Answering your question...

I was asked the question, how does making up your mind about taking pain medication again and making up your mind about the pain pump v spinal cord stimulation all fit together? A couple of people have asked now, so I thought I’d address it here.

First, the pain medication. This is a temporary fix to what I hope is a temporary issue. I need to decide if going back to pain medication is worth the side effects, the taking three other medications to deal with taking it, the lack of mental clarity and decreased alertness/cognitive ability, and the inevitable withdrawals. But the pain is at such ridiculously high levels, I think I need it. Today I put a call in to my doctor.

Second, the long term solution. This one is out of my hands right now. I am waiting to hear what my doctor has found out in all his calls around to my other providers about basically, “what the hell happened?” Then we’ll make a decision about where to go next. One of those options I wrote about in an earlier post. Once I get an update, you’ll get an update. And like I said, I put a call in to check on the status of this.

But patience is required here. My doc has only one day in clinic a week; all the rest he is in surgery. So think about it – five weeks equals one regular work week. I think the wait is worth it; I like this guy. Or at least the wait better be worth it!

I’ll keep you posted!