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3 Weeks Under My Belt!!
I just wanted to say thank you to all those who responded to me and who post here. I have been done for just over three weeks now. I have some physical symptoms remaining, but they are fleeting. My emotional balance is returning and I am becoming the happy guy I used to be. I know it has not been that long, but I have a visceral knowledge that I will never go back. It feels great!! Far too much pain involved with giving it up to go back. Time to get on with my life, Warp Drive is back on line!! I almost have forgotten what it felt like when I was doing my thing. Thank you, good luck and god bless.
G'Kar
G'Kar
Hi,
Okay, i had my doctor appointment today. first let me thank you again. i don't think i could have handled it without the insight and encouragement you all gave me. We (hubby and i) went in and talked to him. discussed me finding a good Ortho doctor. Which i need. My doctor agreed to put me back on Vicoden with my husband monitoring them. 2 a day. But they are only 5. i was hoping for the ES which are 7.5 i know my tolerance is down but **** not that low that a 5 is going to work. but i am willing to try it. i considered making the adjustment on the script by adding the two needed letters. the old me would have in a heartbeat. But I want to play this straight. (devil on one shoulder, angel climbing on the other). So we will see how it goes. I handled it just as you suggested and i was happy with the outcome.
Katie, what kind of surgery may i ask.
Shea
Okay, i had my doctor appointment today. first let me thank you again. i don't think i could have handled it without the insight and encouragement you all gave me. We (hubby and i) went in and talked to him. discussed me finding a good Ortho doctor. Which i need. My doctor agreed to put me back on Vicoden with my husband monitoring them. 2 a day. But they are only 5. i was hoping for the ES which are 7.5 i know my tolerance is down but **** not that low that a 5 is going to work. but i am willing to try it. i considered making the adjustment on the script by adding the two needed letters. the old me would have in a heartbeat. But I want to play this straight. (devil on one shoulder, angel climbing on the other). So we will see how it goes. I handled it just as you suggested and i was happy with the outcome.
Katie, what kind of surgery may i ask.
Shea
I'm still here. I haven't had much to contribute to the discussions lately. Hope you're detox is going OK.
Thomas
Thomas
Thank you once again for your words of encouragement. you are a rare gem. I will let you know how I make out.
shea
shea
Shea my friend,
I hope it goes well. Just be as straightforward and honest as you can. He should be well aware that some forms of pain are only alleviated by narcotics, that nothing else works for some forms of pain, and that included intractable back pain.
Remember to tell him that your goal is to use the meds appropriately and that you are comitted and willing to follow whatever course it takes to do that.
Best of luck to you. Everyone deserves a chance to grow, and no one deserves to live in pain when there is a way to eliminate it.
Huge hugs to you Shea...I can't wait to hear how it goes.
lots of love,
WW
I hope it goes well. Just be as straightforward and honest as you can. He should be well aware that some forms of pain are only alleviated by narcotics, that nothing else works for some forms of pain, and that included intractable back pain.
Remember to tell him that your goal is to use the meds appropriately and that you are comitted and willing to follow whatever course it takes to do that.
Best of luck to you. Everyone deserves a chance to grow, and no one deserves to live in pain when there is a way to eliminate it.
Huge hugs to you Shea...I can't wait to hear how it goes.
lots of love,
WW
I have to apologze G'kar for hijacking you thread. (i know we have been made aware of this :) BUT I AM FREAKING OUT. Tomorrow morning I go to my doctor with my husband in tow. We are going to try to get him to agree on putting me on a minimal dose of something to ease my chronic pain. Considering I lied to him twice and broke "the contract" he probably won't. I am going to use your advice WW and tell him i am willing to take weekly scripts. But I am SO SO SO nervous. I feel like he is going to think i am a fucken nut or something. after everything now I ask again...but my husband is very respectable and he knows that so hopefully that will help. I am going to read your post to me again WW. the other option would be finding another doctor but my insurance won't let us change till Nov. 1st. And then how many will i have to go to to find one to agree. so I feel like I have to be on my best behavior tomorrw. Like I said I could med seek and go to several doctors but I want to try this legit. I am just so afraid he will reject it and then I will be suffering until i can find another doc and hope that one will agree. Any last minutes words......Thanks all.
May you find peace
Shea
May you find peace
Shea
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