OxyNorm Reduction Update: Week 14

Just before I started at INPUT back in November I caught a very nasty stomach bug, probably off my two boys who also went down with something.  It basically knocked me for 6 and played havoc with my OxyNorm absorption.  For a few days it was as if I had dropped the whole dosage again.  I was suffering big time withdrawal symptoms and that in conjunction with the stomach bug was too much and I went back UP for the first time since I started dropping down.

I felt really bad because despite the pain, despite how many times I've thought about it, not once have I cheated and taken a single extra pill.   It felt like I was cheating and I was utterly miserable.

For the four week duration of the INPUT Pain Management Course, I decided to stay at the same dosage.  What with the travelling at the start and end of the week, the physiotherapy and general increase in physical activity, and the fact I was laid low with the stomach bug for the first week, I just felt it would be easier to stay at the same level, rather than having to deal with the course AND withdrawal symptoms.

It didn't matter though, with my stomach completely screwed up, I still had a few days here and there where absorption just stopped dead.

The biggest revelation to come from the course was Peppermint tea, bananas and prunes.  I now have that for supper every night and touch wood, so far I've not had any 'issues' for the past two weeks.  The longest my stomach has been stable.