After about 5 days of choking on water trying to wash down caplets of co-codamol and some other medications,I gave in and phoned my GP on Tuesday. She arranged for me to see her in the afternoon. She gave me a prescription for Oramorph, liquid digoxin, soluble dexamethasone, and lansoprazole that dissolves on the tongue. It's taken away from the dread of knowing that the tablets were going to give me a choking fit, it was like trying to clear elastic bands from my lungs Lol. So it's been a relief not to suffer from the choking although I'm not overly impressed with the Oramorph for the pain relief. I was taking co-codamol 30/500mg 2 in the morning and at night time, I tried 2.5 ml of Oramorph in the morning and had to take 5 ml a couple of hours later then 4 hours later as per the guidance. Hopefully things will improve over the next few days once I get used to the Oramorph and being back on 2×2 mg Dexamethasone kick in. I'm having difficulty swallowing food and hope the Dexamethasone might reduce inflammation of my throat and I can eat more and I get some energy back. I've certainly felt drowsy with the Oramorph and I hope that clears up as I certainly wouldn't drive if feeling like this. I have a follow up appointment next Tuesday and will get the results of a blood test the Dr took and she wants to see how I am doing. I'm going to ask if I would be considered for having a stent fitted to make eating easier as I have been losing weight. I need to get my energy level back up since I have persuaded my wife to let me saw a dead tree down with my chainsaw. It's the only thing on my bucket list. Sorry for the whinging, I needed to get it off my chest. Kind regards Frank.
