"Nancy2" > wrote in message
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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.
I am so sorry to hear that
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