To cut a long story short I have to go into hospital once a month at the moment needing ventilation and a lot of pain relief (abdominal).
Various opiate concoctions are no longer working and I'm not keen on being "put to sleep" because of how long it takes me come round from the drugs, delaying discharge etc. etc.
Short of a stem cell breakthrough there is not much they can do to stop me getting ill but one suggestion to make the whole thing easier is for me to have an epidural as soon as I arrive in the ITU and avoid all this faffing on with inadequate opiates.
What are the risks of having regular (monthly) epidurals?
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Risks of regular epidurals?
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squigglywig · 18/09/2008 20:21
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