I have a backache and I'm on drugs: Ask me anything!

[annagull]

I've had this horrible backache for almost 3 weeks now, finally I get an MRI on Monday. Meanwhile, my doctor gave me Oxycodone for the pain which has me just a bit loopy :crazy:

Hopefully the MRI will show what's going on back there, and I can go back to being drug free soon!

[Rick Myers]

1. Do you feel like doing 3 hours of HATE radio???

Just a Rush joke!!! Hope you're feeling better soon. I took those things once, they do make you loopy!!!

Get well!!!

[annagull]

3. No, but I thought about getting a housekeeper to score for me!

First, I'd have to hire her based on her drug connections alone!!

[reprehensor]

2. Enjoy the drugs.

Pick up a novel, I suggest fiction. Heavy duty painkillers can give some people an amazing capacity to read. You might suprise yourself with the volume you could ingest.

[annagull]

4. Might have to try that, i didn't think I'd be able to concentrate

but I seem to be doing pretty well here on DU,. I have noticed my concentration is alot stronger.

[wa state wanderer]

5. Read?

I just had back surgery and am taking pain killers. When I try to read, I tend to keep reading the same sentence over and over again!

[annagull]

6. Mind if I ask how your surgery went?

What was the problem? I have heard back surgery is risky, but if it is done right it can be a miracle. Hope you are up and about soon, was state wanderer!

[wa state wanderer]

8. Still a lot of pain

The L4-L5 disk had a piece broken off and "floating" and had to be removed. In physical therapy now and it hurts. Pain is worse than before surgery, but hoping it will improve.

[annagull]

9. Here's to a speedy recovery, wa state wanderer

Hang in there! :hug:

[wa state wanderer]

10. Thanks!

Hope you feel better also.

[bigwillq]

7. What painkillers do that?

For starters, I've done my fair share of drugs but the few times I took painkillers all they do is make me weak, nauseous and sleepy.