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[loser50]

Im sitting here reading about people taking pain meds at what point and whos to say what level of pain a person is in I take Hydrococone every day. Not that I want too but I need to work and feed my family I have cronic pain even with the meds. So mabe ill have to take them for the rest of my life big deal. Should I just suffer everyday so I can say I dont take pain meds. The fact is some people need them and I am so sick of reading all this bull about I have to stop you dont have to stop if your really in pain then TAKE THE DAM MEDS Im not saying over do it but this is real life sometimes things have to be done. Me I have to take my meds every day and thats it!! Im not gonna stop because people think bad about them I dont buy them on the street I go to the doctor and he prescips them to me.

So people get a grip its not the end of the world what kind of life is it when you hurt everyday thats not living all the talk about natural sh.. come on if your really in pain and want to live take your meds dont abuse them keep in touch with your doctor even if you stop ct what then if the pain that you had from the start is still there and getting worse sometimes in life you need meds thats it ill be on my meds till the day I die I run a business have a family and dont wine and cry oh poor me this is what gave me I look good feel good and it only takes a couple of pill every few hours so what just dont take more then you need and im a junkie been clean 14 yrs I dont count the meds I need them to work and take care of my family.

[sandee1818]

I am going to assume that you have a co worker or friend or a loved one telling you that you should not be taking these medications.
If that is the case then you have to understand that someone who does not suffer from chronic pain has no idea what we go through. Try educating them on pain management and chronic pain. This may make a difference in their opinion. If their opinion matters to you then try and have then understand you position. If you do not really care what their opinion is then you do what is right for you. Live and let live I believe the saying goes:)

[boomonkey]

Hello Loser50 (dont agree with the name either, you should probably take a look at that honey, its most likely a reflection on how you feel about yourself and even though you don't know me I gaurantee you arent a loser based simply on the fact that you love your family and are taking an active stance whatever it is on your medical situation)
But anyway,
I'd like also say that your posts are conflicting. If I had to surmise, I think you've been reading many people's opinions on here or elsewhere, possibly even getting opinions from friends or family etc. But there is something to keep in mind: Opinions are like bumholes baby: everyones got em and they all stink!
Now, I'm not one of these all people are great and wonderful touchy feely types of people and that is how i would agree with you that if you need pain meds, take em. Especially the way you said: under your dr's supervision with him/her keeping your actual pain level and source of your pain monitored.
But what you said in other posts is that you'd kicked street drugs many years ago and had now gotten on vics for a chronic pain issue. My feeling is that you are probably having a hard time coping with the difference in addiction to street drugs which you had in your past vs. your dependence on pain meds now for a medical reason which has assumably been classified by your physician as CP.
My advice is to get some counseling on this matter in your particular situation because just thinking of having to sort those feelings out in my head makes me cringe. I am a CP patient myself but this developed 10 years after going thru the AA program. Yes, I am an alchoholic and will be til the day I die. I believe what they call you is a junkie til you die, if you went to a drug rehab program to kick it 20 yrs ago. If not, you're still a junkie. But that is the same as me being an alchoholic. I don't drink anymore but I'm still an alchoholic. And now I am on another 'substance' which i could easily lose control over. And that is why I confide in my Dr and my therapist. That is my checks and balances system. I had trouble at first though i won't lie. When I was diagnosed with CP in the beginning I felt like I had lost all the years that I had been sober by becoming dependent on another substance . . . an organized abuser! But that just isnt so. And my advice to you is to find yourself a checks and balances system. Be it your friends and family or your Dr and family or your Dr and therapist like me, you have to be able to openly discuss with someone you trust so that in your mind you keep it straight what you are and how it affects WHO you are.
Stay strong my friend and please don't refer to yourself as a loser! Unless its because we're all losers . . . we're saved but by the grace of God! in which case I too am a loser! But a saved one ;)
Take care and all the best!
Mojo

[Tuckamore]

I won't use your screen name because I don't like the term. No one is a loser.

I don't know what posts you read but I admit I am a bit confused also. Most of us, including me and just like you, must take narcotics just to function. I don't care who thinks I should be stronger nor am I concerned about being labeled. Chronic pain (CP) is a disease, just like diabetes is a disease. Diabetics must take insulin or a hypoglycemic drug to live, it's the same for ppl with CP. No we won't die quickly without the pain medications but we certainly would have no quality of life. It's not one I would want to live.

I do think most of our posts reflect that fact. Most CP patients are only given a certain amount that must last them them the month. It's also a fact that if they exceed the allotted amount some PMP will discharge them.

I too don't understand the concern that some ppl have over taking a narcotic. If it's the choice between function and living vs non-functioning and experiencing horrid pain, I'll take the narcotic. And as you stated ppl need to be responsible and I believe our members are just that, responsible. And again most of our members do take their medications and are glad to have them in order to function.

I think you may have read a few posts from ppl that have issues with taking a narcotic for one reason or another. They are not whiners or less of a person because they do not want to take narcotics. Everyone is different and deals with and interprets pain differently. They have a right to try it their way, it's their body and if they succeed than great for them.

Tuck

[TrayCee]

also, its really doesnt make sense between this post and the post's youve made in the Substance Abuse forum

Sorry, I'm just a little confussed.

[TrayCee]

okay, so..FYI-  this is a pain management forum.  People here take pain meds and dont really have a problem with taking them.

I think I must have missed your point.