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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 1,424
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 1,424
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Hi again -- I'm a recovering alcoholic too, but that doesn't mean I'm destined to a life of agony. I take pain medications because I HAVE to in order to walk! But I take them ONLY as prescribed, and never more. In fact, if we DON'T take meds to ease the pain, we could very well start thinking of "other" ways to ease the pain -- if you get my drift. LOL
As long as we realize that these drugs have the potential to ruin our lives, we'll be okay. Personally, I HATE taking them. If at ANY time I feel a "buzz" or a "high" from any of them, that's the day I'll stop taking them.
Make sure you're not undermedicated -- living in severe pain is not the way to live. God bless & please take care. Hugs, Lee
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recovering alcoholic, sober since 7-29-93;severe depression; 2 open spinal surgeries; severe sciatica since 1986; epidurals; trigger points; myelograms; Rhizotomy; Racz procedure; spinal cord stimulator implant (and later removal); morphine pump trial (didn't work);now inoperable; lumpectomy; radiation; breast cancer survivor; heart attack; fibromyalgia; on disability.
Often the test of courage is not to die, but to live..
.................................................. ...............Orestes
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