Hello I am a 28 year old and was diagnosed with Endometriosis approx 3
years ago. I have done pretty much everything that you can including 7
surgeries with pre-sacral neurectomy, removal of my posterior broad
ligament.....10 months altogether Lupron treatment, alternative medicine
etc....I WILL not have a hysterectomy for one I don't believe that it
will work....and for two I want more children....I have also been on
pretty much every pain med from NSAIDS to Vicodin to ES Percocet and
finally before my pregnancy I was on Oxycodone and Roxanol which offered
me the most pain relief.....I did become pregnant by the grace of God
and had an EXTREMELY difficult pregnancy however I did give birth to a
BEAUTIFUL, HEALTHY baby girl! Since her birth the Endometriosis has come
back and WORSE than EVER! I have been in SO much pain that I am doubled
over daily and CAN NOT enjoy my daughter.....my boyfriend is on the
verge of losing his job and we are having a lot of financial
difficulties as well.....the problem is that my OB/GYN does not believe
in dealing with chronic pain so he sent me to a pain clinic and my doc
is an anesthesiologist and he has tried nerve blocks etc. with no
luck.....he has recently put me on Methadone but I have found that it
doesn't really work too well for pain and it doesn't last long which he
said it would.....now my question is since I have been on this with not
much relief I have been researching and found out about Oxycontin and it
seems to me and have read from other chronic pain sufferers that it
works really well and lasts MUCH longer....to me it would make sense to
put me on something that will last longer and give me more pain
relief.....I would just like to hear from anyone what they think and how
they feel about Methadone vs. Oxycontin for pain relief another thing I
heard was that when you use Methadone for long term pain relief that it
is EXTREMELY hard to get off of.....I would GREATLY appreciate ANY and
ALL information that you can give me.....thanks