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Taken with a Nikon D80.
* Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/320) [+]
* Aperture: f/8 [+]
* Focal Length: 170 mm [+]
* ISO Speed: 250 [+]
Strobist: SB-800 and SB-600 Strapped to the lens with the lens extended to the 200mm setting. Attached with ball bungees with each flash on opposite side. This created a pseudo ring light appearance. Since I had Becky take the photo, I set the flashes to TTL. Triggered via pop up flash via Nikon CLS/AWS. Shutter speed set to 1/320 to eliminate any reflection directly from pop up flash. f/8 chosen for greater depth of field. ISO was left at 250.
For some time I had worsening halitosis (bad breath), pocket of my tonsils, food accumulation, snoring, and calcifications. I saw the ENT surgeon, Dr. McDonald at the Mayo Clinic a couple of months ago. We decided to proceed with tonsillectomy. My patient schedule was filled out for 2 months so I blocked my schedule and on 4/23/08 I underwent tonsillectomy.
After not eating or drinking after midnight, I showed up around 8 am to the hospital. I was escorted to an outpatient room and changed into hospital attire (Snaps in the back!). A young female IV tech came in and after a few seconds of prodding with a needle, my IV was in. The nursing staff was excellent and friendly. They hung an IV and took vitals. The scale they weighed me on-- IT LIES! :-)
I was then taken to the pre-anesthesia room. Assessed multiple times (spell your full name and what is your birthday) and confirmed what surgery I was having, things were a go. The anesthesiologist and a CRNA came and saw me and the CRNA rolled me to the OR. I was transferred to the OR table. Dr. McDonald came over to say hi. They hooked up my IV. I remember having the thought of "I wonder if I can see the propofol flowing down the IV into my arm". That was my last thought and I started coming awake in the PACU (recovery room). I had been intubated and extubated while I was asleep (hallelujah!). I consciously tried to breathe deeply and wiggle my hands and legs to try and recover as fast as possible from anesthesia. I kept on catching myself wanting to close my eyes and go back to sleep, but I forced myself to stay awake with the goal of recovering and going home. I needed a shot of pain medication in the recovery room (fentanyl). They switched my nose cannula of oxygen to a face mask of oxygen and moisture. I believe the Lord blessed me with a quick recovery, a successful surgery and blessed Dr. McDonald in performing the operation.
I was rolled back up to the semi-private outpatient room (2 person room). After being assessed by the nursing staff, my IV was removed. I quickly changed out of my hospital clothes into some loose fitting basketball pants. Becky waited in the room for me while I got ready. We went down to pickup my medications (narcotic - oxycodone in liquid form, antibiotic - amoxicllin) which it took the pharmacy an HOUR to fill. I fell asleep in the wheelchair. Becky pushed me in the wheelchair to the parking ramp and I climbed in the car. We picked the kids up 1/2 hour early from school and headed home. I proceeded to vomit once from being nauseous, took my first dose of oxycodone, and then went to be bed for an hour nap. I got up and took some tylenol. Drank some water and had a bit of jello. I promptly threw that up too with water coming out my nose! Ugh!
I drank lots of water and managed to keep down some jello. I ate a jello cup with mandarin oranges in it. That was a mistake--they burned the back of my throat! After that and for the rest of the night, I felt nauseous. After going to bed at 10, I got up to urinate at 12. Boy was it every slow, I think I was still affected by anesthesia and the narcotic. I got up again at 2 to urinate. I got clammy and cold and threw water up. I got up at 3 to urinate and couldn't sleep, so I read for 45 minutes. I went back to sleep and got up at 5:55. I drank some water and promptly threw it up along with the mandarin oranges from last night. After that, I haven't thrown up since--must have been those that didn't set well with me. It hurts to swallow more than a couple of times in a row. Consequently, I find myself not swallowing much. I've had a ton of water, some Lipton diet citrus green tea and bits of jello (Becky blended some bananas with some different varieties of jello for me) and yogurt. I will lose weight yet! :-)
I took a nap in the morning and a nap this evening as well. I thought I'd share this photo of the back of my throat to show you what things looked like. Carl.
From 01-21, one I never got around to playing with. Almost 3 months to day after my total pancreatectomy. Still on methadone, but the oxycodone is done and the insulin is getting lower by the day!
AB800 at full power camera left, via cybersyncs.
Remembering Dean Johnson (RIP), Velvet Mafia singer from the documentary film " Freaks Glam Gods and Rockstars " 2001
The New York Times
October 5, 2007
A Fond and Boisterous Memorial Is Held for a Symbol of Gay Night Life
By COLIN MOYNIHAN
For years, Dean Johnson was a rollicking fixture in rock 'n' roll clubs, gay bars, drag queen circles and poetry readings. He was 6-foot-6, with a gleaming shaved head, and he often wore outsize sunglasses to match his outsize frame and personality.
Two weeks after his puzzling death in Washington, hundreds of people gathered at Rapture Café & Books on Avenue A on Wednesday night to remember a man who was rarely forgotten by anyone who met him.
"Dean was a landmark like a tall tower or a tourist attraction," one of the eulogizers, Dale Corvino, told the crowd.
It was a fond, boisterous memorial. The crowd spilled onto the sidewalk, and some lingered past midnight. They spoke about their love for Mr. Johnson, 46, and about his bewildering death.
Friends said that he went to Washington on Sept. 19 after an exchange of e-mail messages with an acquaintance there, but never returned.
On Sept. 20, officers responding to a call went to a building in the 2400 block of 16th Street Northwest and found Mr. Johnson unconscious, the police said. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
Four days earlier, officers had gone to the same address and found another man, Jordan Cronkin, 26, and he, too, was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital, said Inspector Rodney Parks of the Metropolitan Police Department.
Inspector Parks said that the police were waiting for toxicology reports and for Mr. Johnson's cause of death to be determined. The delay was attributed to the fact that Mr. Johnson had remained unidentified for at least several days. He said that an investigation into both deaths was proceeding.
Mr. Corvino said he had become concerned near the end of September, when he had not heard from Mr. Johnson, and figured out the password to Mr. Johnson's e-mail account. Among the messages, he said, he found one dated Sept. 16 from a man in Washington, saying that Mr. Cronkin had died in the sender's apartment.
In an e-mail message sent to Mr. Johnson at 1:19 a.m. on Sept. 17, the man in Washington wrote that he was disturbed by memories of Mr. Cronkin calling out and crying.
"I see him on the couch, his body supple but me certain with the first touch he was dead and for some reason not being surprised and tonight I am afraid that he will be mad at me as a spirit."
A message sent the next day told Mr. Johnson that the man had bought him a round-trip Amtrak ticket between New York and Washington. The return ticket was never used. A day after he arrived in Washington Mr. Johnson died.
In the 1980s and '90s Mr. Johnson, a former film student, made himself a symbol of gay night life, from Chelsea to the East Village, fronting bands and organizing parties. He was featured in two films depicting those worlds, "Mondo New York" and "Freaks, Glam Gods and Rock Stars." But his appeal transcended stereotypes, his friends said.
"I never felt as comfortable as a straight guy in a world where I wasn't supposed to be than with Dean," Jordy Trachtenberg, a music acquisitions executive, said at the memorial. "When I met Dean, I realized what being free is all about. He never judged anybody, and he never cared about being judged."
"Jean Genie," a song by David Bowie about a gender-bending figure searching for love, blared from speakers inside the cafe on Wednesday, and photographs of Mr. Johnson were tacked to a wall next to posters promoting parties that he had organized.
Mr. Johnson was known for performing with bands like the Velvet Mafia. He also organized long-running parties at CBGB and the World, another defunct club on the Lower East Side.
"It was one of the last hurrahs of reckless abandonment and fun before the scene turned into models and bottles," said D.J. Tennessee, who played records at those parties. "It mixed the silly and the sublime."
Mr. Johnson also had a serious side that was manifest in his poetry and his involvement in local politics, friends said. Some of his parties, which featured a blend of people including transsexuals and heterosexuals, were benefits for squatters who took over abandoned Lower East Side buildings and made them into homes.
And even as he took part in drag queen revues like Wigstock, friends said, he did so in his own way. Rather than adopting feminine mannerisms, Mr. Johnson simply stretched his broad shoulders into a tight black dress and donned sunglasses.
"He wasn't copying others; he invented his own persona," said Clayton Patterson, a photographer and filmmaker on the Lower East Side. "He was a prototype."
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Remembering Dean Johnson (RIP), Velvet Mafia singer from the documentary film " Freaks Glam Gods and Rockstars " 2001
The New York Times
October 5, 2007
A Fond and Boisterous Memorial Is Held for a Symbol of Gay Night Life
By COLIN MOYNIHAN
For years, Dean Johnson was a rollicking fixture in rock 'n' roll clubs, gay bars, drag queen circles and poetry readings. He was 6-foot-6, with a gleaming shaved head, and he often wore outsize sunglasses to match his outsize frame and personality.
Two weeks after his puzzling death in Washington, hundreds of people gathered at Rapture Café & Books on Avenue A on Wednesday night to remember a man who was rarely forgotten by anyone who met him.
"Dean was a landmark like a tall tower or a tourist attraction," one of the eulogizers, Dale Corvino, told the crowd.
It was a fond, boisterous memorial. The crowd spilled onto the sidewalk, and some lingered past midnight. They spoke about their love for Mr. Johnson, 46, and about his bewildering death.
Friends said that he went to Washington on Sept. 19 after an exchange of e-mail messages with an acquaintance there, but never returned.
On Sept. 20, officers responding to a call went to a building in the 2400 block of 16th Street Northwest and found Mr. Johnson unconscious, the police said. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
Four days earlier, officers had gone to the same address and found another man, Jordan Cronkin, 26, and he, too, was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital, said Inspector Rodney Parks of the Metropolitan Police Department.
