Say not afraid, but now and then I like to head off some of the more lame-ass kneejerkery. 
Not just the Dixie whistling are you; there are plenty of ways I could have got no medical attention until hours later. Threw a scare into me and I don’t care who knows it. See ya down the trail, MoL. 
Hope you feel better, Mal! I had cellulitis myself a few years ago (from an infected lion bite, no less, but that’s a long story) and I totally know what you mean about having to learn to do everything with one leg elevated.
**" infected lion bite," **
I think this requires the sharing of even a long story. Please tell us.
Yes. Time to start an “Ask the guy who was bitten by a lion” thread!
Sorry, I wasn’t trying to hijack the thread. Here’s a summery of the leonine misadventure; now we can get back to Malacandra.
That’s OK, if I’d been bitten by a lion you can bet I’d find ways to work it into casual conversation too. 
Great story - loved the T-shirt! I must say I’m very jealous of you for playing with cheetah cubs. For me that would almost - almost! - be worth a lion bite.
I personally have never seen narcotics administered against the wishes of a patient. The problem is that as irishgirl says some pain is just not going to be controlled by anything less than narcotics. I’ve never had a major trauma patient, no matter how dedicated to their recovery, refuse morphine. Where I usually encounter reluctance is sort-of middle level injuries like my patient a few days ago with 2nd degree burns from spilling scalding water on himself. Burns are very painful so for any decent sized burn I tend to be aggressive with pain control. I prescribed percocet which the patient refused because he’s living at a recovery program and didn’t want to come up dirty on his next drug test. So I have him a strong NSAID instead.