Question: Hi I've been on opiates for three years thru 5 shoulder surgeries. Two of which where shoulder replacements.iam 36 and recently married wanting to get pregnant. I went to a pain management doctor who prescribed me Librium and clonidine. Prior to this accident I had never taken more than Advil. I have tried to stop but the pain wins out. I took 1/2 a norco for three days and have managed to go two days without one. In the last six days I've slept for maybe 19 hours. I'm exhausted and in so much pain. I'm a month out from my last surgery and am only taking the meds the pain doctor gave me at night to try and sleep as I have to work six days a week I own my own business. How much longer until I get some relief and how XXXXXXX are the meds for pregnancy and how long do I have to wait after stopping them to try to get pregnant. Sorry so long. Rough last few years!

My orthopedic surgeon is very supportive of me not taking pain medicine. I was severely allergic to the first prothesis. The pain was unbearable and now I have normal post surgery pain I just need to be done with the physical dependency so I can move forward. Due to the chronic inflammation of the prothesis that was in in conjunction with using a pain pump for four surgeries my soft tissue is paper thin whic is severely limiting the function of my arm. No physical therapy at all. I really just want to know how long until I will be able to get some sleep I don't know how much longer I can make it