Inspector Parks said that the police were waiting for toxicology reports and for Mr. Johnson's cause of death to be determined. The delay was attributed to the fact that Mr. Johnson had remained unidentified for at least several days. He said that an investigation into both deaths was proceeding.
Mr. Corvino said he had become concerned near the end of September, when he had not heard from Mr. Johnson, and figured out the password to Mr. Johnson's e-mail account. Among the messages, he said, he found one dated Sept. 16 from a man in Washington, saying that Mr. Cronkin had died in the sender's apartment.
In an e-mail message sent to Mr. Johnson at 1:19 a.m. on Sept. 17, the man in Washington wrote that he was disturbed by memories of Mr. Cronkin calling out and crying.
"I see him on the couch, his body supple but me certain with the first touch he was dead and for some reason not being surprised and tonight I am afraid that he will be mad at me as a spirit."
A message sent the next day told Mr. Johnson that the man had bought him a round-trip Amtrak ticket between New York and Washington. The return ticket was never used. A day after he arrived in Washington Mr. Johnson died.
In the 1980s and '90s Mr. Johnson, a former film student, made himself a symbol of gay night life, from Chelsea to the East Village, fronting bands and organizing parties. He was featured in two films depicting those worlds, "Mondo New York" and "Freaks, Glam Gods and Rock Stars." But his appeal transcended stereotypes, his friends said.
"I never felt as comfortable as a straight guy in a world where I wasn't supposed to be than with Dean," Jordy Trachtenberg, a music acquisitions executive, said at the memorial. "When I met Dean, I realized what being free is all about. He never judged anybody, and he never cared about being judged."
"Jean Genie," a song by David Bowie about a gender-bending figure searching for love, blared from speakers inside the cafe on Wednesday, and photographs of Mr. Johnson were tacked to a wall next to posters promoting parties that he had organized.
Mr. Johnson was known for performing with bands like the Velvet Mafia. He also organized long-running parties at CBGB and the World, another defunct club on the Lower East Side.
"It was one of the last hurrahs of reckless abandonment and fun before the scene turned into models and bottles," said D.J. Tennessee, who played records at those parties. "It mixed the silly and the sublime."
Mr. Johnson also had a serious side that was manifest in his poetry and his involvement in local politics, friends said. Some of his parties, which featured a blend of people including transsexuals and heterosexuals, were benefits for squatters who took over abandoned Lower East Side buildings and made them into homes.
And even as he took part in drag queen revues like Wigstock, friends said, he did so in his own way. Rather than adopting feminine mannerisms, Mr. Johnson simply stretched his broad shoulders into a tight black dress and donned sunglasses.
"He wasn't copying others; he invented his own persona," said Clayton Patterson, a photographer and filmmaker on the Lower East Side. "He was a prototype."
The Envoy
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Washington, DC 20009
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03/22/2013
Remembering Dean Johnson (RIP), Velvet Mafia singer from the documentary film " Freaks Glam Gods and Rockstars " 2001
The New York Times
October 5, 2007
A Fond and Boisterous Memorial Is Held for a Symbol of Gay Night Life
By COLIN MOYNIHAN
For years, Dean Johnson was a rollicking fixture in rock 'n' roll clubs, gay bars, drag queen circles and poetry readings. He was 6-foot-6, with a gleaming shaved head, and he often wore outsize sunglasses to match his outsize frame and personality.
Two weeks after his puzzling death in Washington, hundreds of people gathered at Rapture Café & Books on Avenue A on Wednesday night to remember a man who was rarely forgotten by anyone who met him.
"Dean was a landmark like a tall tower or a tourist attraction," one of the eulogizers, Dale Corvino, told the crowd.
It was a fond, boisterous memorial. The crowd spilled onto the sidewalk, and some lingered past midnight. They spoke about their love for Mr. Johnson, 46, and about his bewildering death.
Friends said that he went to Washington on Sept. 19 after an exchange of e-mail messages with an acquaintance there, but never returned.
On Sept. 20, officers responding to a call went to a building in the 2400 block of 16th Street Northwest and found Mr. Johnson unconscious, the police said. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
Four days earlier, officers had gone to the same address and found another man, Jordan Cronkin, 26, and he, too, was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital, said Inspector Rodney Parks of the Metropolitan Police Department.
Inspector Parks said that the police were waiting for toxicology reports and for Mr. Johnson's cause of death to be determined. The delay was attributed to the fact that Mr. Johnson had remained unidentified for at least several days. He said that an investigation into both deaths was proceeding.
Mr. Corvino said he had become concerned near the end of September, when he had not heard from Mr. Johnson, and figured out the password to Mr. Johnson's e-mail account. Among the messages, he said, he found one dated Sept. 16 from a man in Washington, saying that Mr. Cronkin had died in the sender's apartment.
In an e-mail message sent to Mr. Johnson at 1:19 a.m. on Sept. 17, the man in Washington wrote that he was disturbed by memories of Mr. Cronkin calling out and crying.
"I see him on the couch, his body supple but me certain with the first touch he was dead and for some reason not being surprised and tonight I am afraid that he will be mad at me as a spirit."
A message sent the next day told Mr. Johnson that the man had bought him a round-trip Amtrak ticket between New York and Washington. The return ticket was never used. A day after he arrived in Washington Mr. Johnson died.
In the 1980s and '90s Mr. Johnson, a former film student, made himself a symbol of gay night life, from Chelsea to the East Village, fronting bands and organizing parties. He was featured in two films depicting those worlds, "Mondo New York" and "Freaks, Glam Gods and Rock Stars." But his appeal transcended stereotypes, his friends said.
"I never felt as comfortable as a straight guy in a world where I wasn't supposed to be than with Dean," Jordy Trachtenberg, a music acquisitions executive, said at the memorial. "When I met Dean, I realized what being free is all about. He never judged anybody, and he never cared about being judged."
"Jean Genie," a song by David Bowie about a gender-bending figure searching for love, blared from speakers inside the cafe on Wednesday, and photographs of Mr. Johnson were tacked to a wall next to posters promoting parties that he had organized.
Mr. Johnson was known for performing with bands like the Velvet Mafia. He also organized long-running parties at CBGB and the World, another defunct club on the Lower East Side.
"It was one of the last hurrahs of reckless abandonment and fun before the scene turned into models and bottles," said D.J. Tennessee, who played records at those parties. "It mixed the silly and the sublime."
Mr. Johnson also had a serious side that was manifest in his poetry and his involvement in local politics, friends said. Some of his parties, which featured a blend of people including transsexuals and heterosexuals, were benefits for squatters who took over abandoned Lower East Side buildings and made them into homes.
And even as he took part in drag queen revues like Wigstock, friends said, he did so in his own way. Rather than adopting feminine mannerisms, Mr. Johnson simply stretched his broad shoulders into a tight black dress and donned sunglasses.
"He wasn't copying others; he invented his own persona," said Clayton Patterson, a photographer and filmmaker on the Lower East Side. "He was a prototype."
The Envoy
2400 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
www.borgermanagement.com/adams_morgan_area2.shtml
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03/22/2013
Remembering Dean Johnson (RIP), Velvet Mafia singer from the documentary film " Freaks Glam Gods and Rockstars " 2001
The New York Times
October 5, 2007
A Fond and Boisterous Memorial Is Held for a Symbol of Gay Night Life
By COLIN MOYNIHAN
For years, Dean Johnson was a rollicking fixture in rock 'n' roll clubs, gay bars, drag queen circles and poetry readings. He was 6-foot-6, with a gleaming shaved head, and he often wore outsize sunglasses to match his outsize frame and personality.
Two weeks after his puzzling death in Washington, hundreds of people gathered at Rapture Café & Books on Avenue A on Wednesday night to remember a man who was rarely forgotten by anyone who met him.
"Dean was a landmark like a tall tower or a tourist attraction," one of the eulogizers, Dale Corvino, told the crowd.
It was a fond, boisterous memorial. The crowd spilled onto the sidewalk, and some lingered past midnight. They spoke about their love for Mr. Johnson, 46, and about his bewildering death.
Friends said that he went to Washington on Sept. 19 after an exchange of e-mail messages with an acquaintance there, but never returned.
On Sept. 20, officers responding to a call went to a building in the 2400 block of 16th Street Northwest and found Mr. Johnson unconscious, the police said. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
Four days earlier, officers had gone to the same address and found another man, Jordan Cronkin, 26, and he, too, was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital, said Inspector Rodney Parks of the Metropolitan Police Department.
Inspector Parks said that the police were waiting for toxicology reports and for Mr. Johnson's cause of death to be determined. The delay was attributed to the fact that Mr. Johnson had remained unidentified for at least several days. He said that an investigation into both deaths was proceeding.
Mr. Corvino said he had become concerned near the end of September, when he had not heard from Mr. Johnson, and figured out the password to Mr. Johnson's e-mail account. Among the messages, he said, he found one dated Sept. 16 from a man in Washington, saying that Mr. Cronkin had died in the sender's apartment.
In an e-mail message sent to Mr. Johnson at 1:19 a.m. on Sept. 17, the man in Washington wrote that he was disturbed by memories of Mr. Cronkin calling out and crying.
"I see him on the couch, his body supple but me certain with the first touch he was dead and for some reason not being surprised and tonight I am afraid that he will be mad at me as a spirit."
A message sent the next day told Mr. Johnson that the man had bought him a round-trip Amtrak ticket between New York and Washington. The return ticket was never used. A day after he arrived in Washington Mr. Johnson died.
In the 1980s and '90s Mr. Johnson, a former film student, made himself a symbol of gay night life, from Chelsea to the East Village, fronting bands and organizing parties. He was featured in two films depicting those worlds, "Mondo New York" and "Freaks, Glam Gods and Rock Stars." But his appeal transcended stereotypes, his friends said.
