Some thoughts

[Guest guest]

Well said, Joyce. The only time I take pain pills any more is when I get

hammered while doing karate - like on Sunday when I was kicked on the jaw. I

took

a couple of Aleve and it was fine. Luckily no tooth damage.

Des Tuck

P.S. It was my fault - (a) I didn't block; ( I taught him how to do that;

and © it was his revenge for me kicking him in the chest a few moments

before. The hips felt fine.

In a message dated 6/29/2004 4:57:48 PM Pacific Standard Time,

sungold518@... writes:

As I read the posts from folks who are deliberating whether or not to go

ahead with the resurf surgery, I am moved to tell everyone how very glad I

am to of OFF of all of those pain controllers. My main pain med was

ibuprofen and I was, ultimately, taking 800 mgs, twice per day. I did that

for several years. It worked. I was constantly buying the stuff.

Constantly running out of the stuff. I ended up on Vicadin, but for years

it was ibuprofen. Do you all know how risky that is? I tended to think it

was " just aspirin (only different) " even though my family doc had fits when

she found out how much I was taking. Renal failure? Liver damage? AND I

was also taking Prilosec every day. Guess what? I hardly ever take a pain

pill these days and I don't have to take Prilosec. I'm sure my poor

filtering organs must be shuddering with relief that I've stopped

assaulting them and overworking them. And it just plain feels good to be

off of all of those pills. So, yeah -- a lot of us can literally hobble on

with the help of these meds, but I'm very glad not to be doing that

anymore.

[Guest guest]

As I read the posts from folks who are deliberating whether or not to go

ahead with the resurf surgery, I am moved to tell everyone how very glad I

am to of OFF of all of those pain controllers. My main pain med was

ibuprofen and I was, ultimately, taking 800 mgs, twice per day. I did that

for several years. It worked. I was constantly buying the stuff.

Constantly running out of the stuff. I ended up on Vicadin, but for years

it was ibuprofen. Do you all know how risky that is? I tended to think it

was " just aspirin (only different) " even though my family doc had fits when

she found out how much I was taking. Renal failure? Liver damage? AND I

was also taking Prilosec every day. Guess what? I hardly ever take a pain

pill these days and I don't have to take Prilosec. I'm sure my poor

filtering organs must be shuddering with relief that I've stopped

assaulting them and overworking them. And it just plain feels good to be

off of all of those pills. So, yeah -- a lot of us can literally hobble on

with the help of these meds, but I'm very glad not to be doing that

anymore. Joyce (Dr Gross, LHR, 2/2/04)

sungold518@...