 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Yes you will have to be the parent. That is inevitable. And yes it would be a lot easier for him to quit smoking with NO other smokers in the house - it would benefit both of you (and your mother). You don't think that this can happen to you? Check out this site: http://www.sptimes.com/News/61599/Floridian/He_wanted_you_to_know.shtml He should be prescribed a muscle relaxer as spasms are well known with morphine treatment. He may wish to try something else for long term pain management such as Duragesic or oxycontin. Some people act very strangely with morphine and some do not.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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