"I never felt as comfortable as a straight guy in a world where I wasn't supposed to be than with Dean," Jordy Trachtenberg, a music acquisitions executive, said at the memorial. "When I met Dean, I realized what being free is all about. He never judged anybody, and he never cared about being judged."
"Jean Genie," a song by David Bowie about a gender-bending figure searching for love, blared from speakers inside the cafe on Wednesday, and photographs of Mr. Johnson were tacked to a wall next to posters promoting parties that he had organized.
Mr. Johnson was known for performing with bands like the Velvet Mafia. He also organized long-running parties at CBGB and the World, another defunct club on the Lower East Side.
"It was one of the last hurrahs of reckless abandonment and fun before the scene turned into models and bottles," said D.J. Tennessee, who played records at those parties. "It mixed the silly and the sublime."
Mr. Johnson also had a serious side that was manifest in his poetry and his involvement in local politics, friends said. Some of his parties, which featured a blend of people including transsexuals and heterosexuals, were benefits for squatters who took over abandoned Lower East Side buildings and made them into homes.
And even as he took part in drag queen revues like Wigstock, friends said, he did so in his own way. Rather than adopting feminine mannerisms, Mr. Johnson simply stretched his broad shoulders into a tight black dress and donned sunglasses.
"He wasn't copying others; he invented his own persona," said Clayton Patterson, a photographer and filmmaker on the Lower East Side. "He was a prototype."
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This is a list of the 157 different drugs I self-administered during the writing of The Drug Users Bible:
1P-ETH-LAD
1P-LSD
2C-B
2C-B-AN
2C-B-FLY
2C-E
2C-I
3,4 CTMP
3-FPM
3-MeO-PCMo
4-ACO-DMT
4-FA
4F-EPH
4F-MPH
4-HO-MET
4-Me-TMP
5F-AKB48
5-MeO-DALT
5-MeO-DIBF
6-APB
Adderall
Alcohol
AL-LAD
Alprazolam
AM-2201
AM-694
Amphetamine
AMT
Aniracetam
Armodafinil
Ayahuasca
Betel Nut
BK-2C-B
Blue Lotus
Caffeine
Calea
Cannabis
Catnip
Catuaba
Cebil
Celastrus Paniculatus
Chaliponga Leaves
Changa
Chlordiazepoxide
Citicoline
Clonazolam
Coca
Cocaine
Codeine
Damiana
Datura
Diazepam
Diclazepam
Diphenhydramine
Diphenidine
DMT
Doxylamine Succinate
DXM
Entada Rheedii
EPH
Ephedra
Ephenidine
Etizolam
Flubromazolam
Fly Agaric
Gabapentin
GHB
Ginkgo
Guarana
Guayusa
HBWS
HDMP-28
Heroin
Hexen
Iboga
Imphepho
Indian Warrior
IPPH
JWH-018
JWH-073
Kanna
Kava Kava
Ketamine
Khaini
Kola Nut
Kratom
Lavender
Lean
LSD
LSZ
L-Theanine
Maconha Brava
Magic Mushrooms
Magic Truffles
Mapacho
Marihuanilla
MDA
MDAI
MDMA
MEAI
Mephedrone
Methamphetamine
Methylone
Methylphenidate
Mexedrone
Mexican Tarragon
MNA
Modafiendz
Morning Glory Seeds
Morphine
MPA
Mugwort
Mulungu
MXE
MXP
Nifoxipam
NM2AI
Noopept
NSI 189
Nutmeg
Ololiuqui
Opium
Oxycodone
Passion Flower
Phenibut
Picamilon
Pink Lotus Flower
Pipradrol
Poppers
PPH
Pregabalin
PRL-8-53
Pyrazolam
Rapé
Red Lily
Sakae Naa
Salvia
San Pedro Cactus
Shirodhara
Sinicuichi
Skullcap
St. John’s Wort
Syrian Rue
Tobacco
TPA
Tramadol
Ubulawu
Valerian Root
White Sage
Wild Dagga
Wild Lettuce
Wormwood
Yohimbe
Yopo
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Contraindication
Like full agonist opiates, buprenorphine can cause drowsiness, vomiting and respiratory depression. Taking buprenorphine in conjunction with central nervous system (CNS) depressants in people who are not tolerant to either agent can cause fatal respiratory depression. Sedatives, hypnotics, and tranquilizers can be dangerous if ingested with buprenorphine by a person who is tolerant to neither opioids nor benzodiazepines. Co-intoxication with ethanol carries the greatest risk for lethal overdose, with the lowest doses of a reported fatality in a 48kg teenage girl with 5mg of diazepam and the equivalent of 8 ounces of beer (1 unit of alcohol), plus around 2mg of buprenorphine. However, this female was tolerant to none of the three drugs she ingested that were the cause of the MDI. 2mg of buprenorphine is equal to roughly 80 milligrammes of morphine. 80 milligrammes of morphine itself is considered an extreme dose for an opioid-naive patient with doses starting around 5 to 10 milligrammes.[23]
[edit]Adverse effects
Common adverse drug reactions associated with the use of buprenorphine are similar to those of other opioids and include: nausea and vomiting, drowsiness, dizziness, headache, perspiration, itchiness, dry mouth, miosis, orthostatic hypotension, male ejaculatory difficulty, decreased libido, and urinary retention. Constipation and CNS effects are seen less frequently than with morphine.[24] Hepatic necrosis and hepatitis with jaundice have been reported with the use of buprenorphine, especially after intravenous injection of crushed tablets.
The most severe and serious adverse reaction associated with opioid use in general is respiratory depression, the mechanism behind fatal overdose. Buprenorphine behaves differently than other opioids in this respect, as it shows a ceiling effect for respiratory depression.[24] Moreover, former doubts on the antagonisation of the respiratory effects by naloxone have been disproved: Buprenorphine effects can be antagonised with a continuous infusion of naloxone.[25] Concurrent use of buprenorphine and CNS depressants (such as alcohol or benzodiazepines) is contraindicated as it may lead to fatal respiratory depression. Benzodiazepines, in prescribed doses, are not contraindicated in individuals who are tolerant to either opioids or benzodiazepines.
People on medium- to long-term maintenance with Suboxone or Subutex do not have a risk of overdose from buprenorphine alone, no matter what dosage is taken or route of administration it is taken by, due to the "ceiling effect" on respiratory depression. Overdoses occurring in maintenance patients are cases of multiple-drug intoxication, usually buprenorphine taken with excessive amounts of ethanol and/or benzodiazepine drugs. It is safe for a patient to take a prescribed dose of benzodiazepines with buprenorphine as long as the patient has a tolerance to either opioids or benzodiazepines. As a matter of course, all patients on buprenorphine maintenance are tolerant to opioids, and maintenance doses are always higher than the dose at which the "ceiling effect" on respiratory depression is reached (~3±1 milligrammes, depending on method of analysis).[citation needed]
People switching from other opiates should wait until mild to moderate withdrawal symptoms are encountered. Failure to do so can lead to the rapid onset of intense withdrawal symptoms, known as precipitated withdrawal.[26] For short acting opioids such as codeine, hydrocodone, oxycodone, hydromorphone, pethidine, heroin, and morphine, 12–24 hours from the last dose is generally sufficient. For longer acting opioids such as methadone, 2–3 days from the last dose is needed to prevent precipitated withdrawal.
Conversely, switching from buprenorphine to other opioids is generally safe and can occur immediately. For users of Suboxone, it is advised to wait a few hours from the last dose before switching to other opioids to allow the naloxone in Suboxone to be eliminated from the body (it has a short half-life). Generally the new opioid will not be as strong or effective for several days until the remaining buprenorphine has been eliminated from the body. This is due to the blockade effect, where the buprenorphine is strongly bound to the opiate receptors in the brain and not allowing the new (full agonist) opioid to completely bind to and activate the receptors.
The "blockade effect" of buprenorphine further explains the phenomenon where Suboxone users trying to get high off of say oxycodone cannot until many (3 or more) days have passed since their last Suboxone dose. This discourages the patient using Suboxone properly for maintenance therapy from using other opioids recreationally to get high because either a) the "high" experienced by a typical recreational dosage of an opioid (say 30-75mg of oxycodone) is subjectively poor i.e. not euphoric and/or b) the amount of money needed to get "high" off of other opioids becomes so large that the patient may feel that recreational usage of other opioids is simply not worth it and that the calming and soothing feeling of using Suboxone properly under the care of an approved physician is simply a better way to live life.
[edit]Detection in biological fluids
Buprenorphine and norbuprenorphine, its major active metabolite, may be quantitated in blood or urine to monitor use or abuse, confirm a diagnosis of poisoning or assist in a medicolegal death investigation. There is a significant overlap of drug concentrations in body fluids within the possible spectrum of physiological reactions ranging from asymptomatic to comatose, and therefore it is important to have knowledge of the route of administration of the drug and the individual's tolerance to opioids when interpreting analytical results.[27]
[edit]Recreational use
Buprenorphine is also used recreationally, typically by opioid users, often by insufflation. Recreational users of Suboxone who crush the tablet and insufflate it report a euphoric rush similar to other opioids in addition to a slight "upper"-like effect. Those already using buprenorphine/Suboxone for opioid addiction therapy find that insufflation is only slightly, if any stronger than taking the pill sublingually, although it may have a quicker onset. Those taking it for addiction therapy also report that obtaining euphoria is virtually impossible after the first few doses. Many recreational users also report withdrawal symptoms. Due to the high potency of tablet forms of buprenorphine, only a small amount of the drug need be ingested to achieve the desired effects.
