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Any medical staff around?

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Againfs · 08/11/2023 19:48

Wondering if anyone might have some insight as to what's going on.

My mum (65) had a fall two weeks ago and hurt her knee. Was in quite a lot of pain for the first couple of days but didn't feel anything was broken, was still walking and driving and didn't want to go to a&e. After that the pain got better but didn't completely go away, no bruising or swelling. As it's been 2 weeks she made a GP appointment today, they had a look and sent her to a&e for an x-ray. Typical wait times so she has been there since 10am today, X-ray has come back normal, now they want to do a CT scan.

However she has just messaged me saying they have given her morphine? Surely this is a bit dramatic for a painful knee with a clear x-ray that has been walked on and driven with for the past 14 days? Or is morphine not as intense as I'm thinking?

I can't go in and see her and she's not very good at texting so wondering if there's something I'm missing. Also I assume she won't be home tonight? She drove there.

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Neriah · 08/11/2023 19:53

They simply won't give morphine without good cause. Sometimes not even then. Either she's wrong about what she's been given, or it's far more painful than she's saying.

Againfs · 08/11/2023 19:55

That's what I thought, but even if she is now saying it's extremely painful would they still give it if they've found nothing wrong yet?

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Cornettoninja · 08/11/2023 19:56

Morphine does seem dramatic on the face of it but I wonder if they had to manipulate her knee for x-ray and have exacerbated the injury?

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