pain
"Last week I had an old fashioned way of Gallblabber removal (20+ previous surgeries had left behind to many adhesions for a Laproscopic removal).
The .5 mg Dilaudid I was given was much better than the Morphine in past surgeries.  Issue:  because I am a middle class lady with insurance seeing a pain management specialist for chronic pain - I was labeled a druggie!!  I was given .5 to 1 mg for my ride home.  I suffered horribly in pain.  .5 is 1/8 the normal dose for most coming out of surgery.  My previous physician (decades) had retired.  He believed NO patient should suffer unnecessarily after surgery!  Not these physicians and not this poor excuse for a hospital."