P0kemama
Bluelighter
Shroomy: It sounds like you have a very well thought out taper plan that just continues to work very well for you! I too, am not in a hurry to be going cold turkey right now; however, my pain management doctor mentioned that he wanted me to get new MRI's and x-rays... do you know how expensive that is with my high deductible insurance????
I already have to pay $$$cash each month for the pm visit; I cannot afford to spend many hundreds of dollar extra to repeat the tests. My MRI is from 2012...so I guess January or February 2017 is 5 years, but I believe he is doing it to CHA (cover his a$#.)
That may be when I will have to stop my doctor visits; however, by then, if I stay try to my taper, I will have plenty of oxycodone available to continue my taper to an even lower dose if need be, and/or jump off. I am not worrying - I am being very realistic in today's PM climate. I cannot get ahead of myself though... I need to stay in today.
So, I continue with my goal of .25mg-.33mg ativan; and 20mg ER oxymorphone each day - period. That is it for medication. The only thing I am missing now is my energy level - however, I do have to babysit all day Monday, regardless. It will be a good test. In the past, to be honest, my anxiety at having to chase my granddaughter meant that I would use an extra 10-40 oxymorphone ER a day so that "I made sure" that I could take care of her. It is a definite trigger.
If I can make it through until I get home Monday night with the same dosing schedule that has evolved over the past 4-5 days, I will be very pleased. So, I am going to focus on the very short term, mostly keeping my eye on TODAY, and then will take my experiences to help tweak my goals.
I already have to pay $$$cash each month for the pm visit; I cannot afford to spend many hundreds of dollar extra to repeat the tests. My MRI is from 2012...so I guess January or February 2017 is 5 years, but I believe he is doing it to CHA (cover his a$#.)
That may be when I will have to stop my doctor visits; however, by then, if I stay try to my taper, I will have plenty of oxycodone available to continue my taper to an even lower dose if need be, and/or jump off. I am not worrying - I am being very realistic in today's PM climate. I cannot get ahead of myself though... I need to stay in today.
So, I continue with my goal of .25mg-.33mg ativan; and 20mg ER oxymorphone each day - period. That is it for medication. The only thing I am missing now is my energy level - however, I do have to babysit all day Monday, regardless. It will be a good test. In the past, to be honest, my anxiety at having to chase my granddaughter meant that I would use an extra 10-40 oxymorphone ER a day so that "I made sure" that I could take care of her. It is a definite trigger.
If I can make it through until I get home Monday night with the same dosing schedule that has evolved over the past 4-5 days, I will be very pleased. So, I am going to focus on the very short term, mostly keeping my eye on TODAY, and then will take my experiences to help tweak my goals.