Hi again, James!  This is a continuation of my previous message:

AH>  Now, unlike you, I sit on anything *except* my
AH>  tailbone....  ;-)

JB>  Consider yourself relatively lucky. 


          I do.  I have chronic pain, but it's nothing compared to yours.  :-/



JB>  The poor MD had to lie to me that he was prescribing a
JB>  "Non-addictive form" just to get me out of his office.
JB>  Still doesn't mean I wouldn't tear a strip off him if
JB>  we ever met again.  I understand his need to keep
JB>  me on my feet now, but the narcotics sure caused more
JB>  problems than they solved for me.


          Yes, we've heard other stories which are remarkably similar.  One
of our former writers here, for example, developed a sensitivity to
morphine when he used it for several months & then couldn't use it
later on.  Another person Dallas & I once knew had been taking Valium
for fifteen years.  She'd had some pain in her shoulder which couldn't be
fixed... and her doctor told her Valium wasn't addictive.  Other doctors
were saying the same thing at around the same time.  I think they honestly
believed that, although recent studies have shown otherwise.  At any rate,
this woman became very ill shortly after we met.  She realized after awhile
that Valium was contributing to her illness... whereupon she joined a drug
withdrawal program.  As she put it, she had to learn to cope with pain all
over again because because her body had forgotten how... (sigh).



JB>  Regardless how much I tell people how much better pain
JB>  management is when you can actually feel the pain, I
JB>  have to understand that their idea of "managing" and
JB>  mine may be different.


          Seems to me a lot of people's idea of "pain management"
is to find a pill which will make it all go away so they can forget about
it... but I think it is useful in some ways.  It tells us, for example,
when we're overextending ourselves or we need to see the chiropractor or
what have you....  :-)



JB>  As a co-moderator, you run your own board then?


          Dallas does.  I have access to the BBS, but he takes care of all
the techie stuff.  He's the moderator, as you'll see in the next few
days....  :-)



AH>  Fortunately, the conductor is very understanding...
AH>  he lets Nora sit beside me, and that way I can provide
AH>  assistance as needed.  :-)

JB>  Sounds symbiotic to me. <-;


          In the sense that everybody wins, yes....  :-)



JB>  Like I keep telling highly trained musicians that
JB>  want to pound the bejeabers out-a some of my tools,
JB>  "They are always abrasive, and it takes a special
JB>  touch to make them sound musical." Some of them get
JB>  it. O-8=


          I hear you!  And I think Nora would too....  :-)




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