On 9/28/2014 6:52 PM, Nancy2 wrote:
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> I can attest to the back surgery conundrum. I had lumbar fusion surgery (3, 4, 5 and S1) about three years ago, and
> arthritis plus scar tissue has created severe chronic pain and further degeneration. There is no plus
> in my case, and seniors who abuse narcotics like hydrocodone have made it extremely difficult, if not
> Impossible, to get effective painkillers prescribed by over-conscientious scaredy-cat physicians.
> They should be scared. Most mornings when I wake up, the tenor of my day is, I hate my life.
>
> N.
>
I'm sorry to hear that Nancy. My surgeon has no problem prescribing
opiate pain killers for me. I just have had to go see him every 3 months
in order to keep taking them. I have never used more than prescribed
mostly because I'm afraid of the acetaminophen. I'm in the same boat
with the degeneration. I asked him, sort of kiddingly, sort of
seriously, what, is my back just disintegrating? His answer was totally
serious, "Not just yet".

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