Abuse of Opioids takes away from all the good it can do

Rockon, It was the third sentence from the bottom! It was the rest of your comments referring to the dangers of those who have to depend on Opioids for quality of Life!
You're are right, "you don't have the right to condemn anyone" for their use of medication!
Those of us who depend on the medication for our Quality Life get tired of the rhetoric about the use of Opioids that is put out by the medical industry! Also by the normal population who have never experienced constate pain!
For those of us whom have depended on Opioids for long periods get tired of being "pigeon holed" as weak and individuals who can't make it through life on our own!
As with anything it's imperative to be strong with how you approach the use of any medication! How many people are killed each year by drunk drivers! Yet nightly how many adds promoting the use of alcohol! Should we go back to proabortion?
Sundance aka RB

So sorry for everyone’s pain…I understand from ongoing experience.
I believe that the pee cup is a state rule…I live in SC and I think that rule was changed here years ago…no pee at my PM office.
Relief wished for all!

Here I is!! < giggles>
More decades than I want to count w/ these pain meds. Be nice if they were kicking in right about now. Just got home from getting 2 epidurals and I'm sitting here cussing instead of breathing AND I didn't even get a baby!

That sounds kinda fun. We'll always have moonshine to make 🙂
There's this old man and his grandson on Facebook. It's the real deal and they're doing it live w/ Reels. I think their name is proabition (sp.) Around the Fourth, they made watermelon 🍉 moonshine

Jaime, Bet you got stories! And I want hear about them! Perhaps over a 10mg or two, topped off w/ Lidocaine patches? Make for a good chat?

After a couple of decades, I quit going to my primary. He kinda hurt my feelers.
His nurse, who I've always liked slid this one in, "I could be selling them!" Shiiii
I don't even remember how the conversation got to that point but Done!
Did they forget that I have no contacts? They know my world is very small these days and they certainly should know that I would never share or sell my medicine with anyone. I don't know anyone! Most importantly, I need them ALL! After 20 yrs and making me feel like I gotta fight for them too?? I've worked too hard for my immaculate & consistent history. Yeah, I'm out. Got me a new boy! An internist (if that's gonna mean something)
Also got on with a pain specialist. She probably won't end up 'making the cut'. 2 epidurals today. Anyway, they do the pee cup too and I cannot even tell you how amused when I learned that they're not really focused on yee recreational drugs but mainly, that we're taking our meds and not selling them! You stand a better chance of me selling ANYTHING ELSE but not that! Ha Ha!! (True tho)

Yes they do urine test to make sure you are taking your meds. I'm like you. I need every one of mine.

Sundancerdb78, I deliberately allowed some time to pass before responding to your ignorant (lacking knowledge and awareness of what was said) and overly simplistic response. First of all I have suffered with torturous chronic pain which I did control with many various medically supervised opioids for years. They were the only meds that gave a respite, and thus some quality of life from the pain, till tiring of the constant side effects, I found a much more successful pain delivery system based on the implanting of a non bolus intrathecal opioid pump. That provided 24/7 relief with no noticeable physical or mental side effects. During the 18 years of using the pump I became much healthier and sensed I had physically healed to a certain extent. At that point I took a big gamble that my chronic pain no longer justified the morphine usage so I had the pump removed. I was right and and although I still have a modicum of chronic pain and numbness I basically live an opioid free life which is a blessing. Although I did not notice any mental altering like euphoria, there were subtle changes to my mental chemistry that took well over two years to normalize and that period was not particularly pleasant at times. For years I had a nagging sense about always having such a significant amount of morphine in my system and the negatives it had to have, and that was my basic message!, not the over simplification that if a substance is addictive it should be banned! This forum is about people sharing their experiences and thinking and the intuition and perspective they have gained by dealing with their medical problems in a respectful and helpful manner. That 's why when you said "I was totally off base" I had to respond in the above referenced manner.

Totally agree, I’m 62 and have had multiple spine surgeries and getting ready to have another one 8/6 . My spine is falling apart little by little my pain management doctor will only give me Lyrica my PCP doctor gives me muscle relaxers and tramadol, but that’s it. My next surgery that I had eight weeks ago I had hydrocodone and only ticket as needed. Well I say as needed when I was in extreme pain.