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You’ve got this 🙌 we’re all here to help each other get through it day by day…xx

Love the "Hindenberg Certaintity Principle. Yes, floating along in a giant bag of hydrogen would give me serious pause. Those dirigibles were HUGE! I seem to recall that they wete 700 to 800 feet long.

Hello,
I had a back operation in January 2022, in regard to not having a disk between S1-L5. The repair was successful, but I suffered terrible collateral damage from Sciatica in both legs, Piriformis Syndrome in both buttocks, and Neuropathy in both feet. My surgeon said all this happened because pressure was taken off of the Sciatic nerve, of which had been pinched really bad. He said the tremendous pain I was in was temporary, and would ease up after a while. Wrong!! I have been in chronic pain for almost 3 years. I started out on Gabapentin, and after a while, was put on Lyrica. I take 75 mg in the morning, and 125 mg at night. My pain is so bad, that I have to take a narcotic (Ambien) just to be able to get some sleep. Currently, my major pain is in my right buttock, and goes down the back of my right thigh. Also, the Neuropathy in my feet is really bad. So, I know we are all different, but I would really appreciate some help. Thanks, in advance.

Hi everyone, I am Claudia and I live with chronic pain since around I was 11 years old. Now I am turning 50, and it is really causing limitations to my life. Thanks for having me.

Hi Debbie, I vam going through menopause and my pain got worse, I have cramps all over my body. I am not on medication but I also take the same vitamins and magnesium is really helpful. With my mood going up and down plus the pain (sometimes I cry until I sleep) I feel exhausted. Some days, mostly weekends, it feels like a dementor (Harry Potter movies) just sucked the life out of me...😢

Oh nooo I’m so sorry to hear this! It sucks bigtime..I’m sick of it xx

I have a lot of sympathy for you Claudia. It is hard to live with the chronic pain and then to have family who think you should push through it like an athlete is so hard. My family thinks my fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis is not as bad as I make out and although my knees are getting so bad it's almost time for a knee replacement I should just keep walking and pushing it..

I am so sorry for you, and for all of those who do not ha e the support of the family. It os the same to me. They always ask me: what happened this time for you to be in pain? As we know, it is a sum of events or sometimes one event, but the pain never goes away. In my casa it becomes stronger or weaker, but it is always here. Like whitenoise... I hope you can find some emotional support outside your family, because it is hard enough as it is and no one deserves to go through it alone! 🤗❤️

I have a question and do not know how to start a new topic. What would make urine test negative for hydrocodone when I take it EVERY DAY? I had Dr appt on the 16th, Monday, and was told the hydrocodone wasn't in my system at last lab test which was Oct 21st. He said only the xanax showed up and I only take a quarter mg daily of that. I have been seeing this pain management doctor for over 10 years and have to do a urine test every visit. It upsets me very much to have something like this happen knowing that you have done nothing wrong yet it affects you negatively and there's not a thing you can do about it. The doctor asked about people having access to my meds, which to me is irrelevant because that would have NOTHING to do with it not showing up in a drug test. I thought about doing my own investigation and contacting the lab that ran the test. I am supposing I have access to my lab results. I called the office back to have the doctor make sure it was MY chart he was looking at because he mentioned a different date when referring to my previous appt. They called back and said no error was made and that if he mistakenly said 24th instead of 21st for my previous appt, it did not change anything. He wants me to bring the bottle next time, again, that would have NO affect on the medication not showing up. Whatever happened, happened after I left the doctor's office that Oct 21st appt. I'm just trying to get to the bottom of this. I do not like it when things don't add up when there's no reason for them not to. I take a MINIMUM of 3 hydrocodone a day so there is ZERO reason for them not to be in my system. It's just not possible. I have no idea where to start. How do you begin to defend yourself against a lab? I know they aren't perfect and mistakes can be made and I'm itching to start trying to figure out just where things run amok. I might add also that my daughter, who is a dialysis nurse in Georgia, I'm in Florida, tested positive for morphine last month at a doctor appt. She doesn't even have access to that drug. I have to do something. I can't just sit and do nothing for 2 months to find out if the urine I left on Monday is going to test ok. It almost feels like I've been wrongfully accused of a crime and my hands are tied and I'm at the mercy of a jury, who got fed the wrong information. Would I be in the wrong, legally, to try to figure out where the mistake was made? Maybe the lab just forgot to input information so it just wasn't there, in my chart results, but could still very well be in the lab report itself. All I know is it is driving my crazy. Thanks in advance for any help or advice I get on this matter.
Carol

@mkovacic Hey - fellow saphenous sufferer, did you have the neurectomy done and how are you today?