Update: October 9th

[villager9999]

I am at a critical point in my treatment and progress right now and trying to figure out the best way to address disagreements that I am encountering with my current medical team.  I think the key issue with this is that I do not want to continue using morphine as a pain treatment because the way I feel when on the morphine takes me out of the

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[suzan_s]

I absolutely support you doing whatever works for you.

[villager9999]

Thanks Suzan,
Things are going well. It is important to get undoped and so far it is working fine. We will see what comes, but to this time each momnt seems worth the last.

[judo100]

Scott, how bad is the pain without the morphine, or with a reduced amount? Is it at a level you can still manage, or will the pain itself debilitate you without the morphine? In my experience, serious pain makes it very hard for me to do anything productive, or even think clearly -- and I'm guessing you have more ongoing pain than I've ever dealt with.

In any case, I certainly think it should be YOUR decision how much pain-killer to take, based on your clarity of mind and ability to function. I you are working with Hospice? Having dealt extensively with my lcoal Hospice recently for my father in law, I found them to be tremendously attentive to our wishes. I hope your medical advisors are just as attentive to yours.

Much love.

[villager9999]

So far the pain does not seem to be unmanageable even without the morphine. I have gone to a certain tpye of patch, and it is predicted to make me a bit groggy for a few days. So far that seems to be the case. At least when I am here, I am here, and that is great. Gail and Charla are about to to test my deleted skills at trivial persuits and scrabble, and seewhere I stand. My typing sucks. We'll keep you posted.