Sherry-
Don't you listen to him! It wasn't the morphine that made him loopy, it was the NASTY dexamethasone! :p I swear those doctors wanting to administer anti-nausea drugs and any other kind kept on like Eve to Adam - "Here! Take this...it will make it feel/work better". Dex made him act like he had brain mets. The liquid morphine made him VERY short tempered more than disoriented.

The Fentanyl patches are one of the best ways to curb the major pain and still let the patient be/feel productive. There are a bunch of articles out there written by the palliative teams supporting oncologists whose patients were incapacitated because of the other/ancillary side effects of other pain meds; one in Time Magazine sticks out in my mind because it was just about the time Ed started needing them. Through the use of the duragsic patch, people with extreme pain actually have a chance at some "normal" routine.

What kind of kitty is Dolores?

Susan