[cassandra2]

Thank you desert eyes and sugah.

I still have been looking into the pain pump and trying to educate myself about this. I havent been able to find whether or not it does give you the high or not.

Sugah you said it could trigger the craving. I guess I dont understand that.

And if that is so then how really could recovery and health issue be seperate as you were trying to point out desert?

He is going to see a new PM doc and hopefully they will be able to help him better then the one he went to. We have also looked at spinal stimulator and not sure which route would be better to go with. Its my understanding that they do alot of pysch testing before they will even consider giving you a pump. So I am sure that if he goes in and admits he is an opiate addict that will probably nix him from the pump right away.

That is something else he is struggling with. He went into the PM doc and was up front and honest about his addiction and the doc told him he couldnt help him. I was appalled that a doctor would treat someone that way. Its like telling an AIDS patient that you dont agree with how they got infected so therefore you cant treat them.....

Makes me angry because its responses like that that would cause one to rethink being honest and trying to receive help for the pain.