Although some people do use buprenorphine for purely recreational reasons, the majority of its illicit users use it for addiction therapy. Many people report it being effective in preventing withdrawals in-between doses of their opiate of choice. Illicit users who do not want it on record may also obtain it on the street to use as a less-painful method of quitting than "cold-turkey". Some report needing as little as one 8 mg tab which is broken up into gradually smaller doses which they take in order to effectively wean themselves off the opiate/opioid they're addicted to. The illegal and potentially dangerous self-dosing of Buprenorphine is deemed by many street users as a less risky alternative to what an addict may do on the streets to obtain money for their addiction (an 8mg tablet of either Suboxone or Subutex sells for as low as $10 in some areas, and as high as $20-25 a piece in Chicago, Illinois, with pharmacies charging generally around $14 for a single tablet and $6-8 per tablet in 30+ quantities under self-pay)[citation needed], and less dangerous than quitting cold turkey. Furthermore, most U.S. doctors authorized to prescribe Suboxone charge ~$300 for a first visit, plus several hundred more for follow-up visits, which makes going through official channels more expensive than simply maintaining the original opiate addiction, for some users.
Buprenorphine abuse is very common in Scandinavia, especially in Finland by Viimeinen Hidas and Sweden. In 2007, the authorities in Uppsala county in Sweden confiscated more buprenorphine than cocaine, ecstasy and GHB.[28] In Finland recreational use of buprenorphine is on the rise; in 2005, Finland's incidence of Subutex abuse (most often injected intravenously) surpassed the incidence of recreational usage of amphetamines. Intravenous administration of dissolved Subutex pills and insufflation of pulverized pills are the most common modes of recreational buprenorphine use.[29]
This is before they came and got me and wheeled me into the operating room. I was starting to hurt a bit, as the pain medication I had taken the night before was finally wearing off (oxycodone ~ thank God it's 12 hour) but overall was feeling ok. I was looking forward to having the source of the pain *GONE* and out of my life. I wasn't as nervous as I usually am before surgery at this point... I was mostly just thinking, "OK let's get this over with..."
One of the surgery assistants came and he wheeled me down the hall, to the elevator... Erik came behind us and held my hand in the elevator, and then we parted ways ~ he went to get coffee and wait in the waiting area, and I, into the OR area. The assistant wheeled me over to a wall, and said, "OK wait here, we'll come and get you in a minute," and walked off to go talk about the iPad with some other people who looked like other surgery assistants.
A few minutes later the anesthesiologist came and spoke with me about what would be going on, asked out my medical history, confirmed that I'm the patient they thought I was, and then he patted my hand and said the doctor would be out to speak with me in a minute.
So then there was a little more waiting, in which time I was still laying on the bed in the hallway, listening to the conversations in the hall around me and trying not to start feeling really incredibly nervous... and then my doctor came out and spoke with me. We went over some last minute things, concerns and such, and she told me what was going to happen during and after surgery, and I asked if I could use a restroom and she reassured me that I would have a catheter during surgery but that of course it was ok if I went before, too. A nurse came and showed me to a bathroom, and I went (I'm always super nervous before surgery and have to pee even when I don't really have to pee :p )... And then I got back on the bed and they wheeled me into the operating room. ~ I didn't really pay much attention to the room itself (or if I did I don't remember it, which is more likely). The only thing I remember is that there was an instrument that was covered in what looked like a long black tea cosy, and I was thinking, Is that the Laparoscope?? If so how is it possibly sterile?! ~ And there was white tile and white sheets, and a big circular thingy ... Zac you're probably laughing at this description right now, I have no idea what all this stuff was. It was like a circle with lights set into a big white boxy thingy (and the machine that goes *Ping!*). Oh and a window area that looked like where people go to wash up...?
Anyway... They had me move over to the operating table and they laid me down. I felt someone (a nurse?) place their hands on the sides of my head and stroke my forehead a little, reassuring... Then the anesthesiologist said, "OK things are going to get a little fuzzy around the edges, just go ahead and let yourself go to sleep," and I started counting backward in my head from 99 (habit left over from the other times I've been under). By 96 I was starting to wonder what the next number would be :: lol :: At about 94 my eyes kept closing and I could feel the surgery tech people or nurses, whoever it was doing it, strapping my legs and arms down to the table (common so that patients don't fall off I guess?) ~ and by 90 everything was suddenly very soft and black.
Next thing I knew I was waking up shaking and spazzing and hurting a *LOT*, and feeling really sick to my stomach, and then arguing with the nurse because she gave me the wrong medicine (she gave me fentanyl, which it even says in my chart I react badly to :: grr :: )... and then arguing with her again minutes later because she wouldn't let me get up and go to the bathroom. ~ Post-anesthesia recovery was the worst time I had honestly... after they finally agreed to let me go to the bathroom (this was after they threatened to call security on me ~ HA HA HA :p :p ~ they decided I was well enough to be discharged, and had someone come and wheel me back upstairs. I must have slept for that part, because I don't remember that at all...
Next thing I remember I was back in this room, the room I was in before surgery, and Erik came in and saw me and gave me hugs, and helped me get dressed. A nurse came with a wheelchair, and Erik went and got the car and... then I was able to go home! =]
The Velvet Mafia at Arlene's Grocery on the Lower East Side of New York City 2005. The Velvet Mafia and Dean Johnson appeared in the 2001 documentary film Freaks Glam Gods and Rockstars ... The NYC Story.
The 46-year-old nightlife icon had consumed a toxic mix of oxycodone and four other prescription pills before he passed away.
Johnson, a 6-foot-6 drag queen and paid escort, had traveled to Washington to comfort a friend after a man had died in his apartment from an apparent drug overdose just three days earlier.
Authorities said that man, Jordan Conklin, 26, had died after consuming a lethal combination of alcohol and oxycodone.
The owner of the apartment, Steven Saleh, 47, was not charged in either death.
Dean Johnson's body was found
09/20/2007
Envoy Towers
2400 16th St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
The Velvet Mafia
Dean Johnson
Arlene's Grocery
95 Stanton St
New York, NY 10002
212-995-1652
julia@arlenesgrocery.net
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New York City USA
05-03-2005
The problem with many people today, is their #addiction to opioids. This is something that can play a major role in a person’s life, and the cool thing about #cannabis, is that it reduces the instances of this.
There are even studies that show that those who have chronic pain will choose marijuana over the pain medications, since it’s more available, with less risks. There is also ongoing information that adds further insights onto the trends, and the possible value of #medical #cannabis for your ability to recover from #opioids.
The Issue with pain Meds
The problem with the current opioids is pretty obvious. This is something that was found pretty early on in the 1800s, especially with the discover of morphine by the Sumerians, who were able to find that the opium derivatives as well known as #heroin and #morphine were called wonder drugs. The thing is though, this is left uncontrolled, leading to insane levels of addiction, and eventual substance regulations as a result.
When the 20th century hit, there were then semi-synthetic compounds of opioids that started to come about, which include of course #oxycodone, #fentanyl, and also #hydromorphone, which actually started a new era of pain management, but this further led to more addiction, since these drugs were used just for pain management, but then later on, they were prescribed for a lot of other conditions.
This then led to huge overdose rates, some of them being five-fold between 1980 and 2008, which made it one of the leading causes of death and injury.
This then became an epidemic in 20117, officially declared as more and more misusing them, and some of them were even dying from these overdoses as well.
It was found that a lot of people misuse #chronic #pain meds, some of them develop disorders as a result of this, and some even transition directly to heroin from this.
How Medical Cannabis helps
There are multiple sources that discuss #marijuana, the availability of this, and how it reduces the use of opioids.
According to a study over 18 months in Delaware, they looked at the effects of medical cannabis on current opioid pain management ways. Over this period, the patients who had this actually were able to decrease the opioid use by 31%, creating an average reduction of about 12.3 mg of morphine, according to the tracking of this. This means that it helped decrease it by about half, a 29% decrease in the use of opioids, and those who had knee pain started to use it less and less too.
Medical cannabis started to replace regular opioid medications, and from that, some people have stopped the use of this, and about half of them decreased the amount that they used.
About 40% sometimes up to 100%, were able to decrease their #pain. some of them even found that it was a better alternative to opioids, and some even mentioned a better life quality because of their ability to forgo all of this.
Right now, the medical information that comes with this also does look at the quantitative aspects of this, and there was actually a lower per capita of the prescriptions with this, and that the pain medications were also lowered too because of this.
With more and more studies coming out, it was also found that a lot of people were actually using #cannabis, rather than opioids, even when they were part of medical opioid prescription programs, and it’s helped them reduce this.
Whether it will replace #opioids, only time will tell this.
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On Friday morning I had a septoplasty and turbinectomy operation performed at Washington Hospital Center by Dr. Antonio Pereira, who's been my allergist the past two years. This is a common surgery done to correct a deviated septum and in my case, a very bad one. The three-inch tube is one of two that were inserted all the way up my nose and removed by Pereira today (along with splints and other materials holding things together). The syringe was used to "flush" these tubes a few times a day, so I could breathe through my nose. They prescribed oxycodone to kill the pain and an antibiotic, both of which made me contently groggy.
My nose is already shrinking back to its normal size, but I have to rinse it out with salt solution three times a day for the next week. It will ooze unpredictably whilst my nasal cavity heals itself. Yet my biggest grievance is that I can't exercise for another 7-14 days. I've lost a couple pounds but expect to gain that back quickly. On Thursday I visited Dr. Pereira again to check on my progress and make sure everything is healing properly. I'm working from home today but plan on returning to my office tomorrow.
If you're having this operation, feel free to ask me questions and you can see what I looked like the day after surgery by clicking here (notice the rope hanging out of my nose). I highly recommend Pereira if you're looking for an allergist or surgeon, plus his staff is incredible.
