Tagged: medications

A white coffee mug with a black handle and black interior. The text reads 'I START WORKING WHEN MY' above an OxyContin 80mg pharmaceutical label graphic, then 'STARTS WORKING' below.

Pre-op · 5d to surgeryPre-op

Comfortably Numb

Let's talk about pain. Specifically, let's talk about the plan to outsmart it, because last time pain and I had a very bad weekend together. Rewind to the left…

FWB pre-op · medications · pain-science

Gollum from The Lord of the Rings, gaunt and gray-skinned, crouched on mossy rock in a dark cave, cradling and gazing longingly at a bottle of Advil the way he covets the One Ring.

Pre-op · 12d to surgeryPre-op

My Precious

Every runner has a Precious. This is mine. I've been leaning on Advil like a crutch since the ankle went. But if I'm being honest, I was leaning on it loooong…

FWB pre-op · medications · nsaids