences with strong painkillers are very limited -- >>> had a kidney stone in 2002, NOT fun, but one percocet was more than enough, >>> tossed the rest. The pain goes away, the drugs last all day. >>> > >>> > After my auto accident, I had some severe pain from bruised nerves, and >>> those Lortabs were great for the two days I really suffered, but how wants >>> to be zoned out? I got stuff to do, even when I'm so sore I can barely >>> move, I don't want to be out. >>> > >>> > As I said, the real danger is finding being disconnected from reality >>> blissful. Steep slope down to a place ya don't wanna be, I think. >>> > >>> > Everybody knows at least one alcoholic, painkiller addiction is the >>> same, just a different way to get there. >>> > >>> > Peter >>> > >>> > _______________________________________ >>> > http://www.okiebenz.com >>> > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> > >>> > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
