dealingwithtos,

OMG!!! I do not agree with your statement at all. I would be in a loony bin or most likely dead if I could only take pain meds twice a week. I take a steady dose every 8 hrs. Like I said, if I didn't I would probably be dead by having committed suicide by 2005. The burning pain in my feet would be a 10++++............ It can hit a 10+ even on pain meds..........

I am not addicted either. I have a tolerance to them, yes, BUT I am not addicted. Additction & tolerance are two completely different things. I have never once been 'high' taking them either. If anything, my thinking is much clearer because now I don't have that never ending 10+ pain going on. Am I out of pain completely? No. I still have pain. Pain meds have only made me comfortable enough that I can deal with the pain I still have until it flares.

So that 'you can't get additected if you only take pain meds twice a week' is bs. Because I take them more often, but I not addicted.

DebbyV