sorry jc can you wait for warmer weather i think you would better off warmer weather you hurt little lesss hugs min sorry sweetie you well get there hugs min

jc, as much as you've been suffering i think your PM has a point. this weather has wreaked havoc with so many. fentanyl is hard to get off in the best conditions. please go easy on yourself.

hugs - gentle hugs!

i think waiting for warmer weather is a smart choice. i know how bad you want to reduce but the extra pain from the cold temps weighs heavy on bringing extra adding pain.please dont get down on yourself for needing to wait til it heats up. the reduction will be much more tolerable, IMHO. we're here with you, OK. always.

i remember when i was ready to reduce my pain meds, i wanted it NOW. i finally took my PM Dr's advice and it took 6 months to wean from hydros and morphine to just the MMJ. it takes time. if you do it too quickly you can really put your body through too much added stress...defeating the purpose. please be gentle on yourself thru this trying time. (((hugs)))

I couldn't agree with the others more. You've seen in this room how the weather fluctuations have increased everyone's pain levels and you are no different. Sorry you're special in your own way, but not in this one :)

When you change has the doc ever considered a pain pump? ME has one and would be one to discuss it with if you have any ?'s.

Go back to rule #1.......distract. It's why we joke, goof and play games. We support like crazy here, but balance with those distractions.

Love you bunches.......

JC if you had high of 50 reached at midnight and falling temps starting this morning I am only saying for all this is Arkansas weather and it is torture on the body.

There is a pain level I get that distraction will not come in to play. The pain attacks my brain. And there is no getting around it. Maybe I am a sissy. An alien. I don't know. I can't speak, read, write. The best I can hope for is television on low and lights out. Try to calm.

Spring would be better if spring is April. I assume are reducing now to get ahead of game. Keeping you close in my thoughts dear friend and neighbor.

love and peace
hippy

JC,

Warmer weather is probably better time for a reduction. Have you tried other things beside Fentanyl patch for your pain? It did nothing for me except maybe make me fall down.

I agree to with the warmer weather time. I got a massive headache from the cold hitting my neck and seizing everything up just letting the dogs out.
I'm with the distraction too, that's why I've been quiet. Playing vid games, watching youtube/netflix and listening to the radio all at the same time. Doesn't leave much room to focus on the pain. Yet at times it's hard to ignore.
I just wish I had a doable solution for you that would help immensely. Yet you'll always be in my thoughts and prayers,
Comforting HugsZzz....

Good idea with the wait jc. You might feel better come spring and then you and your doc can put your heads together on something else that might work better for you.

JC-I wish there was advice and wisdom I could impart but nothing here. Waiting for the warmer weather is about a sane answer as I also have as also lowering my prednisone.

Hell in lowering. Hell in staying static. Just really empathizing......

Hugs forever.........

I'm so sorry JC. I sooo get it! I try to cut back on my easier days...just can't seem to be able to.

Warmer weather might make it easier.

I switched from fentanyl to opana, then to nucynta. It's not easy, but it wasn't as hard as I thought

Yep... I agree with distractions!!

xoxoxoxo
Autumn

K. . .

I did this, went off fentenal sp? And other ER opiods
It's been a while 2 or 3 years ago now, b4 my surgery
Going of was kinda rough,
I tapered from a 75 ? Patch
to. 50 to a 25 to ?
Anyhow there were a few rough days at each drop
And I took over a year to stop all daily pain meds and patch
And it was hard, but in the long run I have definitely felt better
since going off regular opioids and the patch.
For me quitting smoking was rougher
You can cut down quite a bit, but I'd say go slow

Luv n Hugs
Michael

Hi JC, big gentle (((Hugs))). Darlin please try to not be so hard on yourself. I understand wanting to taper off and you will when the time is right. I did this several years ago so I could see where my back was really at & to prove to my spine dr that I really did hurt. At the time with everything combined my pm dr said I was on the equivalent of 247 percocet a day!! Yet even that amount wasn't touching the pain. It turned out that I had a two inch hole in my spine at T5. I remember waking up & seeing my Dr. The first thing I said was "I told you I hurt " lol! Hang in there my friend you'll get through this. Sending up prayers for healing, comfort & much diminished pain.

Love, Hugs & God Bless
Lisa

I'm so sorry JC. I definitely can relate to the increased pain with all these damn weather fronts. I hope you get some relief soon.

Hugs,
Judi