Yeah, all is well now. And I'm using less of it. Seems my pain threshhold was raised during my days without the tablets.

I've been busy and away from PC. So I'm just seeing the last posts. Thank you very much for your continued interest. I appreciate the concern and kind comments.

I didn't know about opiates leading to bone fractures. I'll have to learn more about that.

I have had this chronic, nagging soreness since my mid 50s. A doctor told me the neck thing is arthritis. Then there's sudden stabbing back pain at different levels of my back, depending on what I'm doing. Sometimes I think it's just muscular weakness from being deconditioned, as I've not exercised for years. Sometimes I think it seems to fit what I hear about fibromyalgia, except I don't really believe in that disorder. My father had severe osteoarthritis, which ran in his family. But my joints aren't really the big problem. My many sore spots seem to be where muscle attaches to bone - entheses points.