Guest guest Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 I totally agree with you. Jennette I guess my fear is that the pain doc will want to do something more invasive, which I don't want to do. He has proposed steroid injections at different times but I know that they are only 50% effective and can cause permanent damage. I'm just not willing to subject myself to that when medication works. So, I try not to take the pain meds I have, in hopes that I won't look " dependent " even though I'm sure I probably am (not addicted, but have built a tolerance). Its difficult enough to deal with pain but I dont want to deal with the misperceptions of others either and I'm scared of invasive proceedures that may be common but don't necessarily have a proven track record. __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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