It's my understanding that, with opiates, more pain = less side effects like sleepiness. Thus the theory that if someone has overdosed one might improve his situation by breaking his arm.
Look, you got a little stabbed the other day. That's bound to make anyone a mite ornery.
Mal ,'Ariel'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - May 04, 2009 10:15:13 am PDT #17924 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Connie Neil - May 04, 2009 10:20:20 am PDT #17925 of 30000
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It's my understanding that, with opiates, more pain = less side effects like sleepiness
Crap. When Hubby takes one, he become alert and normal. I don't like what that's saying about his pain levels.
-t - May 04, 2009 10:27:34 am PDT #17926 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
There are other factors, especially if he has to take it regularly, of course. Bottom line, if it's helping him manage the pain, that's better than having all that pain with no relief.
Small comfort, I guess.
Jessica - May 04, 2009 10:28:30 am PDT #17927 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Food Network Magazine lists 50 best burgers in the country.
I would have to agree with their choice of Burger Joint for NY.
[Though as the SE commenters point out, it's a very urban-centric list. There may well be a better burger in a dive bar upstate that I know nothing about.]
Kathy A - May 04, 2009 10:30:04 am PDT #17928 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Kuma's Corner in Chicago has been getting a lot of buzz lately--it's nice to see it on that list. (And the burger's name is relative, too: the Slayer!)
Jesse - May 04, 2009 10:35:19 am PDT #17929 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I have yet to go to Burger Joint, and now I guess I should wait six months...
Kathy A - May 04, 2009 10:40:15 am PDT #17930 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Yeah, that's my usual reaction to a Chicago-area restaurant's appearance on Check, Please! (the local PBS station's restaurant-review show).
Burrell - May 04, 2009 10:54:09 am PDT #17931 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
The California choice is clearly a sop to advertisers. In N Out? Really? I mean, for fast food it's good, and you can't beat the price. But it's still just a fast food burger.
I find that insulting. Like if they did a list of 50 best chickens in the US, would they give Kentucky to KFC?
Steph L. - May 04, 2009 10:57:19 am PDT #17932 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
It's my understanding that, with opiates, more pain = less side effects like sleepiness
That was my experience, other than with morphine, which apparently made me drunk-dial Buffistas and then pass out.
Crap. When Hubby takes one, he become alert and normal. I don't like what that's saying about his pain levels.
There are other factors, especially if he has to take it regularly, of course.
This is very true.
Bottom line, if it's helping him manage the pain, that's better than having all that pain with no relief.
And this is absolutely true.
-t - May 04, 2009 11:07:10 am PDT #17933 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I was tryng to figure out how I felt about that, Burrell. I talked myself into agreeing that In-N-Out is the burger to recommend across the whole span of California - there are better burgers but at individual restaurants and knowing how good Monsoon Burger is doesn't help anyone who is hundreds of miles from Fairfield.