In June I'll know if this procedure worked. Breathing better has many benefits :)
I feel lucky to capture this beautiful poppy today, because the wind was blowing about between 15-20 mph and the flower was moving a lot. Opium Poppy
With its array of colors ranging from white to pink to red to purple to blue, the poppy is a flower that has graced gardens around the world. Yet the juice from this botanical beauty has sparked wars, created incalculable wealth, and wreaked indescribable suffering upon millions.
HISTORY
A man collecting opium sap from a pod.
The poppy plant, Papaver somniferum, produces opium, a powerful narcotic whose derivatives include morphine, codeine, heroin, and oxycodone. The term “narcotic” refers to opium, opium derivatives, and their semi-synthetic substitutes. Narcotics are used therapeutically to treat pain, suppress cough, alleviate diarrhea, and induce anesthesia. However, they are some of the most addictive substances known to man. As misused drugs, they are often smoked, sniffed, or injected.
The earliest reference to opium growth and use is in 3,400 B.C. when the opium poppy was cultivated in lower Mesopotamia (Southwest Asia). The Sumerians referred to it as Hul Gil, the "joy plant." The Sumerians soon passed it on to the Assyrians, who in turn passed it on to the Egyptians. As people learned of the power of opium, demand for it increased. Many countries began to grow and process opium to expand its availability and to decrease its cost. Its cultivation spread along the Silk Road, from the Mediterranean through Asia and finally to China where it was the catalyst for the Opium Wars of the mid-1800s.
Today, heroin’s long journey to drug traffickers begins with the planting of opium poppy seeds. Opium is grown mainly by impoverished farmers on small plots in remote regions of the world. It flourishes in dry, warm climates and the vast majority of opium poppies are grown in a narrow, 4,500-mile stretch of mountains extending across central Asia from Turkey through Pakistan and Burma. Recently, opium has been grown in Latin America, notably Colombia and Mexico. The farmer takes his crop of opium to the nearest village where he will sell it to the dealer who offers him the best price.
THE SILK ROAD
The Silk Road is an 18th-century term for a series of interconnected routes that ran from Europe to China. These trade routes developed between the empires of Persia and Syria on the Mediterranean coast and the Indian kingdoms of the East. By the late Middle Ages, the routes extended from Italy in the West to China in the East and to Scandinavia in the North. Opium was one of the products traded along the Silk Road.
A map of the Silk Road from 200 B.C. - 300 B.C
OPIUM WARS
To fund their ever-increasing desire for Chinese produced tea, Britain, through their control of the East India Company, began smuggling Indian opium to China. This resulted in a soaring addiction rate among the Chinese and led to the Opium Wars of the mid-1800s. Subsequent Chinese immigration to work on the railroads and the gold rush brought opium smoking to America.
A sketch of 19th-century Chinese and British officials
OPIUM DENS AND PARAPHERNALIA
Opium dens were established as sites to buy and sell opium. Dens were commonly found in China, Southeast Asia, the United States, and parts of Europe. Chinese immigrants came to the United States in the Mid-1800s to work for railroads and the Gold Rush and brought the habit of opium smoking with them. Opium dens sprang up in San Francisco's Chinatown and spread eastward to New York. Browse the images below to learn more about equipment used to smoke, measure, and weigh opium for centuries.
Seven people in an opium den
A Chinese style opium pipe
Chinese Style Opium Pipe: This antique opium pipe set, circa 1821, highlights the exquisite details that could be afforded by rich Chinese opium smokers.
Opium smoking equipment
Opium Smoking Equipment: In addition to the traditional pipe, opium smokers could also use a lamp for heating the opium as well as various tools to manipulate the gummy substance.
Opium weights shaped like elephants
Weights and Scales: These scales and the elephant-shaped gold weights were used to accurately measure opium for sale.
MEDICAL USE: AN ANCIENT MEDICINE
Opium was known to ancient Greek and Roman physicians as a powerful pain reliever. It was also used to induce sleep and to give relief to the bowels. Opium was even thought to protect the user from being poisoned. Its pleasurable effects were also noted. The trading and production of opium spread from the Mediterranean to China by the 15th century. Opium has many derivatives, including morphine, codeine, oxycodone, and heroin. Browse the images below to learn more about each derivative.
Oxycodone is synthesized from thebaine, a third component of opium. Like morphine, it is used for pain relief. Oxycodone is taken orally. When misused, the tablets are crushed and snorted or dissolved in water and injected.
Opium (and the majority of its derivatives, with the exception of heroin which is Schedule I), is listed as a Schedule II controlled substance because of its medical benefit but potential for misuse. However, various opium derivatives manufactured in combination with other medical substances (like Tylenol with Codeine) may be assigned to Schedule III, IV, or V under the Controlled Substances Act. Click here to review detailed descriptions of the drug schedules.
A scientific illustration of an opium poppy flower
A scientific illustration of an opium poppy flower from Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé's Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz (1885).
A bottle of morphine
Morphine: In 1803, morphine, the principal ingredient in opium, was extracted from opium resin. Morphine is 10 times more powerful than processed opium, quantity for quantity. Hailed as a miracle drug, it was widely prescribed by physicians in the mid-1800s. Morphine is one of the most effective drugs known for the relief of severe pain and remains the standard against which new pain relievers are measured.
Bottles of codeine
Codeine: Codeine, another component of opium, is medically prescribed for the relief of moderate pain and cough suppression. It has less pain-killing ability than morphine and is usually taken orally. As a cough suppressant, it is found in a number of liquid preparations.
Two bottles of heroin
Heroin: First synthesized from morphine in 1874, the Bayer Company of Germany introduced heroin for medical use in 1898. Physicians remained unaware of its addiction potential for years, but by 1903, heroin misuse had risen to alarming levels in the United States. All use of heroin was made illegal by federal law in 1924.
A toppled bottle of Oxycodone
Oxycodone: Oxycodone is synthesized from thebaine, a third component of opium. Like morphine, it is used for pain relief. Oxycodone is taken orally. When misused, the tablets are crushed and snorted or dissolved in water and injected.
FORMS
A loaf of bread with poppy seeds
Poppies as Food: Besides being used for drug manufacturing, the poppy is also the source of poppy seeds which are greatly prized as food. Items such as poppy seed bagels and lemon poppy seed cake are sought after for their delicious flavors.
A McCormick bottle of poppy seeds
Poppy Seeds for Cooking: Poppy seeds for use in cooking can be purchased at local markets. The majority of poppy seeds used for food come from the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. Although these seeds do have opium content, the amount used for cooking purposes is extremely small. Consumption of poppy seeds can produce a positive result on drug tests.
Opium poppy flowers growing in a garden
Poppies for the Garden: Poppy flowers come in a variety of colors and are prized for the beauty they bring to the landscape. In several states, various species of poppies are planted along the sides of highways for erosion control, for example, the red corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas). Although the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) has the highest concentration of narcotics, all poppies in the Papaver genus do contain some amount of narcotic.
Two bags of opium flower poppy seeds
Growing Poppies: Poppy seed packets can be purchased at many local shops that sell gardening supplies.
EFFECTS ON THE BODY
A bottle of pills spilled over
Good Effects of Opiates: No other substance has been found to be as effective as opiates for the management of extreme pain. In addition to its analgesic qualities, it is a very effective cough suppressant, anti-diarrhea medication, and sleep-inducer.
A graphic outlining the bad effects of opiates on the human body
Bad Effects of Opiates: The major drawback of opiate use is the potential for misuse and addiction. Effects include drowsiness, slurred speech, confusion, memory loss, pupil constriction, dilation of the blood vessels causing increased pressure in the brain, constipation, nausea, vomiting, weight loss, fatigue, hallucinations, sexual dysfunction, convulsions, and respiratory depression. Effects from using non-sterile needles and adulterants mixed with opiates include skin, lung, and brain abscesses, endocarditis (inflammation of the lining of the heart), infected and collapsed veins, and diseases such as hepatitis and HIV.
THE HEROIN MOLECULE
Opium from poppy plants contains several natural alkaloids including morphine and codeine. All opiates share the same basic molecular structure, with just a slight change in the end molecules to differentiate heroin from morphine, codeine, oxycodone, and other varieties.
A heroin molecule model
HEROIN CHANGES THE BRAIN
After heroin use is stopped, symptoms like depression, abnormal mood swings, insomnia, psychosis, and paranoia remain. These brain scans show a reduction in dopamine receptors which control judgment and behavior. This reduction is a result of regular heroin use.
A graphic demonstrating dopamine levels in cocaine, alcohol, and heroin addiction
Graphic courtesy of NIDA.
HOW HEROIN WORKS
Heroin binds to receptors in the brain and produces feelings of euphoria. Its structure mimics that of a natural neurotransmitter and taps into the brain’s communication system, interfering with the way nerve cells normally send, receive, and process information. This similarity in structure “fools” receptors and allows the drugs to lock onto and activate the nerve cells. Below is a model of an opiate chemical attaching to a receptor in the brain.
A model of an opiate chemical attaching to a receptor in the brain
Graphic courtesy of B.K. Madras.
HARVESTING OPIUM POPPIES
The milky fluid that seeps from cuts in the unripe poppy seed pod has, since ancient times, been scraped off and air-dried to produce what is known as opium. The seedpod is first incised with a multi-bladed tool. This lets the opium “gum” ooze out. The semi-dried "gum" is harvested with a curved spatula and then dried in open wooden boxes. The dried opium resin is placed in bags or rolled into balls for sale.
Opium poppy pods with scoring and scraping tools
An oozing opium poppy pod
A bag of harvested opium
LEGAL PRODUCTION OF OPIUM
Legal growing of opium for medicinal use currently takes place in India, Turkey, and Australia. Two thousand tons of opium are produced annually and this supplies the world with the raw material needed to make medicinal products.
Two women legally harvesting opium
Photo courtesy of Mallinckrodt.
