Steps were taken to prevent a heart attack.
I was prescribed 5 ml of morphine 3 times a day, and medicine to thin the blood.
I was to have ECG done 3 times a day and blood samples taken 3 times a day.
I was confined to bed to minimize exertion. Anyway, I was still on oxygen and I couldn't get anywhere.
The morphine caused me to have vivid dreams and I was drowsy most of the time. Some of the dreams were very colourful and some were mostly black. The worst was that I couldn't sleep and yet, I couldn't stay awake. I was aware of the happenings in the room. At times when I lapsed off to sleep, I heard people talking to me, and when I replied, I woke myself up only to find that I had been talking to myself. It was ridiculous. I was not in control of my mind. The effects of morphine were such and I just could not understand why anybody would want to take it and enjoyed being on 'high'. Initially, I was not told, but later, found out that morphine also causes constipation. To correct that, I was put on senna and lactulose.
I complained to the ward doc about the morphine and asked to be taken off it. He only reduced my dosage.
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