I feel I need to introduce myself. I am a retired electrician. I suffered an electrical injury in 1981. I became "hung-up" on a piece of electrical equipment, in other words electrocuted. The current passed from one hand to the other. A co-worker in another trade noticed what was happening and managed to knock me loose, and as I landed on my tailbone, I regained consciousness. The effect was that one cervical disc was gone and another ruptured. This was discovered a year later when I underwent exploratory surgery, result was a cervical fusion. I later found out about damage to the lumbar spine, resulting in another fusion. In 1996 I was ejected from a bass boat at high speed and fractured all ribs on my left side. This was when the orthopedic surgeon informed me I should file for my disability. Now many years later, after all the therapy, many different drugs and all the good pain no one should suffer I am having a life again with methadone therapy. I've been taking 5 - 10mg tablets daily, since somewhere around 2001. It still gives good relief. I need 2 - 30mg Adderall along with it for day time sleepiness. So now we are all addicts. I was ready to call Dr. Kevorkian when my family Dr. convinced me to go see a pain management Dr. and started the methadone therapy. Now he's worried that I may not be able to find another provider if something happens to him. Yesterday we talked about weaning me off the methadone if worse comes to happen..... scared in Texas. I know I'm not the only one...