Hydrocodone 7.5

[captj]

3-27-43,dob 3-27-80 last drunk   (29 yrs next wk)(66 yrs age) A.A. reg meetings.
2 yrs ago had spine surgury, told to chill  but didn't. By the way I was unable to go verticle before surgury...Type A+ and ran 7 days a wk. I didn't chill reinjured the l-4-lL-5??? and 1 yr later additional surgury....Scar tissue is my problem today...I have Cort. shots about every 5-6-7 mos..sometime NOT effective. Approx 10-2008 started pain meds with cort shots. It works great....but Joe is very aware of the addiction problem...
2 wks ago I had my cort shot and have been off the Loritab now for that time....EXCEPT one day in 3-11-09 root canal molar....
My AA program will allow me to Under DR care use meds and treatment...
But it really puts fear in the old guy.....I love the effects and I love being mobile w/o pain and numbness....My wife and I are prepared to have a device inplants as final solution, however because of Loritar   this has been delayed whewwwww.
I'm not in pain at this time   however numbness l/leg is very noticeable ...
I think Loritab gives me a false sense of being OK but addition now enters the picture....Dr prescribed Max 2 a day and I took them as needed at a 1/4 at a X 4-5 Xs a day.
Any input.........Thank you Joe

[mtgoat911]

i can relate, i went though chemo when i was 2 yrs clean, i know aa has the book living sober, which i am sure you have that one
but na has a good bit of information on illness in recovery, i will gather some information and send it to you
feel better soon

[Ella789]

  As a chronic pain suffer I can relate to the "false sense of being okay".  I took them for 5 yrs. and the longer I took them the more it seemed to take to make me feel okay!  There have been times these past 31 days that I felt like I really did need one, and I'm sure I did, have managed to stay away from them and I hope that I will always be able to leave them behind.  Realisticly,  there may come a time when I will have to take some kind of prescript. pain mgmnt. pill.  I will cross that river when I get there,  so far I'm doing okay.  I do need to find a new rheumatologist, and explain what I have done (of my own free will) to him.  I'm so tired of Dr.s    
  I hope everything goes well for you and you are right about being worried about the addiction part. that seems to go with the opiates after awhile!

Ella789