Flash

From Where to Eternity*

Nancy's Notes 🖊️🎶

Written for Weekend Writing Prompt #379 and
Weekly Prompts – The One-Day Prompt. In exactly
82 words and including the required words
“timepiece” and “one day”, here is my flash.

© HBO, The Sopranos

The Sopranos, Episode 2.09. A post-surgery Christopher Moltisanti frantically pumps his morphine drip.

Those were my thoughts at 4AM after waking up in agony; my 8-Hour Tylenol  had worn off two hours early, alerting the pain timepiece in my brain.

Clearly the Tylenol isn’t cutting it, but due to federal guidelines and crackdowns, a doctor’s ability to prescribe necessary painkillers has been seriously restricted and people like me living in the US are getting screwed.

Maybe one day they’ll get it right.

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82 Words
*The Sopranos, Season 2, Episode 9

Weekend Writing Prompt #379 – Timepiece
Weekly Prompts -The One-Day Prompt (5)

This is the opening theme for The Sopranos, “Woke Up This Morning”, by Alabama 3.

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36 thoughts on “From Where to Eternity*”

  1. Quota for Tylenol? Surprising for me. If possible, I could have sent you its Indian substitute. I can understand your pains, Nancy. But I think guns are easily available. Take one for your doctor.

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  2. I’m so sorry you’re in pain! Also surprised the doctors won’t prescribe anything stronger. When my husband had his total knee replacement last year, he was sent home with hydromorphone, but only 60 tabs and no refills. He only used about half of them, but the first couple of weeks would have been brutal without them! I hope you get some relief, soon!

    I love The Sopranos and the theme song. 🙂

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    1. For every other surgery I’ve ever had, a Rx for pain meds was waiting for me at my CVS upon discharge from the hospital. This is the first time I wasn’t given a Rx, presumably because I had a previous one from my TKR in 2019 which still had a couple of pills left (you see what a hard core drug problem I have!!). If it didn’t hurt so much, I’d be laughing! Anyway, I saw my doctor yesterday to have the staples removed and he submitted a new Rx for 10 pills which are meant to get me through this week. Here’s hoping they do the trick!

      Thanks for your comments, Debbie. We’ve been watching random Soprano episodes during dinner these last two weeks. They’re still great!

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    1. Gladly will take all the thoughts I can get! Thanks, MM! Much appreciated 🫶🏼

      Sopranos was groundbreaking, which is always difficult to sustain. I agree with your assessment of the latter years; did not see the movie. Could never have lived up to expectations.

      Thanks for your thoughts.

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      1. David chase watched Martin scorsese really well with doing memories, dreams, flashbacks, etc… I grew up early on in buffalo ny and the sopranos made sense for better or for worse,

        Wishing you prayers and thoughts, you are appreciated and blessed

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  6. Lord, i could hardly read it.. not sure how you wrote it.. lol. Stay on top of the pain and call them and make sure they get you “hooked up”.. it’s only temporary. Good lord.. sorry.. sing it and send them this song.. ha💓

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  9. I recognized “Chris” right away.

    I cannot understand your country. You are all about extremes, eh? From “Let’s get ’em addicted to Oxy”, to “Fuck that, give ’em nuthin’…”

    I am so sorry your doctor has no balls (male or female).

    Sending you vibes of pain relief…

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    1. It’s royally fucked up. I have a few Tramadol from a previous Rx but there are no more refills. Since I had a pre-existing Rx, the doctor couldn’t issue me another one. I will see dr tomorrow to get staples removed and will tell him I need something other than Tramadol. Why I wasn’t given something other than Tramadol when I was discharged, I have no idea; probably bc it was a Sunday and doctor wasn’t around and no one knew what to do.

      Keep the vibes coming!!

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  10. Uffda! I’m so sorry! A dear friend given only Tylenol-only after knee surgery, spent days crying and in agony — and over a weekend, too — before her doc found his courage to prescribe her something useful. Insurers put profit & fear of lawsuit over patient care, and a doctor’s professional and personal experience. You deserve better care!!

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    1. Oofah! Had knee surgery, too, and I feel your friend’s pain. Tylenol doesn’t work for a toothache let alone a back that’s been sliced open and a spine that’s been sawed and screwed together. It’s not just unconscionable … it’s barbaric!

      Thanks for your caring thoughts, Liz.

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