A good day today

[Guest guest]

Well, after reading so much from all your posts, I decided to just treat my

pain. And I felt really good today, and voila, less depression too.

I don't like the idea of taking so much vicodin but maybe tahts what I'm stuck

with for now so that I can live my life more fully.

[Guest guest]

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> Well, after reading so much from all your posts, I decided to just

treat my pain. And I felt really good today, and voila, less

depression too.

YES, treat your pain and do NOT feel bad about it. I have second guessed myself

one too many time. Watching the people on talk shows with their addictions.

Guess what. Most of those people on the show no longer need pain meds for the

original reason. They just kept taking them, and more and more.

I know a person who is SO stuck in that cycle and the inital reason for the meds

does not exist. You know what YOU need to do for yourself and you should do it

and TAKE care of yourself and your pain and dont carry so much guilt about the

medication.

It is out there for a reason, for people like us who need it. Once you believe

this in your heart (and is sounds like you do) everything else will fall into

place (and it sounds like it is staring to?)

[Guest guest]

I guess my fear is that the pain doc will want to do something more invasive,

which I don't want to do. He has proposed steroid injections at different times

but I know that they are only 50% effective and can cause permanent damage.

I'm just not willing to subject myself to that when medication works. So, I try

not to take the pain meds I have, in hopes that I won't look " dependent " even

though I'm sure I probably am (not addicted, but have built a tolerance).

Its difficult enough to deal with pain but I dont want to deal with the

misperceptions of others either and I'm scared of invasive proceedures that may

be common but don't necessarily have a proven track record.