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Pain in the butt - Can't sit down
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Sep 23 9:49am | Replies (336)Comment receiving replies
Very good choice getting off opioids. My wife was on them for quite a while
and reading on the internet I learned that opioids can also keep the pain
going, Sssooo, she got off and the pain stopped after a day or so. We still
can not figure WHY the opioids would cause pain. The only thing I can think of was the Doctor increased the taking of them.
Since we are both over 80 years we just keep going, pain or no pain. The chemical pills seem to be so unnatural to take. We need some of the older Doctors to check on the eyes, how we look to him, check the finger nails,
etc. etc. They could determine CAUSE and not just treat symptoms.
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I noticed that too. It was like after the opioid wore off my body was calling for more by sending more pain signals. I found that if I could get through that day, then the symptoms would either go away or be tolerable. I just had a spinal cord stimulator placed and although I’m only about 10 days post op and I am still in the period where they are adjusting the location and intensity, it looks like it is going to help a lot. Possibly not eradicate the pain entirely but, make it more in the background. And my energy has noticeably improved! That is something I never fully appreciated, how much of an energy drain pain is!