"Back Jack"

64DartGTinAZ said
Hope you recover quickly and it helps a lot!

Thank you SIr...

67Dart273 said
Well wait a couple of days........for the real pain LOL Good luck Doug

Del...did you sneak in last night and kick the crap out of me?? :poke::poke:...because I sure am a hurting SOB this morning. Ernies assistance is needed with the neighbor, the guy with stomach/pancreatic cancer....so I am home alone right now. Got 5 out of control dogs that want there breakfast. Thing is I can't really bend over to put the bowls on the floor sooooo....

jimjimjimmy said
hoping you will be pain free soon . the drugs may be a ***** to get off i was on them for only 10 days after my heart surgery and had more withdrawals than i would ever expect .

Thanks. My doc has warned me that the drugs, after a decade+ are indeed going to be a *****. He seriously doubts my plan of being off of them, by the end of January, is going to happen. Plan is...INCOMING.....LOL....two of the dogs were playing tug of war with a toy and flung it..I just got nailed in the face with the remnants of a soggy dog toy..anyway..plan is to get off of the oral meds...even if I am hurting so that the pain clinic can implant a pain pump. Right now all my meds are milligrams..the pain pump is micrograms. And it puts the meds on the source....the oral meds coat the pain receptors in your brain....problem is they don't just go after the pain receptors, they go after everything. I am more or less emotionless. I have 0 desire to do much of anything anymore.

68gtxman said
Still praying for you Doug! There is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Thank you Sir. I appreciate all the prayers and thoughts I can get. You are right, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

My problem is I am not exactly a patient person. But I am beginning to understand that just like most things in life pain management is a slow, tedious process. Have to crawl before you walk...walk before you run....