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I still have my desktop, but it's more for grahics work. It's got a recliner and dual 24" mointors, 6 Terabytes of drive space and 16 Gigabytes of RAM. Not as comfortable as my big recliner though.
TimView Thread

Doctor Brownstein is an Orthopedic that went suffered the same fate many of us call our lives. He has a tremendous back injury and suffered for years with no relief in sight. I just started reading the book so I can't give any feedback yet, but my doctor said our lives are a parallel as he finally orchestrated a great victory over pain. As I understand it he ends up employing some yoga for stretching and regaining lost balance. Which ironically, yoga is about the only avenue I haven't tried and with 12 fused vertebrae I do have balance issues.
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My only suggestion would be a PHD that specializes in pain and addictions.
Again, I do not feel like I'm very knowledgeable about your son's problem and you have so much at stake.
My prayers go out to you and your son
God Bless and best of luck
TimView Thread

ISome people don't understand that pain has tremedous negative side effects. Living in chronic pain is like being tortured. Your brain tells you that you are being attacked and just like anyone who is hurting, short on sleep or stressed out your get defensive and short tempered. That's nature not the drugs. My wife thinks that any negative issue I have in dealing with my pain is a negative side effect from the meds. I can honestly say that I take very few meds and those that I do take help puch the pain back and allow me to have a better outlook and a better quality of life. My doctors agree and are impressed with my ability to live on low dosings, work full time and live a full life.
I have learned to never judge anyone about their pain. My 12 fused vertabrae may hurt less than someones one ruptured disc. Pain is so subjective and such a variable.
Pain uncontrolled and misunderstood will kill you. It is highly unlikely that the proper use of opiates under a doctor's supervision will cause you harm.
Decades ago there was a Doctor Named Adams that felt we'd be better off legalizing or encouraging doctors to prescribe morphine and take NSAIDs off the market. His opinion was that for true pain sufferers morphine helps control the pain while NSAIDs kill off your liver and kidneys. That's why we have drugs like Norco instead off Vicoden. Same drugs, but a fraction of the acetaminophine so you can take it without killing your liver.
As many have said above. We all metabalize drugs differently. Personally, I can't tolerate morphine, but demeral works great. We all need a pain managment doctor that trusts us (this we must earn) and that is willing to understand that we may need to experiment with his/her help to find out what works best for us.
I prefer to focus on the miracle that kept me from being parallyzed than the accident that causes my pain. I am the victor not the victim.
Tim
Happy Thanksgiving to you all.View Thread

Extra weight is a killer too. I've dropped 50lbs since my injury, (i'm also 3" shhorter from a crushed spine) that and excersize have worked much to help me be comfortable...but when it come to pain meds, more is not always better. It is really a whole health issue and the pain meds if required are one tool in your quiver.View Thread

Books on pain, pain logging etc are also invaluable. You need to be in the driver's seat. As I said I have 12 fused vertabrae and a crushed spine (but no nerve damage) and I work full time and am a father and husband. Every minute of every hour of every day is frought with pain, but with moderate usage of pain meds (hydrocodone and methadone) I live a successful life.
Pain sucks and if you have chronic pain it likely won't go away so you need to teach yourself about how your body works and what pain is. I recommend readin a book called Pain, The Science of Suffering by Dr. Patrick Wall.
Good luck
TimView Thread
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