A crate of legally harvested opium
Mallinckrodt, one of the pharmaceutical companies licensed to deal in legal poppy production, uses crates such as this to ship its poppy products around the world.
HEROIN DRUG TRAFFICKING
Currently, there are three main sources for illegal opium: Burma, Afghanistan, and Colombia. Opium and heroin are ideal trade products–they are in great demand, are very profitable to produce, and the products take up little space. With modern transportation, opium and heroin can be moved from one country to another within days or a few weeks. Opium and heroin have an extensive and stable shelf life, allowing the products to be stored for long periods of time.
DEA is committed to halting the global trafficking of heroin. In 2008, DEA seized 13,719 kilograms (30,245 pounds) of heroin in operations around the world.
A map of global heroin drug trafficking
A clandestine heroin lab
Clandestine Heroin Laboratory in Afghanistan: In 2010 groups in Afghanistan produced 90 percent of the world's illicit opium, using clandestine labs well hidden in the country's topography.
A heroin brick mold
Heroin Brick Mold: Morphine is extracted from opium and the morphine base is transported to clandestine heroin laboratories or processed into heroin directly. The heroin powder is distributed either loose in bags or pressed into bricks with a mold.
A blue camel-shaped stamp on fabric
Heroin Bag Stamps: Drug traffickers routinely mark their products with logos or characters as a marketing tool to keep brand loyalty among their customers as well as to remain anonymous if the drugs are seized by law enforcement. This camel stamp was used by drug traffickers in Afghanistan.
Three plastic bags used for packaging illegal heroin
Branded Plastic Bags Used for Packaging of Illegal Heroin: Many consumers have their favorite brand of the drug.
FROM THE FARM TO THE ARM
The majority of the world’s heroin is produced using the Southwest Asian Method of processing.
A man adding hot water to a calcium-opium solution in barrels
Step One: Raw opium that has been collected from poppy pods is mixed with a calcium solution and hot water in large barrels. It is stirred vigorously and allowed to settle for many hours.
A man siphoning morphine out of red buckets
Step Two: The clear liquid on the top contains the morphine and is siphoned out into another container. A binding chemical is added, then returned to the barrel and heated. This chemical binds to the morphine causing it to fall to the bottom of the barrel.
Two men sifting through brown, dried morphine
Step Three: The contents of the barrel are stirred and filtered out. The residue is dried in the sun resulting in a brown morphine base.
A person stirring a pot of processing heroin
Step Four: Morphine base is combined with another chemical solution and heated until the solution turns black in color. It is then cooled down, quenched with water, and filtered to remove some impurities.
A bucket of tan heroin base
Step Five: In a separate container, sodium carbonate is dissolved in water, then added to the morphine base and stirred to create heroin base.
Two men stirring chemical solutions in red buckets
Step Six: The heroin base is mixed with several more chemical solutions, including charcoal and water, and then stirred. It is filtered multiple times to remove the charcoal, and the resulting residue is dried.
Two men pouring one bucket of solution into another
Step Seven: One last chemical is added to the dried heroin base and then filtered.
A container of dried, white heroin
Step Eight: The final dried product is white heroin hydrochloride, or powdered white heroin.
COLOMBIAN METHOD
A slightly different processing method is used to make heroin in Colombia. Instead of leaving the opium to dry overnight on the pod, the liquid opium is harvested immediately for processing. The frequent rains in that region necessitate immediate removal of the opium from the pod to prevent it from being washed away. The liquid opium is then mixed with hot water and similar steps to those that are outlined in the Southwest method are used.
A bucket of wet heroin. DEA museum. Poppies have long been used as a symbol of sleep, peace, and death: Sleep because the opium extracted from them is a sedative, and death because of the common blood-red colour of the red poppy in particular.[16] In Greek and Roman myths, poppies were used as offerings to the dead.[17] Poppies used as emblems on tombstones symbolize eternal sleep. This symbolism was evoked in L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, in which a magical poppy field threatened to make the protagonists sleep forever.[17] A second interpretation of poppies in Classical mythology is that the bright scarlet colour signifies a promise of resurrection after death.[18]
Red-flowered poppy is unofficially considered the national flower of the Albanians in Albania, Kosovo and elsewhere. This is due to its red and black colours, the same as the colours of the flag of Albania. Red poppies are also the national flower of Poland. The California poppy, Eschscholzia californica, is the state flower of California.[19]
The powerful symbolism of Papaver rhoeas has been borrowed by various advocacy campaigns, such as the White Poppy and Simon Topping's black poppy.
Wartime remembrance
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Main article: Remembrance poppy
A Canadian remembrance poppy worn on the lapel.
The poppy of wartime remembrance is Papaver rhoeas, the red-flowered corn poppy. This poppy is a common plant of disturbed ground in Europe and is found in many locations, including Flanders, which is the setting of the famous poem "In Flanders Fields" by the Canadian surgeon and soldier John McCrae. In Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand, artificial poppies (plastic in Canada, paper in the UK, Australia, South Africa, Malta and New Zealand) are worn to commemorate those who died in war. This form of commemoration is associated with Remembrance Day, which falls on November 11. In Canada, Australia and the UK, poppies are often worn from the beginning of November through to the 11th, or Remembrance Sunday if that falls on a later date. In New Zealand and Australia, soldiers are also commemorated on ANZAC day (April 25),[20] although the poppy is still commonly worn around Remembrance Day. Wearing of poppies has been a custom since 1924 in the United States.[21] Moina Michael of Georgia is credited as the founder of the Memorial Poppy in the United States.[22][23][24] Wikipedia
Artificial poppies (called "Buddy Poppies") are used in the veterans' aid campaign by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, which provides money to the veterans who assemble the poppies and various aid programs to veterans and their families.[25]
Motorcycle head on collision with another motorcycle aftermath. Hi energy Bilateral Radius fractures, ulna fractures and plated and screwed. This is 2 weeks after soft casts. 6 weeks of fiberglass casts followed. I had so much swelling in my right had I went through 3 fiberglass casts in the first 3 weeks. I was on Dilaudid (Hydromorphone) every 3 hours for 10 days. Went through 2 days of incredible withdrawal then went on Oxycodone for 6 more weeks. Bruising went past my elbows on the outside and I had incredible nerve sensitivity (intense burning) for 3 months.
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U.S. Workers Testing Positive For Drugs Reaches Highest Rate In Two Decades, Study Finds
New York (Knewz) — The number of people in the United States workforce who tested positive for drugs in 2021 was at the highest level in two decades, according to a new study.
According to data released by Quest Diagnostics on March 30, the positivity rate among the combined workforce was up 4.6 percent last year compared to 4.4 percent in 2020.
That 2021 total matches the rate from 2001 after years of decline.
The number was up 31.4 percent from an all-time low from 2010-2012, when 3.5 percent of the workforce tested positive, the study found.
The combined workforce includes general U.S. workers and federally mandated, safety-sensitive employees.
Overall positivity in the federally mandated, safety-sensitive workforce stayed even at 2.2 percent in 2020 and 2021 but was 4.8 percent higher than 2017 (2.1 percent), the study found.
The general workforce increased 1.8 percent (5.5 percent in 2020 compared to 2.2 percent in 2021). The number was 12 percent higher than 2017 (5 percent).
“Our Drug Testing Index reveals several notable trends, such as increased drug positivity rates in the safety-sensitive workforce, including those performing public safety and national security jobs, as well as higher rates of positivity in individuals tested after on-the-job accidents,” said Barry Sample, PhD, Senior Science Consultant for Quest Diagnostics.
This comes at a time when employers are having trouble filling positions.
“Employers are wrestling with significant recruitment and retention challenges as well as with maintaining safe and engaging work environments that foster positive mental and physical wellbeing,” said Keith Ward, General Manager and Vice President, Quest Diagnostics Employer Solutions. “Our Drug Testing Index data raises important questions about what it means to be an employer committed to employee health and safety. Eager to attract talent, employers may be tempted to lower their standards. In the process, they raise the specter of more drug-related impairment and worksite accidents that put other employees and the general public in harms’ way.”
In federally mandated, safety-sensitive workplaces, marijuana use increased 8.9 percent (0.79 percent in 2020 compared to 0.86 percent in 2021), amphetamines increased 7.8 percent (0.64 percent in 2020 to 0.69 percent in 2021) and cocaine increased 5.0 percent (0.20 percent in 2020 to 0.21 percent in 2021).
“It is important for workers to know that certain employers are required to test for marijuana under federal law and if they use marijuana, they can still lose their jobs,” said Dr. Sample. “People who use drugs during working hours or before work can still be impaired and dangerous to co-workers, the general public and themselves.”
In the general workforce, marijuana increased 8.3 percent (3.6 percent in 2020 compared to 3.9 percent in 2021), the highest rate ever in the study.
Cocaine positivity in the general workforce decreased 4.5 percent (0.22 percent in 2020 vs. 0.21 percent in 2021), as did use of opiates and oxycodone by 19 percent (0.21 percent in 2020 vs. 0.17 percent in 2021.
The study was based on 11 million deidentified urine, hair and oral fluid tests collected between December 2021 and January 2022.
In March 2017 I decided to knock a bucket list item out and drive Route 66. Along the way a photographer friend and I were checking out some rather dirty mining communities north of Area 51 in Nevada. On the drive home my nose kept itching and became inflamed. I didn’t think much of it though. I was generally sore from driving thousands of miles and hiking from sun up to sun down during the whole trip.
Oh, did I mention I’m a Type 1 Diabetic? Also that I have a morbid fascination with medical forensics? Well I couldn’t resist documenting my struggle with MRSA.
On April 4th I noticed a pimple growing on my inner left wrist and it popped. It then started itching and getting really red, to the point where I immediately went in to urgent care. The doctor looked at it, said it was an ingrown hair, and sent me off with an antibiotic. I knew she was wrong.
