To RAB..... subject dope addict

[Guest guest]

I understand why you would say those things to yourself. I also understand that

when someone has to live with this kind of illness, most of us need narcotics.

I realize that it is a lifelong illness and is chronic. I at first did not want

to take narcotics for pain. I took Tramadol at first. Then they said that

Tramadol can interact with my antidepressant med. So I went to Darvocet. Then

the fibro did progress and I started taking hydrocodone over a year ago. I have

a certain amount of guilt about it. But on the other side of the coin, I have

to work and function with a horrible illness. Some of us hurt as bad as cancer

patients. The difference is that this won't kill us. DONT GET ME WRONG.... I

DONT WANT CANCER. I am just trying to make a point. I would not expect anyone

to deny a cancer patient some pain relief with narcotics. And yet we live with

pain for the rest of our lives.

So the bottoms line, I have decided that I will keep taking my hydrocodone. I

have to function. AND I MUST SAY ... no one has ever seen me messed up on my

medication. It does not impair my ability to function... if anything it allows

me to function with this damn illness. I don't tell many people I even take

hydrocodone. But I promise you, they would never know by looking at me either.

I don't sit around and pop them until I am wasted.

Just my thoughts,

take care,

Debra V.

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