Posted by Larry Hoover on April 11, 2007, at 7:04:28
In reply to Re: Cal/Mag/Vit D questions, posted by KayeBaby on April 3, 2007, at 22:35:38
> Larry,
> Do you feel as though you have recovered from whatever that was? Maybe it was just some sneaky virus.
>
> Peace,
> KayeNo, not recovered. Still recovering. I don't think a virus was behind it. I'm almost certain now that it was caused by my chronic pain problem, complicated by an adverse reaction to long-term opiates. There's a named syndrome, called Downhill Spiral Syndrome, which matches my experiences. The medical system doesn't recognize it (except in one doctor's case, the guy who proposed the existence of it), but patient reports of precisely my symptoms led me to conclude it was opiate related. Withdrawing from oxycodone led to remission of the symptoms, but my body had been through quite an ordeal. For my pain doctor to assume active cancer, I must have looked/acted like hell. And that was before I did the withdrawal, which I had to manage alone. Sometimes stubborn is a good thing.
Lar
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