{"id":8712,"date":"2020-10-12T11:16:43","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T11:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swaytheme.com\/blog-classic\/?p=8712"},"modified":"2026-02-16T22:54:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T22:54:27","slug":"trapped-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opioidtrap.com\/staging\/7133\/trapped-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Trapped &#8211; part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row kd_background_image_position=&#8221;vc_row-bg-position-top&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\r\n<p>Trapped by opioids. We as a society have determined pain to be something not to tolerate. As humans, we have physical and emotional pain. What is interesting is that opioids don\u2019t just eliminate certain types of physical pain; they eliminate emotional pain at least temporarily while the drug is in effect.<\/p>\r\n<p>Let\u2019s define narcotics and opiates. Narcotics are not made from opium, such as Fentanyl.<br \/>Narcotics such as Ultiva, Sublimaze, Duragesic patch, Dextromethorphan (NyQuil, Robitussin, TheraFlu, Vicks, Mucinex DM), Dextropropoxyphene (Darvocet-N, Darvon), Loperamide (Imodium) Hydrocodone (Vicodin), Oxycodone (OxyContin, Percocet), Oxymorphone (Opana) Meperidine (Demoral), Methadone (Dolophine), and Carfentanyl (Wildnil, for veterinary use) are created in a laboratory. This is not a complete list. Opiates are made from opium from the poppy plant, such as Heroin, Morphine, Codeine, and Opium. Narcotics are now called opioids as well as opiates. Both narcotics and opiates are highly addictive. Going forward, I will call narcotics and opiates the same term, opioids.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p><strong>Key to addiction: Predisposition<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Opioids adhere to the pain receptors in the brain. People who become addicted to Opioids have a predisposition for addiction. Predisposition means an inherited trait for dependency on anything from alcohol, drugs, or food.<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are 1000s of people with <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">comparable stories<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, all of them a bit different. Our story seems to be one of finding every hole that our health system has created or overlooked, or hasn\u2019t cared about. Maybe they serve some kind of dark agenda. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My beautiful girl was the one sacrificed to this horrible situation. She was <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">seventeen<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, unmarried, pregnant, and ready to give birth.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She was scared, but excited. As a family, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">we embraced <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">her and her lovely girl. Her<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">boyfriend went to college the week before she gave birth. Her doctor was a family friend, and her<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OB-GYN<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was well known in our town.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was five or six in the morning, and I was taking my <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">beautiful Anne <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hospital. Before we went, we stopped at IHOP to get breakfast. It was so much<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fun, and I was nervous about the experience and what the future would hold, but <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">did not <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">want her to know. We were making the most out of an unexpected <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">situation. It was dark out, and she told me how much she liked going early to<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">breakfast. Then I reminded her of our vacation trips and when we went to get on <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the planes, as it was always early in the morning. My beautiful Anne had her hair <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">braided into two long braids. She was <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lovely <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and ready for her new adventure.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":8842,\"width\":\"579px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"aspectRatio\":\"1.4992888417882142\",\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8842\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.4992888417882142; width: 579px; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opioidtrap.com\/staging\/7133\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/young-pregnant-woman-relaxing-park-outdoors.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opioidtrap.com\/staging\/7133\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/young-pregnant-woman-relaxing-park-outdoors-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opioidtrap.com\/staging\/7133\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/young-pregnant-woman-relaxing-park-outdoors-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opioidtrap.com\/staging\/7133\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/young-pregnant-woman-relaxing-park-outdoors-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opioidtrap.com\/staging\/7133\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/young-pregnant-woman-relaxing-park-outdoors-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opioidtrap.com\/staging\/7133\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/young-pregnant-woman-relaxing-park-outdoors-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/opioidtrap.com\/staging\/7133\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/young-pregnant-woman-relaxing-park-outdoors-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C533&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After we finished breakfast, we headed downtown to the hospital. We had wished she would have been able to have her baby where she and her brother were born, but her insurance<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stated she had to use the hospital downtown. The birth was scheduled because she had<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cholestasis during the pregnancy. It\u2019s a liver condition that leads to intense itching. It can lead to complications for the baby, including stillbirth. The interesting thing about this is that my beautiful Anne<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">diagnosed herself; the doctors didn\u2019t listen to her when she let them know she had extreme<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">itching, especially on the bottoms of her feet. I had her speak to the doctors more than once<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0about the itching of her hands and feet, but they ignored her. She then continued to research<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">what it could be. She called me while in school and begged me to talk to her <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OBGYN <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and let her<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">know that the itching was very intense. I called, but the doctor was out of the office, so the<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">receptionist made an appointment for Anne to come in after school. Before she got in for the<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">appointment, the doctor called and told her she most likely had cholestasis. They requested she come in right away. They then prescribed medicine and immediately scheduled a time for delivery, telling beautiful Anne the condition could harm the baby.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I still remember her lying in the hospital bed and her <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gorgeous mahogany brown<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hair braided in two braids, and<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">she looked so beautiful, scared, and excited. She had a long labor. No added medication and a<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">normal delivery. The nurse said to me she was the most mature 17-year-old <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">she had <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">seen with a<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">brand new baby. At that moment, the nurse handed us a bottle of OxyContin. I <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">did not <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">think anything of it. The nurse did not give any warnings or information about the OxyContin. I was ignorant of the idea that narcotics would be given after having a baby. I just <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">did not <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have a thought like that. I believed she <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">would<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">need anything but ibuprofen or acetaminophen, as I had after having a baby. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">did not <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">take any medications at the hospital, and she <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">did not <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">complain of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">having terrible pain. Everything was normal.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We headed <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">home with the sweet baby and a happy but nervous momma. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nana,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">me, was nervous too.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anne\u2019s bedroom at home was all set up for a new baby. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beautiful Anne <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">had had a wonderful baby<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shower with her friends to offer well-wishes and share in the joy. Anne settled in to take<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">care of the baby. A day passed, and she asked about <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OxyContin<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. I told her not to take <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and to try ibuprofen first. I did not know, nor did I <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">investigate <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">what was in that bottle. I struggle personally<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with not paying attention and finding out it was a narcotic. I would have thrown it out. That<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bottle of pills changed the trajectory of Beautiful Anne\u2019s life. Ultimately, it changed the trajectory of everyone\u2019s life.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When, as a society, did we decide it was Ok to send narcotics home in a bottle? It has been<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">known all of my <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lifetime (I am 60) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that narcotics are highly addictive. My daughter had a baby.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She was not blown up on a battlefield, and they were not trying to keep her alive at all costs.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe then it would be worth the risk of addiction, but not a teenage girl giving birth to a baby. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, the father of her sweet baby <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">had left for college, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">leaving my beautiful Anne feeling<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> abandoned. <\/span><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opioidtrap.com\/staging\/7133\/explore-forests-beyond-a-walk-in-the-woods\/\">Continue to Part 2<\/a><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row kd_background_image_position=&#8221;vc_row-bg-position-top&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Trapped by opioids. 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