Every day I called the nurse and told her it was getting worse. A week later I sent photos to my doctor, who had me come in right away. The infection on my wrist had grown into a 4x3cm oozing solid mass of itchiness and pain. He said, “that’s really messed up” when he looked at it. A few minutes later he came back and sent me to the hospital down the street.
While there the nurses and doctors, even ones not assigned to me, came to look at the infection. Within a few hours I was in the OR getting it removed. However a week later I needed a skin graft to cover the exposed area due to tissue necrosis. They took a slice of skin from my stomach and stapled the area up.
So after two surgeries I start to feel better. I took some time off of work and spent the days loaded up on Oxycodone (which I hated) and antibiotics. Things started getting better. Until…
May 4th I went in for a follow up examination and it was like any other. Only they forgot to take the staples out of my side and stitches out of my hand. I was too loaded up on Oxycodone and I really didn’t question their judgement. But the stitches and staples were supposed to come out between 10-14 days.
Type 1 Diabetics have a depressed immune system and are at risk for infection. Even more so with wounds that pierce the skin. While things were getting better after the first two surgeries, they soon took turn for the worse.
On May 27 I went in for a checkup and the nurse asked when the stitches and staples were removed. I responded that they were still in. She asked when I had my surgery. I said the 24th. She then asked… “Three days ago?” I responded, “No, April 24.” It was clear she knew an error had been made. After looking at the medical notes in more detail she noticed that I was ALSO a Type 1 Diabetic and audibly gasped.
I cursed like a sailor when every one of those 16 stomach staples came out. On top of that I pointed out that a new pimple, just like the original, was growing on the top of my left wrist. The doctors were very concerned and rightly so. It grew into another massive MRSA infection that required surgery.
Along the way I was also worried about other pimples that appeared on my feet and hands. But these disappeared as I was taking more oral antibiotics. During this time I was also getting daily antibiotic infusions. They took an incredible toll on my right arm. It looked like I was a heroin addict with all the blown infusion insertion attempts. The nurses would not use my left arm until I begged them to one day.
The last infusion though was the roughest and never completed. As a Type 1 Diabetic I have been injecting insulin via syringe for over 20 years. Needles are not something I am afraid of. However upon sight of the infusion needle I muttered to the nurse, “I don’t feel good.”
Over the next 15 minutes two nurses kept my head up straight and applied cold packs to my neck. I could not talk at all for the next few minutes. After a while I was able to say “low blood sugar” and they checked it right away. However, my blood sugar was not low. I was having a somatic response to the sight of the needle. The nurses said I was white as a ghost during that time.
So now the fun part of the backwards American medical system begins. The bills. I’m on the hook for a certain percentage, which in the end amounts to about the same as I spent on my vacation in the first place. I am EXTREMELY FORTUNATE to have one of the best health plans since I work for UW-Madison. However, it is a huge drag to go through.
Murielle Ahoure of Ivory Coast won the 60m final in 6.99, an all-comers' record and the 7th fastest of all time in the world. The 25-year-old beat Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (7.09, PB), and Barbara Pierre of the USA (also 7.09, SB). Ahoure's time was the fastest in the world so far in 2013.
You may have heard that Fraser-Pryce served a six-month ban from athletics after a urine sample taken in 2010 was found to contain Oxycodone, but there seems to be an innocent explanation. I understand that Oxycodone is a painkiller that's not considered to improve performance, and nor does the WADA Code consider it a masking agent for other drugs. SAFP's coach reportedly recommended the painkiller to her after she complained of a toothache, and she neglected to declare it on her doping control form in what she has described as a simple clerical error. SAFP has acknowledged responsibility, saying: "I'm a professional athlete - one who's supposed to set examples - so whatever it is I put in my body it's up to me to take responsibility for it and I have done that".
The Velvet Mafia at Arlene's Grocery on the Lower East Side of New York City 2005. The Velvet Mafia and Dean Johnson appeared in the 2001 documentary film Freaks Glam Gods and Rockstars ... The NYC Story.
The 46-year-old nightlife icon had consumed a toxic mix of oxycodone and four other prescription pills before he passed away.
Johnson, a 6-foot-6 drag queen and paid escort, had traveled to Washington to comfort a friend after a man had died in his apartment from an apparent drug overdose just three days earlier.
Authorities said that man, Jordan Conklin, 26, had died after consuming a lethal combination of alcohol and oxycodone.
The owner of the apartment, Steven Saleh, 47, was not charged in either death.
Dean Johnson's body was found
09/20/2007
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2400 16th St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
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Dean Johnson
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95 Stanton St
New York, NY 10002
212-995-1652
julia@arlenesgrocery.net
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The Velvet Mafia at Arlene's Grocery on the Lower East Side of New York City 2005. The Velvet Mafia and Dean Johnson appeared in the 2001 documentary film Freaks Glam Gods and Rockstars ... The NYC Story.
The 46-year-old nightlife icon had consumed a toxic mix of oxycodone and four other prescription pills before he passed away.
Johnson, a 6-foot-6 drag queen and paid escort, had traveled to Washington to comfort a friend after a man had died in his apartment from an apparent drug overdose just three days earlier.
Authorities said that man, Jordan Conklin, 26, had died after consuming a lethal combination of alcohol and oxycodone.
The owner of the apartment, Steven Saleh, 47, was not charged in either death.
Dean Johnson's body was found
09/20/2007
Envoy Towers
2400 16th St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
The Velvet Mafia
Dean Johnson
Arlene's Grocery
95 Stanton St
New York, NY 10002
212-995-1652
julia@arlenesgrocery.net
Video
New York City USA
05-03-2005
In March 2017 I decided to knock a bucket list item out and drive Route 66. Along the way a photographer friend and I were checking out some rather dirty mining communities north of Area 51 in Nevada. On the drive home my nose kept itching and became inflamed. I didn’t think much of it though. I was generally sore from driving thousands of miles and hiking from sun up to sun down during the whole trip.
Oh, did I mention I’m a Type 1 Diabetic? Also that I have a morbid fascination with medical forensics? Well I couldn’t resist documenting my struggle with MRSA.
On April 4th I noticed a pimple growing on my inner left wrist and it popped. It then started itching and getting really red, to the point where I immediately went in to urgent care. The doctor looked at it, said it was an ingrown hair, and sent me off with an antibiotic. I knew she was wrong.
Every day I called the nurse and told her it was getting worse. A week later I sent photos to my doctor, who had me come in right away. The infection on my wrist had grown into a 4x3cm oozing solid mass of itchiness and pain. He said, “that’s really messed up” when he looked at it. A few minutes later he came back and sent me to the hospital down the street.
While there the nurses and doctors, even ones not assigned to me, came to look at the infection. Within a few hours I was in the OR getting it removed. However a week later I needed a skin graft to cover the exposed area due to tissue necrosis. They took a slice of skin from my stomach and stapled the area up.
So after two surgeries I start to feel better. I took some time off of work and spent the days loaded up on Oxycodone (which I hated) and antibiotics. Things started getting better. Until…
May 4th I went in for a follow up examination and it was like any other. Only they forgot to take the staples out of my side and stitches out of my hand. I was too loaded up on Oxycodone and I really didn’t question their judgement. But the stitches and staples were supposed to come out between 10-14 days.
Type 1 Diabetics have a depressed immune system and are at risk for infection. Even more so with wounds that pierce the skin. While things were getting better after the first two surgeries, they soon took turn for the worse.
On May 27 I went in for a checkup and the nurse asked when the stitches and staples were removed. I responded that they were still in. She asked when I had my surgery. I said the 24th. She then asked… “Three days ago?” I responded, “No, April 24.” It was clear she knew an error had been made. After looking at the medical notes in more detail she noticed that I was ALSO a Type 1 Diabetic and audibly gasped.
I cursed like a sailor when every one of those 16 stomach staples came out. On top of that I pointed out that a new pimple, just like the original, was growing on the top of my left wrist. The doctors were very concerned and rightly so. It grew into another massive MRSA infection that required surgery.
Along the way I was also worried about other pimples that appeared on my feet and hands. But these disappeared as I was taking more oral antibiotics. During this time I was also getting daily antibiotic infusions. They took an incredible toll on my right arm. It looked like I was a heroin addict with all the blown infusion insertion attempts. The nurses would not use my left arm until I begged them to one day.
The last infusion though was the roughest and never completed. As a Type 1 Diabetic I have been injecting insulin via syringe for over 20 years. Needles are not something I am afraid of. However upon sight of the infusion needle I muttered to the nurse, “I don’t feel good.”
Over the next 15 minutes two nurses kept my head up straight and applied cold packs to my neck. I could not talk at all for the next few minutes. After a while I was able to say “low blood sugar” and they checked it right away. However, my blood sugar was not low. I was having a somatic response to the sight of the needle. The nurses said I was white as a ghost during that time.
So now the fun part of the backwards American medical system begins. The bills. I’m on the hook for a certain percentage, which in the end amounts to about the same as I spent on my vacation in the first place. I am EXTREMELY FORTUNATE to have one of the best health plans since I work for UW-Madison. However, it is a huge drag to go through.
The Velvet Mafia at Arlene's Grocery on the Lower East Side of New York City 2005. The Velvet Mafia and Dean Johnson appeared in the 2001 documentary film Freaks Glam Gods and Rockstars ... The NYC Story.
The 46-year-old nightlife icon had consumed a toxic mix of oxycodone and four other prescription pills before he passed away.
Johnson, a 6-foot-6 drag queen and paid escort, had traveled to Washington to comfort a friend after a man had died in his apartment from an apparent drug overdose just three days earlier.
Authorities said that man, Jordan Conklin, 26, had died after consuming a lethal combination of alcohol and oxycodone.
The owner of the apartment, Steven Saleh, 47, was not charged in either death.
