Answered a question 9/18/2010 at 6:32 pm
My mother-in-law, who lives with us, was in the same situation. I told the pain dr that she drank, and he told me she could not, she would kill herself. I said "You tell her, your her dr giving her
...Read MoreMy mother-in-law, who lives with us, was in the same situation. I told the pain dr that she drank, and he told me she could not, she would kill herself. I said "You tell her, your her dr giving her the meds". He did tell her and of course she denied it saying she has one drink a day(one long big one). We had stopped buying her booze, but she got a friend to come visit once a month and she would buy her month's worth. finally she got so constipated she had to go to the hospital for 2 weeks and they gave her no pain meds. then to the nursing home for 3 weeks and all they gave her was tylenol. At home i bought generic tylenol with no recognizable label on it and she though she was taking pain meds! Of course, while she was away, we found her stash of booze and removed it. When she screamed and got angry with us, my husband brought the booze back over and slamed it on her counter and told to go at and kill herself. then he went back and took it away-afraid we could get arrested for elder abuse! She finally figured out it was tylenol and did not want to take it and has been clean for 4 years and remarkably is in no pain. that part is God, she now spends her time reading her Bible.