Hi Debby,

I wish you all the best of luck!!! I am so glad to hear this, I too recently have reduced my pain medication more than half and my pain level is just about the same. I am also five weeks post op from bone graft, fusion and nerve surgery to my left foot. Of course the first week the pain was unbearable so I had to take the full dose of medication. But then I decided to challenge the pain due to the intensity of the causalgia and surgery to try and reset my pain receptors. I am pleased with the results. I am taking Oxycontin 20 mg in the morning and two vicodin for breakthrough. The causalgia has only shown itself a few times since the surgery.

I do think the less medication you take, especially the high dose narcotics, the better off you are. Now, I am still in a wheelchair I am not able to bear weight on it yet, so that for me may be a different story, but I have a total mind set to come out of this less pain and less medication. Thanks for sharing your good news, it gives me hope that I can do this and so can you.

Good luck and God Bless

Jeanie