Chris - I use a cane - I have to. I can walk about 200 meters without one. And most of the day if I use the cane. Do I feel foolish, only if I let myself. You see - the cane means I can still move, I...
One study - that was peer reviewed - had a subject size of 1000 patients - 4 were listed at 24 months as addicted. of the 4 - 3 were drug addicts, who also had chronic pain, Heroin was thier ticket....
I don't post much here, but this is a topic that concerns me. I went for 28 years or so, with no pain control. I never got or asked for anthing. I would get T3's that might cover the very peaks of...
I play online video games - hence C45 , I take my wife out to a nightclub. I can't dance anymore but I enjoy the loud music and a coke. No I cannot drink - it would kill me. I exercise, on my...
I was offered a trial of Fent oafter jumping all the hoops are the pain clinic. I was sane, in pain and not a candidate for surgery at the time. I was on Morp and was switched over to a12.4 patch, on...
Call your pharmacist - they put the instructions on it! Call your Dr if it is not doing what it is suppose to do. I am in pain everyday too, and it is within my normal range. From 3 to 7 or 8. It...
Hello - I was on the patch about 2 years ago. I found it was almost a triangular dosing. On the ramp up, it was pretty good, at about 30 to 40 hrs it controlled the pain and the last part out to 72...
Hello - You, at this time, are a couple of years older than when I began my journey with this. I suspected that I had the Stenosis and other issues, from the start. This is my experience! It hurt...
Hello Kelly, I am from New Brunswick, just across the pond. None of us want to be on Narcotics! I would much rather not have any pain and be able to do all that I use to be able to do. I cannot. For...
WB - I feel for you. I've been in that position, I had 2 kids at the time, 5 and 9 and being a man, subject to the usual reverse bias. I went for and got sole custody of my kids. I can tell you that...
My favorite answer to how I am doing is, "Fine, under the circumstances! Sorry, I have to keep moving, see you later!" and walk away, without a smile or otherwise. Now that is fairly easy,...
Hello- I can't possibly tell you that I know how you must feel. I do however have empathy for you. The stress level must be through the roof. I am glad that for this time, your father managed to...
I found it took 18 hours or so to ramp up. Once there I had good control for a period of time. I just found that they would not stick to me. I trust that they work for you!...
Welcome Joie1 LOL - I do hope your laughin too - I can't think of a more painful double wammy! Seriously - I do hope you feel better! David...
I can identify, it has been raining for 2 months, with a part day here and there of sun, then the clouds roll in. And Wed morning a couple weeks ago, I reached over to turn off the alarm clock, swung...
Sometimes -it really is the individual medication that is causing the issue. I have not been on Vic, but was on the Fent patch for awhile. Within 30 days, I saw side effects which lead me to believe...
Hello - welcome, new here too but. Normally in pain management there is a period of figuring out what dose of meds will give you some relief. The issue is not to make you pain free, but get it down...
Sorry - I do not wish to hijack the thread in any way - SD and others - I have lurked here for a couple years. Never really had much to say. But when I saw the note above and wondering whether to use...
The issue I see for me is that there is no need to feel bad about using a cane. Yes- it is a realization that things have changed, I have something that has gotten to a point where I now need to use...
Hello - I'm 48, my sweetie is just 40. I can only go about[b] 300 yds without my cane. With a cane, I can go all day, but that is pushing it too. I fought for years using a cane and put myself...