I had a horrible reaction to tramadol many years ago, before I knew what it really was. Do you have medical marijuana where you live? I'd much rather use that then take more pills and addictive pills. I got addicted to Percocet a little over a year ago when dealing with a bad burn. I needed it then for the burn pain, but man, that was hard to deal with. I was not happy to be addicted after 10 days and it took 6 weeks to get over it with gradual decrease of meds.

And don't feel bad for having to take something for the pain. There is no point suffering when there are options available to make your life better.