Day 43 STILL no Methadone!!!

Well here I am at day 43 from my last 10mg pill of Methadone. How do I feel????? Small strides, little by little, one step and one day at a time. Got back from Mexico on March 15th and either brought back a bug or picked up the good ol Washington flu on my return, kinda felt like starting the W/Ds all over again. My energy levels are pretty good at this point. My sleep is pretty much back to normal again although I can only sleep 6-7 hours maximum on any given night but do usually wake up a few times due to serious pain. I'll take the 6 or 7 hours though being that I went through a good solid three weeks of serious insomnia which for me was without doubt the hardest thing to deal with. I was lucky to get 1 hour of broken sleep each night and came very close to using a couple of times. I just want to thank all the people on MH who helped and encouraged me through this and the countless others who encouraged me just by me simply reading their posts. We are NOT alone that's for sure. I am still taking the odd Endocet at night to treat my pain and I'm planning on going back to work April 6th so that will be the big test for me and my pain.
Does anyone have any recommendations of an RX I can use to treat serious chronic pain?
I have tried Vics,Percs,Dilaudid,Ultram and of course the MIGHTY METHADONE which I truly thought of as a miracle drug the first few years, ended up being on it for over 2 years. My Dr wants me to go back on it but I refuse. He conveniently reminded me of the "miracle drug" comment I made to him nearly 2 years ago and still doesn't understand why I went off it. I know my Endocet 10/325mg is short acting and I need something slow release and or long acting. Any ideas anyone???????