You didn't have to do that, did you?
"I'm a paraplegic because of one of these lesions. I went to six "pain clinic experts" from 1999-2002 before anyone thought of this possibility."
Just like the other victims of undertreated pain, people don't listen! I can show you the data of thousands of other people with the same results. The dufus above had three primary issues
1) drug tolerance--eventually no amount of morphine,or it's various cogeners has any affect on pain.
2) Neuropathic pain is only miminally responsive to morphine. That's why the name of neuropathic pain syndromes has been changed from RSD to CRPS Type 1 & 2-- it only improves neuropathic pain by about 10%
3) Stupid Behavior-- People in serious pain do stupid things. Usually 50% of CRPS Type 1 & 2 pain patients take their own lives if their pain is not addressed in the first 6 months. Yesterday, a 45 yo former Steeler took his own life because of undertreated neuropathic pain.
4) You still don't know jack, blubbering along unconciously commenting on something that's a major dilemma for it's victims!
No, we didn't have to do that because the oncologist we had was wise enough to know that any risk of addiction was virtually insignificant compared to the immediate reality of pain. She, the oncologist, told us that 20 or even 10 years earlier, she would not have been able to make a drug like oxy available to use as needed at the patients' discretion. My wife was fully empowered to decide how much she needed and all the Onco asked was that she be kept informed of the dosage so she could adjust chemo accordingly.
Medically enabled addiction is insignificant in comparison to a reality like cancer or serious, endless, chronic pain.