Well my new life is 7 weeks old and I am back to injoying life agian. I am trying to get getting 1 1/2 years of a honey do finished and swimming in the pool as much as possible. I went to Greenfield Village & the Henry Ford Museum last friday and walked for five hours with no pain. Eight weeks ago I could not stand for five minutes. I am still on the pain patch and I do have pain if I do not use it, I also have really strange jitters and am n ot able to sit still or sleep if I stop using it, has any one else noticed anything like this? Thak you all for your support and sorry for being so long with out checking in.

Hi, you might find the jitters is a bit of "Withdrawl from the Meds". I`m not sure how you sort this out in the USA.

Well done with your recovery - - -try and ease back into life a bit more gently maybe
Best
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Hi Dave,

So great to hear how much you can do in such a short period of time. Take it slow and the meds are helping you right now. When you�re in pain your stressed and it makes it harder to heal. You are not very far out and fused as well big big surgery! Look forward to more updates. http://adrsupport.org/groupee_common...icon_smile.gif

Wowww, Awesome! 5 hours of walking and no back pain~ and 7 weeks postop~ what a dream!!!
Congrats!!! Super Congrats!!! Watch out, here comes a ton of Honey Do make up time~ gotta love that you can actually do it tho! take it easy and let everything heal well~
Re the jitters and such, sounds like a bit of withdrawl~ don't try to withdraw yourself too quickly, and if you're going to do this, work with your PM or whatever doc is prescribing to wean down slowly. Also there are other medications that can help with w/d process if and when it is needed. For now it sounds like you need to heal~ just try not to overdo or set yourself back with a big flareup from Overdoing~

Great news and keep it up!

Allan

Yeah, Dave!!!! Glad to hear you're doing so well on the other side now! Hooray!

Yup; it's withdrawal... Had the same thing myself from Percocets and, like you, didn't know what it was until my wife pointed out the fact of withdrawal. I don't know anthing about "The Patch" but is there any way you can reduce it's strength by cutting part of it off? I agree that you ought to be seeking professional help to "get off the meds" as appropriate. Some people here have gone cold turkey with no problems and some people have had the devil of a time getting off the meds, so you need to have yourself evaluated, I would think, to determine what might be best for you.

"Honey Do"? Is that something you play with in the pool or is that "husbandly duties" (or both)? Never heard that phrase before.

Rein... FYO..."Honey, can you please do this and honey can you please do that?" (thus Honey Do) which of course may turn into something else if honey doesn't do...

Congratulations Dave!

I'm so thrilled for you! It is definitely withdrawal. I too was on the patch. What strength are you on? If it is a 25, they have a 12.5 strength you might want to try. I began leaving them on longer than the 72 hours, but changing them before the pain got away from you. Cutting them won't work because the fentanyl will leak without the sealed edges. You may have to use some breakthrough meds in between changes. Try to get on the lowest dose possible if you aren't already there. For now, enjoy the no pain. However, it will be easy to overdo it when you feel no pain, so be careful. Enjoy your new life!

Best wishes,
Linda

Dave, I am glad you are doing well! Thanks for checking in! Sounds like your friends here got you covered on your question about jitters...

Take it slow!

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Thanks everyone, I will be careful but it is good to be able to live agian!!!