Does anyone else use food to "feel better"? Since my pain has gotten to the untolerable stage and I am no longer unable to exercise, I am caught up in a terrible cycle of bad habits.
1. Pain
2. Pain Pills
3. Over Eat
4. Withdrawals
5. Repeat
I don't even want to discuss how much weight I have gained over the last year. For some reason, when the pain pill "high" kicks in, I get hungry. Atleast I think in my head that I am hungry. Then, being a past intense excercisor and now unable to, I am getting FAT, FAT, FAT! Most people I talk to say that they have less of an appetite when having pain and taking pain medication.
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*10 plus years of back pain
*'99 first MRI shows L4-5 bulge
*'04 MRI shows L4-5 grade 3 annular tear & rupture with moderate DDD
*'05 Discogram shows concordant pain at L4-5
*8/18/05 scheduled ADR surgery participant in Kineflex/Charite study
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