Old... but with new questions

October 29, 2006

Hello Everyone,

I became a member in March 2001, although I " ve been away for over a

year never really left. I became one of the " GRAY " , those who read but

don't post.

I have a few questions I hope someone can help me with. Has anyone had

to have hip replacement? I did and thought it was the answer to my

prayers, but instead it was just ANOTHER part TO the same nightmare.

I have been on oxycontin for the past 5+ years and it no longer works.

I'm also on the newer medication called Lyrica for a year now, I take

Ambien to help me sleep at night, cymbalta for depression, and I need a

medication called Provigil to help me stay awake during the day

because all the pain medications have caused me to have medication

induced narcolepsy. I keep having excrusiating pain in my back, tail

bone and down my leg. Part of my foot is numb except for when it cramps

up. Can anone tell me what is next after OXY? Has anyone had any

processing delays or problems with short term memory? What did you

do? My problem that I never planned for the " what if's " in life and I

don't think we can afford for me to stop working. I have an excellent

pain management doctor (thanks to this group) who wants me to stop

working but I won't. I am a special education teacher, I love what I

do, and I am not ready to stop. On the other hand, I wake up every

morning in real pain after waking up (and my husband) several times

during the night crying out in pain. Walking is hard to say the least

given my Harrington rod and now my new hip. Now to top it off my other

hip is starting to hurt a lot. I'm at the point where I don't know

what to do.

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