My name is Patricia - Sept 30th I hade an ACDF c3-C7 with a corpertomy at C6 In the beginning the surgeon had me on Oxycontin, 12 hour, Oxycontin every 4 hrs, Percocet every 4 hrs, Norco every 6-8 hrs and Valium as needed - he wanted me at zero pain for the first month - I was fine with this then actually wanted to get off the addictive meds as soon as possible - I wanted to jump down to Tramadol but the orthopedic said that was 4 levels down and too fast - he has reduced me down 1 5mg norco every 6 hrs - I am taking 1 1/2 5 mg Norco every 5-6 hrs and can t seem to get beyond this point without having a pain level of 8 happening. I am going to be needing a laminectomy aswell he said according to the MRI and CT Scan - I have some herniated discs there aswell. But trying to give the body some time to heal before addressing that surgery. I am careful that I do not do too much and do my excercises and wear the bone stimulator - the weather (cold) and dampness ansd barometer seems to play a large part in the pain level. When can I expect to be pain free or at least down to a 4 or below most of the time. How long should I wait between major surgeries - this surgery took 7 1/2 hrs as the herniated disc he said had been imbedded in my lamina for probably 40 years. I hope I have given you enough infomation for some answers and thank you so much. Patricia My address is YYYY@YYYY and again thank you for your help and information - before this usually two aspirin handled anything I had