Hi ThickNTired, sorry about the ruptured discs. Serious pain there. Well I'm having trouble increasing my hydro rx for the knee pain, he's really stubborn. Let me say that I weigh 286lbs so I don't think asking to incr to 7.5mg twice a day is a ridiculous request.

I dislocated my r knee this past March (not the first time, I've had arthroscopic surgery on it about 30 years ago!) and was told that I have osteoarthritis in both knees. Being obese doesn't help. Getting up and down is painful, stairs are horrid and cold or rainy weather makes it worse.

As to the xanax, I can take it or leave it. I don't really like the benzo buzz.

Anyhow since my primary care doc is being such a stubborn git, on the advice of a friend I'm going to see a pain management doc to see if he can help me better than my primary.