Well it's interesting. Modern medicine (and i guess anaesthesiology in particular) went through a bit of a metamorphosis in the 90's. On my first hospital visit in '94, the mantra was "only just enough junk to help ease the pain back to tolerable levels".
By the time of my last surgery a year or so ago, the mantra had changed to "Tell us what you need to relieve all your pain". They became much more receptive and responsive to controlling patients' pain as pain research became better, and as better drugs came on the market that were much less chemically addictive. > ya, they don't give you the stuff unless you are in pretty bad shape. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Flash for programmers - Flash MX Pro http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=56 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:176880 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
