At Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Brenda wrote:
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>It has been awhile since I posted, I went to see a new doctor who was
>recommended to me from someone I met on this message board. He seems to
>know what he is talking about, he ran some test and found that the
>doctor who did my last surgery did not get all of the ovary tissue
>removed and it has regenerated itself and formed a cystic sack that is
>26 cm he feels that that and the adhesions are causing me the horrible
>pain. He tired doing a nerve block to see if that helped the pain (it
>didn't) and has prescribed me pain meds to get through the days. He
>said that once the pain gets to the point that I can no longer stand it
>we would have to do another surgery. I am really scared this will be my
>5th one in less than 3 years, but I am also scared of getting addicted
>to the pain meds, I have been taking alot in the past 2 months and
>already can tell that if I don't take them I feel really nervous and
>anxious. The delima is which is worse being addicted but being pain
>free while taking them or having the surgery with no guarentees that I
>will be pain free after it is over with and still have to go back to
>pain meds. How do all of you handle this and what are the best pain
>medication to take. I am taking Darvocett for the Mild pain Vicodine
>for bad and Stadol for the horrible pain. Somedays I wonder if this is
>how my life is going to be do I want to stay around. My 2 year old son
>and husband are all that keep me going. I really would appreciate any
>advice.
>Brenda