I dislocated my hip weeks ago. I'm a recovering addict (14 years) and am still on Suboxone (it basically closes the receptors for stronger opiates).

I was at the gym and the EMTs came and gave me 200 mcgs of fentanyl. Didn't do a thing. At the ER they have me another 100 mikes of fentanyl. Nothing.

I was in a LOT of pain by then and had to wait while the ER Dr attended to life and death situations. I was given two doses of ketamine to give me some relief. I had never had ketamine before. It was like my pain was in a box and I was sitting next to it, without a care in the world.

Unfortunately ketamine doesn't last long and 30 minutes later was back in a lot of pain.

When they finally did the "closed reduction" (basically yanking my leg to get the femoral head back in the socket), they started with another ketamine dose followed by a low dose of propofol. I don't remember much after that other than an outline of a shadowy person standing over me.

That was a partial hallucination brought on by the ketamine. Anyway it all worked and the Dr did indeed stand up on the table, hook his elbow behind the knee of the affected leg, and with the assistance of two big, male nurses holding my hips, yanked the femur back into place. I didn't feel a thing and don't remember them doing this (they explained after).

Damn, that ketamine is some fun stuff. Thank God there is no easy way to get it. I'd like to preserve my sobriety, and going through a joint dislocation is not worth the high.