Hi All, Thanks for the kind words and replies. And yes, MG, they do. And while I am very grateful for it, it still doesn't come close to being enough even for the basic necessities of life. Like I...
Hi Mark, First, thanks for responding to my other post. Always appreciated. Now, more importantly, I wish you the best with your surgery on Thursday!! Hopefully it will provide you with the pain...
Hi All, Sorry in advance for this but I have the urge to rant and rave a bit. I know we are not supposed to be excessively long, so I will try and make this a "Readers Digest" version. Back in 2000,...
Hi SG, I had one injection a little less than a year ago (hip bursitis) and it helped pretty quickly - sorry :-( I agree with the others. While I have had a few injections in other parts (hands...
Hi Merrida - Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately, I don't really know anyone else suffering from chronic pain (except here), so I wouldn't know who to ask. I'll give this new place (well, new...
Hi rabidweasel - Thanks for the offer! I am having (fluoroscope guided) injections on Tuesday and then possibly again on the 31st when I see medication management of this new place (it's called...
I had fusion of my T1&T2 a year and a half ago but also have spinal stenosis and problems with my C 5-6-7 which will eventually need to be fused as well. I want to hold off as long as possible...
Hi RiotGirl, I was on the Butrans patch for about 6 months (chronic neck pain). The patch worked fairly well, but I seem to have a tolerance for pain meds. It did work somewhat but I had to stop...
No, I wasn't taking more than prescribed, just the normal dose I had been on before I started the taper. Anyway, I called CVS and the Pharmacist said because of Nucynta ER's "unique" properties and...
Hi All, I have been taking Nucynta ER for a few months now. My PM Dr. has switched me to Butran patches and I am supposed to be starting them this coming week. While I was supposed to be tapering off...
Thanks QT. My wife always cringes when I Dr (or layman) say "well, in rare instances..." because I am one of those people who is frequently the "rare instance". Hopefully this won't be the case. Glad...
Thanks Andrew, I will. I am starting the patch next Tuesday so I'll let you know how I make out! Have a great weekend!...
Hi Andrew - Thanks so much, that is very helpful info, especially coming from someone who knows about using it (Butran). My name is Andrew too, by the way! And I've been to Leeds - very nice area!...
I'll be praying for you all! The rain is headed this way (Boston - some already here). We're supposed to be getting like 3 inches in 24 hrs. My basement floods too. Bought a "Basement Watchdog"...
Hi All - After trying Nucynta for a few months (up to 200 mg ER twice a day), I finally saw PM and said it wasn't really working. The Dr said I should taper off of the Nucynta (which I am doing now)...
Hi Vickie, I do make sure I tell my kids (probably 10 times a day) that I love them and am proud of them. I also ask for their forgiveness when I snap but make sure they know while I may not have...
Wow, reading what some of you have gone through makes my concerns feel so petty and selfish. I applaud all of your for accomplishing what you have with your families and in your lives, especially...
I am a 47 (going on 80) year old father of four. My reasons for living are 8, 6, 3 and 19 months - not to mention my 41 year old bride. I (obviously) didn't get started on a family till late in life....
Hi All, Thanks for the input all. SE, I'd hate to have to live like this in the long term, especially since I haven't see much pain relief. Maybe it will improve with time but I just don't like the...
Hi All - Well, I still haven't felt any real pain relief. I get more from my heating pad or my TENS unit (as long as I don't move) but I don't think it is really relief, just a different sensation....
Hi Barbara, Just wanted to let you know I'll be praying for you. I am about the same age (47) and often feel that "sinking ship" feeling and feeling so much older than I really am. It's especially...
Hi All, Well, I saw the PM Dr on Monday. In addition to the 100 mg of Nucynta x 2/day, he added 75 mg of Lyrica twice a day. I know a couple of you (e.g., Screaming Eagle) mentioning the symptoms not...
Thanks SE. Does the extreme fogginess abate at all? It does have that detached feeling and I was excited to be groggy last night but STILL didn't sleep. Insomnia alone sucks but combined with pain...
Hi All - As I said before, my Dr started me at 50 mg ER twice daily. Didn't seem to do much so I called her back yesterday. She was in surgery and by the time her assistant got back to me, all she...
Hello All - Thanks for the info SE. Any immediate effect I thought I felt must've just been a combination of being exhausted (still am), the nausea I was feeling from the Etodolac and whatever the...
Thanks to all for the words of encouragement! Well, I took my first dose of Nucynta 50 mg ER (2 x day) a few hours ago and haven't turned into Mr Hyde or anything yet :turn: So far I can't tell what...
Yep, got the flu shot as did all four of my children. My wife didn't though. They told me people who got the shot will have less symptoms/less severity but it's been a few weeks and I am just winding...
Thanks Snowbunny - I am going to pick it up today and give it a try. I will be sure to post back later with at least the news on side effects. I will also go back and re-read the thread to my first...
Hello All - After going through hell with a nasty PCP (I'm changing from him) and lots of sleepless nights and non-stop use of my TENS unit (with little effect), one of my doctors has prescribed...
Wow, Traveler, thank you for that wealth of information and links, etc! I will look at this more closely tomorrow. I am really sick right now (got my flu shot but...) and just need to turn off my...
Hi All - I will be posting this in the Chronic Pain forum as well (probably just cut and paste it, actually) so if any of you are on there as well, sorry for the duplication. I'll sum up my issue...
PS - I did edit my post...
Snowbunny - I am SO SORRY. I did not mean to say depression makes you a kook, I have suffered from both situational and clinical depression for most of my adult life and have had panic/anxiety...
Hi All (again), No, I have not sought out a PM doctor but am about to do so. When I started this "journey" 10 years ago, I had no idea how crazy of a ride it would be and I still have no idea where...
Thanks to all for the warm welcome and words of support. Even though I have been going through this for 10+ years. The pain started before that, that was just when I had my first surgery - right hip...
Hi All - I will be posting this in the Lyme forum as well (probably just cut and paste it, actually) so if any of you are on there as well, sorry for the duplication. I'll sum up my issue (well, one...