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Jul 31, 2006 13:14

Well, I started Physical Therapy last Monday. Friday was my 6-week anniversary of the surgery. I'm still taking painkillers every 4 hours and a stronger one twice a day. I'm not really at a point I thought I would be by now. My goal is to be back at work by 9/5, but after the PT, and the extra pain since I started it, I'm not quite so optimistic ( Read more... )

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missfunkshun August 1 2006, 15:49:39 UTC

My dad had surgery a few years ago for a slipped disc (something like that) in his back. He was on Oxycontin for a couple of weeks. He said he understood why people get so addicted to them because he felt great on them. The day he went off of the painkillers, he said he sat around and cried. In 31 years I've never seen my dad so much as tear up. So, the painkillers can be rough, both on and going off.