I apologized to Ann for talking her ear off.<\/p>\n
“Oh, no, it’s fine – I’m just glad to see you awake, and not crying,” she said.<\/p>\n
That’s about right. I don’t have a big repertoire in terms of socializing these days.<\/p>\n
In addition to sleeping 9 or 10 hours at night, I take a couple naps every day.<\/p>\n
Getting exercise has been great, and we have had some nice chats.<\/p>\n
It occurs to me, though, that there’s another reason for my crying jags besides just the brain chemicals being agitated like a half-blended smoothie.<\/p>\n
In the hospital, I had morphine by injection every few hours and two Percocet and a Valium every four hours. I finally tapered off the Percocet and Valium this week.<\/p>\n
So, weeping isn’t that weird – I’m going through drug withdrawal.<\/p>\n
I don’t crave the drugs. They make me foggy-headed and constipated. In the past when I’ve had Percocet, I took the absolute minimum that I needed to get through the most severe pain. It’s hard for me to relate to people who get hooked on that stuff.<\/p>\n
But then … Some people have emotional pain that runs pretty deep. If the pills take that away, well, that would be pretty addictive.<\/p>\n
I still have some physical pain, and a lot of anxious moments. My body must be craving those drugs in spite of my non-addictive tendencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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