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@sunnyflower

Hi Jim, so glad your doc approved an increase in your morphine. I will be praying that you will like the pain doc and that that person will be a good fit for you. I pray they will be compassionate and not have opiophobia and have the wisdom to make your pain manageable.

Keep us posted! Sunnyflower. 🙏😊

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@sunnyflower

The pain specialist I've been seeing for several years isn't an opiophobe, but he is certainly an " opioids don't treat neuropathy pain" doctor. He doesn't try to make me stop taking them, though it's pretty clear to me that he doesn't like it. But then, nothing he's had me try has worked, and we've tried a LOT of medications.

Today, I put a coat of deck stain on the railing I built yesterday, and did some yard work preparatory to winter's arrival. With the adjustment of my scs, down one notch from where the rep set it, my pain level is down a notch as well. Of course, it takes a couple of days to know. Sitting with my feet on the ottoman, it's down to 7 - better than 9, for sure.

Looking online for a pain management doctor who isn't afraid to include opioids in the treatments he offers, I found one who was an anesthesiologist for a long time before changing direction to opening a pain clinic. He had a life changing accident that resulted in severe chronic pain, and decided to return to college to train for treating others who are living with the level of pain he lives with. I'm going to call his clinic tomorrow to see if they could help me more than my current doctors are. Their website doesn't mention pain pumps, but who knows. Maybe he would give me unbiased information, being a relative newcomer.

Jim