Pain med effect (?)

[grima6]

Hi Maria,

I did get GI upset with M but not withdrawels although when I was on Durogesic patches(fentanyl)
I experienced withdrawels and it was disgustingly horrible! I starten to vomit on the patches so the PM Dr just told me to take them off so I did. That night and for the following 2 nights/days i felt sick, like I has a million ants crawling on me and was unable to stop moving for even a second. Sleep was unacheiveable.
I have not been able to be stabilized on any pain meds all of them make me vomit and I have severe reactions to the anti-nausea meds (anaphylactic).
That is why I had the Neurostimulator implanted but it only helps foot burning pain. when I have this strong foot burning and I turn the stimulator off it immediately returns so maybe the reason for your pain increase may also just be that the cause of the pain has not been rectified. As we all know. pain meds help symptoms but don't fix the actual spine problem so mechanically caused pain will always return!

I always have the quad burning that you describe and although i have had foot/toe spasms they haven't been as bad as you have had. I have zero functioning at the moment due to pain levals so i'm like "bring the surgery on". I have 4 kids 3-14 and it is too hard to run a household from a lounge on your back!!!!

Take Care
Lorna Grima
(grima6)

[Maria]

Grima,
Good luck w/your upcoming surgery, sure hope it will fix what needs fiixng!
Even tho last night I was in pretty intense pain, I think I took a half (2.5mg) Methadone that I had set aside for wee morning hours, vs. the sleeping pill as this morning I coud not find the Methadone dose!!

My back was fairly screaming w/pain last night when lying down and lying on my right hip was truly increasingly excruciating and I was SURE I had taken the sleeper.. oh well, this morning I took 12.5mg of Methadone to try and catch myself up and I felt so good around 9a.m. that I took a super long walk with the dog!!!!

The quad burning seems to occur primarily with certain activities... like walking up the stairs too many times/day, walking alot, intimacy, and so forth. And it's never ever like it used to be which was so strong that I had to be bed bound... at least for now it's not like that~

If I felt like you, I'd be SURE to have surgery as well~ wishing you the best and please keep us posted!