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Chronic Pain | Last Active: May 11 12:29pm | Replies (165)
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At age 36 with 5 children under 10, my eleven years of chronic pain met freedom. An unseen higher power awakened me, "You are in pain with a bag of meds. What will you feel like without the meds?" I declined my doctor's offer to implant a pain pump. I requested to be taken off all of my medication.
The journey was necessary. The result was beautiful. What if everyone knew that a clear mind is the beginning of life?
BTW I am not and never will be pain free or drug free. Twenty-two years later and many surgeries later, I am able. I continue to evaluate how medications affect my body and mind. Thank goodness the Spirit of God remains unchanged.
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That's exactly the reason I was able to quit smoking after 45 years. Cold turkey. I was in hospital for weekend for cat bite and just never lit up again when I got home. Everyday I'd say "no, don't want one right now" and soon it was a week then a month and now it's been since March 19th. The urge isn't there. I don't even think about them most days. Still have a pack with 8 in it on my microwave. I said, you know how sometimes you'll say "God, I need to quit so and so"? Well.....if you say it enough and mean it, he'll know it and help you. I do still take my pain meds though. My right thigh was numb this morning when I woke up on my back. I take hydrocodone 10/325 but have gone from every 6 hours to 7 hours. I'm decreasing my xanax to get off that because I had terrible withdrawals when a new doctor didn't prescribed it. I had been on 1mg daily since I had a brain aneurysm in 2011 plus I have heart palpitations and anxiety and the xanax is to keep calm because when I get excited my adrenaline pump is in overdrive, runs in family, and doesn't cut off when that fight or flight feeling has stopped. I was in the hospital 2 times in 24 hours. I'm filing a complaint against her. I refuse to have surgery. Back and neck were reason I had to go on disability 2 years ago. If I stand in one position too long, my thighs get numb. I'm a hairstylist so that wasn't working. Was in hospital for 2 days treated for thigh pain in both legs also. They gave me dilaudid(sp) and I couldn't tell difference except it took pain away. I've been on the pain meds for 20 years and yes, they still work at 1 every 7 hours. Very seldom I need them more frequently and I ALWAYS have to push my next appt out for 2 weeks or more because I have too many left. I don't drink. I used to. Didn't try to stop that either. I just lost interest. I will have a drink if I go to my daughter's but I don't buy it, haven't for 10 years now. I'm glad you were able to do what works for you. I honestly don't think I could I get out of bed without my pain meds. Like you said, and I have told the doctor this, I still have pain WITH the meds but I imagine the pain would be worse without them.