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Hi All I have suffered from MALs for over 25 years, I will post my story...
With regards to pain relief it is important ... ;ve been through pretty much every pain ... reacts differently to the different opioids ... At one stage my pain was such that I ... I also find it gets to the pain far
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: Oct 4, 2018
Just want to mention pain I had after MALS surgery- moving diaphragm,where he ligament inserted, was...
Just want to mention pain I had after ... diaphragm,where he ligament inserted, was painful ... I don’t do well on opioids, so I was ... It’s very good for nerve pain and was
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: Sep 30, 2018
@ruudolpho I am so HAPPY you brought up the question about pain medication, this is a...
you brought up the question about pain ... weighs heavily on my mind as I too use pain ... So, in my experience I have found pain ... I believe both pain and malabsorption ... political climate on the perceived opioid
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: Sep 30, 2018
Hello: My husband was on Opioids for three weeks and lost weight, lost appetite, and had...
Hello: My husband was on Opioids for ... transferred to Mayo Clinic (for 3 months opioids ... relax eased each of our very different pain ... mindfulness and tell our brain to ease the pain
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: Sep 30, 2018
Kari, you are awesome. I'm still hanging in there. Still 109 pounds at 6 foot,1inch. I...
gain any weight unless I can stop the pain ... #39;m not comfortable about taking opioids ... m curious if anyone has ever taken opioids ... The MALS surgery did not relieve the pain
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: Sep 30, 2018
Lumbar stenosis is the narrowing of the spinal canal that houses the spinal 9nerve) chord and...
in any case it all leads to acute pains ... but paired to opiods. ... opioids; I lrespect myself, my body ... more than the pain can make bend to ... Pains moved form groin to buttocks,
I had my surgery at Mayo in 1998, lost 130 # in 10 months, have gone...
I've been blessed with pain not ... showers as the water pressure is too painful ... family and want to stay away from opiods
@vibert22 l was taking gabapentin for neurorapathy after my surgery but l found out using my...
l can't take anything else for pain ... really didn't think it helped the pain ... am trying to learn how to deal with pain ... I thought it was an opioid because I
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Aug 31, 2018
Don't, I say Do Not give up on getting relief from pain. Hold your Doctor's feet...
Not give up on getting relief from pain ... This whole opiod mess is being laid ... I still have pain but I also have a
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jul 31, 2018
Hi Hosta. I had a Medtronic Intrathecal morphine pain pump implanted in 2013. Like I said...
had a Medtronic Intrathecal morphine pain ... for a couple years real good on my pain ... , but like other opioids I kept having ... 1/300th of a dose compared to oral pain
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jul 14, 2018
@vibranthope Don't worry that you decided to go back to your medication. It sounds as if...
6 to 8 doses when I am in a lot of pain ... It never really helped my pain, but ... I had been having hip and back pain ... It is a synthetic opioid that really ... helped me with the pain.
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jul 9, 2018
Hello n good morning, yes I'm sure it is. Its been going on now for almost...
doctors will not give me anything for pain ... very much, my friend gave me some pain ... Though I still have a great deal of pain ... different drugs out there and the opioids ... I think my nerve pain came from taking
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Jul 5, 2018
Oh, my, how difficult it must be for you and your husband. I know the reality...
believe them when they say they are in pain ... But my Fibromyalgia pain was so bad, ... But until the doctors see that his pain ... The only time I was ever given Opioids ... But I do know chronic pain.
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jul 2, 2018
addiction to opioids among chronic pain sufferers is EXTREMELY low; the exact number being 1 in...
addiction to opioids among chronic pain ... I quit the pain clinic so am taking ... nothing, and the pain has led to suicidal ... After 45 years of pain, I don't
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jun 29, 2018
@jfsherley I too welcome you to the Mayo Connect community and the Chronic Pain thread. I...
Connect community and the Chronic Pain ... problem with constipation caused by pain ... is from and which pain medications ... helped me and others withdraw from opioids ... Tramadol 50 mg, which worked for my pain
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jun 27, 2018
I want to draw everyone's attention to a CNN Special Report by Dr. Sanjay Gupta that...
I know inflammation adds to pain, so ... about .30 ml dropper sublingual for pain ... brain over time from the addiction of opioids ... helps people permanently withdraw from opioids
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Apr 30, 2018
@gailb my husband has never smoked marijuana in his life but even he thinks it's about...
It does not kill like opioids do and ... did help with the knee replacement pain ... post-transplant patient the only OTC pain
Yes, I understand you. I just saw a pain dr, my GP, a phychologist and my...
I just saw a pain dr, my GP, a phychologist ... and my gastrologist for my terrible pain ... all tell me, live with it and take opioids ... I have been living with my pain in the ... Now I have digestion pain, caused by
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Apr 19, 2018