He said he was happy that while I'm in pain there's no addiction.
I'd agree with no addiction but one can become dependent which is quite different. However, I don't believe you are dependent either.
Let me tell you a story - I know a lady who sustained a lower spinal injury in her teens. She is now in her eighties but still suffers really bad back pain because of it. Years ago she was put on a drug called DF118 - the generic form is di-hydrocodeine. For years she took one in the morning and one before retiring and though it didn't make her completely pain-free, it was enough to let her do a days work (she was a cordon bleu chef so worked in some very demanding kitchens with long hours).
But there came a time, back in the early 70s when our austere government issued and edict that too much money was being spent on proprietary brand drugs when the generic would do and the order went out that wherever possible, the generic form should be prescribed. This hit my friend badly as di-hydrocodeine and DF118 are actually quite different and I had this confirmed in writing by the chief pharmacist at the manufacturers Duncan Flockhart that the recipe for DF118 contained more than just di-hydrocodeine. Despite this, my friend's GP still refused to prescribe her DF118 on trh grounds that they were exactly the same. But - and this is the insane bit - she would prescribe he as much di-hydrocodeine as she wanted! Only problem was it didn't work for her.
This argument went on for months and years until she (the dr) finally agreed to write her a private prescription for DF118 but only for 30 tablets per month which meant she could only take one a day and on 31 day months, she had to go a day without any! But that still wasn't enough for this doctor - she wrote across her notes and every letter she wrote to any hospital consultant, in red block capitals - "this person is addicted to DF118"! And that has followed her around all these years. No redress. At least people with false bad credit ratings can get them corrected, this poor lady had no redress at all. And the tragedy of this story is that never, over all the years before and after this nonsense, did I ever get the impression that my friend was in any way addicted or even dependent. She had genuine pain and this drug was the only thing that worked for her. Shocking.
My point in tell you this story is that people are very eager to label people with long term pain 'addicts' but for the ordinary person- meanign those
without an addictive personality - it's a nonsense. It's perfectly possible to take pain killers long term without getting addicted.
I also had it suggested to me on this site (in my best interests) that maybe my body's producing pain so I have to take the morphine. That's seems to make sense to be honest.
Absolutely not! The chemistry of pain doesn't not work like that. Should a person get pain when trying to come off an addiction, it's more likely to be stomach cramps and generalised muscles pains.
The reason I do the leg raises with my foot out turned is to strengthen the quads. I was advised to do this by a private physio.
Well, he's wrong! Your muscle don't need strengthening, they need rest and stretches. Don't do them.
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Think it would help your pain level a lot if you scheduled it 2-3x per day. Think of it as an external pain med to add to your arsenal!
