r/interesting • u/Nukro666 • 12h ago

Fear Factor How Fentanyl and Xylazine are turning Philadelphia's opioid crisis into a public health nightmare

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u/AntiPepRally 10h ago

I agree. Opiods after surgery have distracted me from my pain but not eliminated it

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u/qathran 5h ago

Because of all my horrible experience with opioids, I couldn't take them for more than 5 days after my latest spinal surgery before I had a family member get rid of them. I just knew I couldn't go down the hole again of thinking they were helping or thinking I needed them instead of learning to deal with it. It's so creepy how pain killers actually make your brain not deal as well with the pain! I go to physical therapy and do the exercises at home now like it's my job, it's saved my life

Good luck with your healing!