Hi, bptoo. ^^

Thanks for the reply. ^^

I am still having a considerable amount of pain from my surgery, so I visited my surgeon and he revealed to me that I still have an "open wound", on one side of the area that was operated on, which is causing all the pain. The type of surgery I had generally takes six weeks to heal - unfortunately mine may take up to another four weeks to heal.

I informed him, however, that I don't want to take Vicodin anymore to control the pain, or the Darvocet (which never worked on the pain anyway). He prescribed me Tylenol with Codeine. So far, it works wonderfully on the pain, with less nasty side-effects than the Darvocet.

Since it is in the same family as the Vicodin (just a lesser strength), I am wondering if it will help with the withdrawl? I still feel somewhat "fluey", but not nearly as bad as it was previously.

It's kind of depressing to have to take the pain meds anyway, even though they make me comfortable. I will take your advice about weaning, and when it comes time to wean from the Codeine, I will speak with my surgeon, and hopefully come up with a regimen that will keep the symptoms to a minimum.

I am sorry to hear that you had such a horrible time with the Vicodin - but am glad you are feeling better. ^^

Please, do take care.

(((((bptoo)))))