| Do I need to be straight before participating?
Since I don't seem to know where to start I guess I need to know the rules.
I am currently on methadone for pain but quite sure it's not for the pain anymore. I have been reading some of these stories but none of the ones I've read seem to quite fit my situation. I know that one must first want to be sober before attempting to get sober. I know I would love to be back to where I was before the doctor put me on methadone.
My introduction to methadone started with a painful lower back problem and my doctor prescribed Vicodin. I've been around awhile and I admit I liked the way Vicodin made me feel but it did not help this pain. The doctor I went to was employed by Mayo Clinic so he sent me to the local clinic to get an MRI of my back. My pain was so bad it was unbelievable and within a week I had a serious limp and was unable to walk on my left heel. I got the results of my MRI back and after talking to the head surgeon it was explained that I had a chipped vertebrae in my lower back and was told that surgery was an option
but it should be the last option. I agreed with that assesment but the pain was next to unbearable. When I returned to my personal physician at Mayo he suggested we go outside the system, meaining we go outside of Mayo Clinic. He said his father and he himself had gone to this doctor for their back problems and they were pretty well cured. It was to be an epidural injection and according to what I heard they were quite effective.
I'm going to stop here for now and go ahead and post what I've done here so far. I want to be sure what I'm doing is kosher and proper before I continue on. Tags and threads and tradkbacks etc are new to me. So, until tomorrow or I hear that I'm on the right track. Later, Marv
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