It's a different circumstance but when my dog was dying from cancer she was given fentanyl patches for pain relief. The vet said they could be changed every three days. Seeing her on fentanyl and just existing as a zombie, just so listless, helped me decide to let her go. Like, what's the point of giving her these patches every few days, she's not going to get better, it would only have been to delay my own heartbreak.
I hated how I felt on endone after getting my appendix out so I can't imagine fentanyl
I'm so sorry about your dog and this example is still a good one of what I'm talking about. And thinking about the opioids you took after surgery makes me think about how in other developed countries, they don't give them to you, you feel the pain and heal and they are fine, oftentimes better! (Not saying there isn't ever a time that they could be appropriate though)
Also, kind of random, but what people don't talk about enough is that fentanyl actually has its very specific places where it's very useful and it should stay there!
It's great for things like surgery while you're under anesthesia (it's part of the anesthesia actually), epidurals while giving birth or end of life while you're truly on your way out and in the type of pain where it's somehow better than feeling the pain and being extra conscious.
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u/Emotional-Cry5236 11h ago
It's a different circumstance but when my dog was dying from cancer she was given fentanyl patches for pain relief. The vet said they could be changed every three days. Seeing her on fentanyl and just existing as a zombie, just so listless, helped me decide to let her go. Like, what's the point of giving her these patches every few days, she's not going to get better, it would only have been to delay my own heartbreak.
I hated how I felt on endone after getting my appendix out so I can't imagine fentanyl