Posted by 4WD on July 15, 2008, at 20:40:31
In reply to Re: thanks 4WD, posted by rskontos on July 11, 2008, at 14:52:19
> and so sorry to hear about you breaking your back. I can't imagine going through that. I hope you get pain free soon.
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> rskThanks. I'm having surgery on Friday morning. It's minimally invasive, done laparascopically and supposed to relieve the pain quickly. Then I have to deal with withdrawal from narcotic pain meds. I've been on either Percocet, Lortab or Darvon for 5 weeks straight now and while I was in the hospital (when I originally broke it 6weeks ago) I was on Morphine (which didn't help) then Dilaudid (which did). Please send good wishes and prayers for the surgery. Friday morning at 10:30. I'm supposed to be able to come home on Saturday depending on how the surgery goes and how much pain I'm still having after the surgery. This procedure has about a 90% effectiveness rate so I'm really glad to be having it done. And I will be so glad to be off the pain meds. I have a prior history of opiate abuse and it has been a struggle not to abuse the meds I'm taking for my back. So I'll be really glad when I'm done with all this. Thanks for your post
Marsha
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