Hi!

For me drinking only exhasberated my Health problems and speeded up my disease of Alcoholism. I thought that since I was in so much pain anyway I would drown it with Alcohol. I did that for several years and ended up with delirium tremors, seizures, alcohol poisoning and some really serious withdrawals.
Today, I have 13 years of Sobriety with some Recovery time in A.A.
I am also on a regimen of medication that works for me right now to subdue the physical pain. It doesn't cure the pain. That is O.K. I don't want to be a Zombie.

I will be praying for your out come.

Tamar

It sounds like you need to a Doctor about that.

In my exp pain killers are only meant to take the edge off. Thats all. If one wants to be totaly pain free getting knocked out is probably your only option. In my exp having had a near death accident that left me disabled with numerous broken bones I'd rather have the edge taken off then to be too fogged from narcotics. But thats just me. Heck after 3 months I decided to come off all pain killers rather than stay on them. There is something about being narcotic free that I like. But thats my exp.

thanks for the feedback. I am on painkillers from doctor. Patience! I am just so fed up. when it gets bad, all I can do is lie down,and I have to be on my back, no moving, and breathe shallow. have cyst on my bowel, waiting on surgery. I know the alcohol is not the answer. Thank you again, I WILL be stronger!

yeah don't drink with a cyst on you're bowel,that can get very bad.YOu can bleed to death or something,alcohol irrates the linings.

I have ovarian cancer. Done radiation treatment, chemo therapy, blood transfusion, and 5 operations. Alcohol isn't the answer to being pain free. I used to be on a nerve blocker until there were signs of nerve damage in legs. So now I'm on a strict supervison for pain management. Dr comes and gives me narcotic injections 4 times a day.

It's difficult I know. Hate how it makes me feel. But at least I'm not in terrible pain.

I know for a fact that mixing alcohol with meds is not a good mix. You can have halucinations, dizzy spells, become more irritable, easily upset and so forth.

Don't drink alcohol. It will only make things worse for you. Hang in there. Just take it one day at a time.

Back to your doctor, back to your doctor, just keep on at him till he finds something that works.

Brandy does not kill the pain, it kills your brain so that you cannot feel anything, but the pain is still there, just you do not know it.

Your body needs all the strength and nourishment it can get to help you get well, Brandy contains none of this and will only aid in making you worse.

So stop kidding yourself, leave it alone

Trickey

I was only taking the painkillers when I was doubled up in pain, am now taking 1 in morning and 1 at bedtime, feeling much better. still in pain, but almost tolerable. Have blood test tomorrow, then soon a cat scan so they can locate exact position of cysts. then surgery, Patience!