Oh well it had to happen, had another obstruction, this one very bad, haven't eaten now since Saturday. On the good side, the scs is covering the old familiar pain and the new pain less fearsome. I'm sure it will be a good outcome eventually. So the norspan and tepantadol begun the week before the op apparently triggered the beginning of the obstruction and then the added medazolam and morphine together with endone sealed the deal, sorry about the pun! It will take a week or so to recover from the obstruction by which time the back pain should be a memory... It's been a really tough week all in all