Thank you all for your words of support and your advice....

I just had a tooth pulled about 2 months ago in which became infected, my dentist prescribed me Hydrocodone 5/500's...for 5 days (he gave me 20 pills), I was able to do things I haven't been able to do since my accident now 3 years ago (I just "celebrated" my 3rd anniversary on the 12th). Just taking them for the tooth pain, helped my knee.....I was happy while they lasted, ever hopeful that mentioning this to my PM doctor would help her see, they help me.

I saw her Monday and didn't even get a chance to mention it. I've been having back pain for months and after a visit with her nurse practitioner in November while my primary PM was on leave, they have switched their course from my knee to why is her back bothering her now? Or maybe they just think they've done all they can for that aspect, heck if I know. Thankfully, I see her to try SI injections (add SI joint arthritis to my growing medical problems) the 23rd so I'm hopeful I'll be able to mention it to her then or shortly thereafter....however, she was unhappy when I told her I had information from RSDS's website that tells me the study that says narcotics do not work for RSD/CRPS patient's was poorly conducted and really shouldn't have much credibility. She had nothing to say to me about that and just looked away fairly guilty. But we'll see what she says when I get the chance to actually tell her about the hydrocodone that worked....

I don't want to be drugged up...I just want some of my life back when the pain is just too much for my cocktail to handle. But, I guess I'm asking for too much right now.