Dean Johnson's body was found
09/20/2007
Envoy Towers
2400 16th St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
The Velvet Mafia
Dean Johnson
Arlene's Grocery
95 Stanton St
New York, NY 10002
212-995-1652
julia@arlenesgrocery.net
Video
New York City USA
05-03-2005
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4,000 watt-seconds of Norman 40/40 pop, driving four bare-bulb flashheads at 1,000 w/s each.
Two of the flashheads were between the powerpack and wall behind me, the other two dangled off the sides in partial view of the lens. All four were in a cluster, so probably count as one light, smaller than a typical umbrella.
I needed f/36 at ISO100 to keep the exposure in check.
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The rest of the semester is going to suckkkk. I'm going to have such a terrible gpa. But I'm excited for Circa Survive this week, then next week is spring break. An old friend of mine thought that we should get together and shoot, and he's gonna teach me film. Woo! It'll be the first time I've ever been taught anything in photography. I'll stop rambling now.
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You may be eligible to pariticpate in the MOTHER study. This research is being done to see which medication is best for treating pregnant women addicted to painkillers (eg. Tylenol 3, oxycodone, oxycontin(r), morphine, codeine) or heroin.
We want to see if there is less withdrawl when mothers take Buprenorphene versus Methadone during pregnancy.
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Florida sex crime charges relate to sex trafficking, child molestation, child pornography, sexual battery (rape), solicitation, prostitution, solicitation of a minor, sex with mentally handicapped or disabled individuals, Internet porn, and voyeurism (peeping Tom).
Theft Crime Charges
Theft crime charges in Florida relate to shoplifting, petty larceny, property theft, credit card theft, and identity theft.
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White collar crime charges in Florida relate to business crime, money laundering, embezzlement, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), fraud, mail fraud, bank fraud, credit card fraud, healthcare fraud, and real estate fraud.
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Hillbilly heroin is a slang term used to refer to oxycodone, a synthetic opiod used as an analgesic. Oxycodone abuse began to be documented in rural regions of the United States in 1990s, explaining the origins of the slang term. A hillbilly is someone who lives in a rural area, and oxycodone is a narcotic that is chemically related to heroin. People abuse oxycodone, often in the form of the time-release formulation OxyContin, because it delivers a high similar to the one experienced on heroin. Since it is a legal drug, hillbilly heroin can be easier to obtain than heroin. Patients get the drug through doctor shopping, which means they go to multiple doctors seeking analgesic medications, as well as from dealers, who sometimes include unscrupulous doctors. Using prescription drugs can be safer than street drugs, such as heroin, as it is easier to tell when drugs are adulterated or counterfeited, allowing people to avoid drugs with unsafe additives.
In March 2017 I decided to knock a bucket list item out and drive Route 66. Along the way a photographer friend and I were checking out some rather dirty mining communities north of Area 51 in Nevada. On the drive home my nose kept itching and became inflamed. I didn’t think much of it though. I was generally sore from driving thousands of miles and hiking from sun up to sun down during the whole trip.
Oh, did I mention I’m a Type 1 Diabetic? Also that I have a morbid fascination with medical forensics? Well I couldn’t resist documenting my struggle with MRSA.
On April 4th I noticed a pimple growing on my inner left wrist and it popped. It then started itching and getting really red, to the point where I immediately went in to urgent care. The doctor looked at it, said it was an ingrown hair, and sent me off with an antibiotic. I knew she was wrong.
Every day I called the nurse and told her it was getting worse. A week later I sent photos to my doctor, who had me come in right away. The infection on my wrist had grown into a 4x3cm oozing solid mass of itchiness and pain. He said, “that’s really messed up” when he looked at it. A few minutes later he came back and sent me to the hospital down the street.
While there the nurses and doctors, even ones not assigned to me, came to look at the infection. Within a few hours I was in the OR getting it removed. However a week later I needed a skin graft to cover the exposed area due to tissue necrosis. They took a slice of skin from my stomach and stapled the area up.
So after two surgeries I start to feel better. I took some time off of work and spent the days loaded up on Oxycodone (which I hated) and antibiotics. Things started getting better. Until…
May 4th I went in for a follow up examination and it was like any other. Only they forgot to take the staples out of my side and stitches out of my hand. I was too loaded up on Oxycodone and I really didn’t question their judgement. But the stitches and staples were supposed to come out between 10-14 days.
Type 1 Diabetics have a depressed immune system and are at risk for infection. Even more so with wounds that pierce the skin. While things were getting better after the first two surgeries, they soon took turn for the worse.
On May 27 I went in for a checkup and the nurse asked when the stitches and staples were removed. I responded that they were still in. She asked when I had my surgery. I said the 24th. She then asked… “Three days ago?” I responded, “No, April 24.” It was clear she knew an error had been made. After looking at the medical notes in more detail she noticed that I was ALSO a Type 1 Diabetic and audibly gasped.
I cursed like a sailor when every one of those 16 stomach staples came out. On top of that I pointed out that a new pimple, just like the original, was growing on the top of my left wrist. The doctors were very concerned and rightly so. It grew into another massive MRSA infection that required surgery.
Along the way I was also worried about other pimples that appeared on my feet and hands. But these disappeared as I was taking more oral antibiotics. During this time I was also getting daily antibiotic infusions. They took an incredible toll on my right arm. It looked like I was a heroin addict with all the blown infusion insertion attempts. The nurses would not use my left arm until I begged them to one day.
The last infusion though was the roughest and never completed. As a Type 1 Diabetic I have been injecting insulin via syringe for over 20 years. Needles are not something I am afraid of. However upon sight of the infusion needle I muttered to the nurse, “I don’t feel good.”
Over the next 15 minutes two nurses kept my head up straight and applied cold packs to my neck. I could not talk at all for the next few minutes. After a while I was able to say “low blood sugar” and they checked it right away. However, my blood sugar was not low. I was having a somatic response to the sight of the needle. The nurses said I was white as a ghost during that time.
So now the fun part of the backwards American medical system begins. The bills. I’m on the hook for a certain percentage, which in the end amounts to about the same as I spent on my vacation in the first place. I am EXTREMELY FORTUNATE to have one of the best health plans since I work for UW-Madison. However, it is a huge drag to go through.
In March 2017 I decided to knock a bucket list item out and drive Route 66. Along the way a photographer friend and I were checking out some rather dirty mining communities north of Area 51 in Nevada. On the drive home my nose kept itching and became inflamed. I didn’t think much of it though. I was generally sore from driving thousands of miles and hiking from sun up to sun down during the whole trip.
Oh, did I mention I’m a Type 1 Diabetic? Also that I have a morbid fascination with medical forensics? Well I couldn’t resist documenting my struggle with MRSA.
On April 4th I noticed a pimple growing on my inner left wrist and it popped. It then started itching and getting really red, to the point where I immediately went in to urgent care. The doctor looked at it, said it was an ingrown hair, and sent me off with an antibiotic. I knew she was wrong.
Every day I called the nurse and told her it was getting worse. A week later I sent photos to my doctor, who had me come in right away. The infection on my wrist had grown into a 4x3cm oozing solid mass of itchiness and pain. He said, “that’s really messed up” when he looked at it. A few minutes later he came back and sent me to the hospital down the street.
While there the nurses and doctors, even ones not assigned to me, came to look at the infection. Within a few hours I was in the OR getting it removed. However a week later I needed a skin graft to cover the exposed area due to tissue necrosis. They took a slice of skin from my stomach and stapled the area up.
So after two surgeries I start to feel better. I took some time off of work and spent the days loaded up on Oxycodone (which I hated) and antibiotics. Things started getting better. Until…
May 4th I went in for a follow up examination and it was like any other. Only they forgot to take the staples out of my side and stitches out of my hand. I was too loaded up on Oxycodone and I really didn’t question their judgement. But the stitches and staples were supposed to come out between 10-14 days.
Type 1 Diabetics have a depressed immune system and are at risk for infection. Even more so with wounds that pierce the skin. While things were getting better after the first two surgeries, they soon took turn for the worse.
On May 27 I went in for a checkup and the nurse asked when the stitches and staples were removed. I responded that they were still in. She asked when I had my surgery. I said the 24th. She then asked… “Three days ago?” I responded, “No, April 24.” It was clear she knew an error had been made. After looking at the medical notes in more detail she noticed that I was ALSO a Type 1 Diabetic and audibly gasped.
I cursed like a sailor when every one of those 16 stomach staples came out. On top of that I pointed out that a new pimple, just like the original, was growing on the top of my left wrist. The doctors were very concerned and rightly so. It grew into another massive MRSA infection that required surgery.
Along the way I was also worried about other pimples that appeared on my feet and hands. But these disappeared as I was taking more oral antibiotics. During this time I was also getting daily antibiotic infusions. They took an incredible toll on my right arm. It looked like I was a heroin addict with all the blown infusion insertion attempts. The nurses would not use my left arm until I begged them to one day.
The last infusion though was the roughest and never completed. As a Type 1 Diabetic I have been injecting insulin via syringe for over 20 years. Needles are not something I am afraid of. However upon sight of the infusion needle I muttered to the nurse, “I don’t feel good.”
Over the next 15 minutes two nurses kept my head up straight and applied cold packs to my neck. I could not talk at all for the next few minutes. After a while I was able to say “low blood sugar” and they checked it right away. However, my blood sugar was not low. I was having a somatic response to the sight of the needle. The nurses said I was white as a ghost during that time.
So now the fun part of the backwards American medical system begins. The bills. I’m on the hook for a certain percentage, which in the end amounts to about the same as I spent on my vacation in the first place. I am EXTREMELY FORTUNATE to have one of the best health plans since I work for UW-Madison. However, it is a huge drag to go through.
God of Heaven, Hear my cries of anguish
I'm in pain
I've suffered a thousand deaths but I live on in vain
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