Platinum Member (300+ posts) Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 458 | Hi Pumpkin
I was on a morphene drip for a few days during the first radiation treatment when the pain on my tongue got too bad and had to be hospitalized for nutrition and rehydration.
I don't remember hallucinating, but had some real vivid dreams, I can still remember the dreams and feelings I experienced. Did have a bad case of what I think is called monoclonis,(not sure if I spelled that correctly or if even it's the correct term). The kind of normal twitching one sometimes does right at that period when you drop off to sleep. Except this seemed real severe, like hard tossing and turning.
Everyone reacts to morhpine differently I suspect. Hallucinations could be a side effect, or possibly something else. The doc's didn't think any of the things I was experiencing was caused by the morphine, but day after I quit, the stuff went away.
Bob
SCC Tongue, stage IV diagnosed Sept, 2002, 1st radical neck dissection left side in Sept, followed by RAD/Chemo. Discovered spread to right side nodes March 2003, second radical neck dissection April, followed by more RAD/Chemo.
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