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@amytro : it’s been a while, but I do remember some specifics about my TKR recovery....
I was off opioids totally within 9 days ... at week 4, major factor in reducing pain ... really good, and I am glad that your pain
Discussion: Week 3 post TKR
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Feb 25, 2019
Hi @amytro - I am 3 1/2 weeks post surgery for a left TKR. Surgery was...
You mentioned that you still need pain ... applaud @emb123 for getting off of the opiods
Discussion: Week 3 post TKR
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Feb 24, 2019
I know there is an opioid crisis. I had opioids, without the restrictions that you are...
I know there is an opioid crisis. ... I had opioids, without the restrictions ... inflammation and at the later stages my pain ... However I was instructed to take the opioids ... I kind of recall having some thigh pain
@stulerner As many people are coming here for advice, I feel it necessary to clarify one...
#39;t take offense; with the current opioid ... #39;s safer, less strong than other opioids ... buprenorphine who finds themselves in severe pain ... Butrans) has provided you the level of pain ... I neither promote, nor discourage opioid
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Feb 4, 2019
Good Morning, Angela (and all) - If you can (individually - and all) step back a...
for the patients) is contributing to opioid ... pain medication problems with dependency ... WHY so many people (who NEVER took pain ... This kind of pain is not something you ... Still (for me) inflammation and pain
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Jan 24, 2019
Today I'm grateful for a friend who has offered to pick up my pain medicine and...
friend who has offered to pick up my pain ... They are so strict now on pain medication ... because of the opioid crisis.
Support Group: Just Want to Talk
Posted: Jan 23, 2019
I agree on several counts. First, intially take the Oxycodone or whatever is prescribed in indicated...
Then taper off if pain permits and switch ... A head start of low pain is great! ... concern is overblown if taken for acute pain ... I had 4 surgeries, opioids each time
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Jan 18, 2019
I started using CBD oil for chronic pain in my feet and ankles. Works better than...
started using CBD oil for chronic pain ... Works better than opioids 75% reduction ... in nerve pain.
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Dec 29, 2018
Hello @mydolly, welcome to Connect. Thank you for sharing what has helped your husband and how...
the only thing that works for nerve pain ... probably one of the reasons we have a opioid ... higher doses to deal with the nerve pain ... #39;m fortunate because the nerve pain ... that addresses the cause of nerve pain
Support Group: Brain & Nervous System
Posted: Oct 10, 2018
Hi All!! I don't know if you remember a message I posted the other day. After...
After a week, my pain from my lumbar ... I was given opioids to manage the pain ... here, I need to stay ahead of the pain ... That means I take my pain meds, 1 every
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Sep 27, 2018
Hello @barnowl53, @karen00! I am a volunteer mentor on Connect and wanted to mention something I...
insufficiency, I primarily suffer debilitating pain ... disorder and after a few years of the pain ... and opioids was dx'ed with severe
Discussion: Losing hope
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Posted: Sep 5, 2018
I know exactly how you feel. It is really hard to make friends, if you have...
make friends, if you have chronic pain ... times, you can not see, where your pain ... Now after 12 years of pain, held down ... by opioids, I feel very lonely. ... to prescribe Xanax, because of the opioids
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jul 31, 2018
I have it as a result of a fall from a seizure that broke my sacrum,...
released from ICU despite my screaming in pain ... My prognosis was “Pain, PT, and Prayer ... neurodegenative disease with unbearable pain ... The opioids aren’t a solution either ... disease on the pain scale.
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jul 29, 2018