People we all feel this beast. Especially in the cold. I do take norco every now and then. I try to get by with just heat, and elevation. It doesn't work. I even had a friend tell me once I was acting like an addict because I freaked when we went out and couldn't find it. This was pree diagnosis. As soon as I found it I was fine. I didn't even take any till we had been walking around the mall for a couple hours and I was walking worse than a person on 1 stilt lol. its the fact I wanted to make sure I had them so I could take the edge off the pain.
Bram don't feel like you need to have the happy go lucky charade here. We know. We aren't uneducated about this disease. We feel it too.
Az I know what you mean about thinking constantly about amputation. I still do. I have even told my drs just cut the darn thing off PLEASE just cut it off to make the pain stop. They even have it written in my records that I have said it to them. Heck I have even thought about cutting through and just leaving the magor arteries attached and having them finish it to make the pain stop. All have said no because my leg is still healthy.
keep smiling and know we are here for each other.