Pain tells you that you are not dead. Suffering is optional.
With rare rare exceptions, I do not take pain meds. Hell, even when I go to the dentist I
refuse Novacane. He just shakes his head. I must have a high tolerance for pain.
Tripp mentioned Toradol. Used it once years ago after a long and arduous hike and I hurt all
over when finished. My wife had some Toradol so I took one. It was a game changer.
It is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug on steroids. But it is extremely hard on your
body . . . use for 5 days max.
Getting back on topic, Tom must have really been suffering physically to take the alleged(?)
amounts of painkillers. I think he mentioned that he had some sort of genetic predisposition(?)
to something he may have already had, but only Tom know. He seemed very nice when
I saw an interview with him and Shawn Ray if you can stop Shawn from talking about himself