-- robinAt Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Candy wrote: > >I'm so glad to have found this message board. I have had several >surgeries for adhesions. I've had one with a colonectomy, and I had a >tumor removed from the out side of my stomach. It was 9cm. I had a >kidney stone last year, and every since then I have had lower abdominal >and flank pain. It has just gotten worse the last couple of months. I >have been off work since Feb 21st. I just got finished with a urology >consult. I went through all the test's including a C-T scan which >showed nothing. Now my internist is sending me to a surgeon today. I >don't want another surgery, but can live with this pain either. My doc >must thinkthink that I am going to be in pain for a long time because he >gave me 100 Vicodine with one refill. It says that I can take 1-2 every >6hrs. I tried to stick to one, but it just didn't work. I'm afraid of >getting addiced to them. Has anyone been addicted to the drugs you have >to take for this pain? I'm really scared about this. I also have >fibromyalgia, which is a double whammy!!!!. Thanks for listening to me. >It's good to have message boards like this so we can vent. Soft hugs to >all!!! > >-- >Candy >