I will say I have a terminal illness, and it causes a great deal of pain. I am not defenseless against it. My primary Oncoloigst's outfit has pain specialists I see or can talk to by phone. They have given me two pain medications to combat this. One is a 30/650 Percocet to be taken when it is not overpowering to me. The other is now a 200 mg Morphine Sulfate extended-release to take when it gets excruciating. I avoid both as much as possible as I like to spend my day writing, and they make me sleepy. I find myself constantly waking up in my medical/recliner. When you spend some time in this state, and yes, I am resilient, but it starts to take a toll. It is a particular kind of toll bridge I am slowly finding more difficult to pay passage on. They are urging me to transition to a 0.75 Mcg Fentanyl patch. They work for 72 hours and are much more potent. Just afraid if I do I will sleep all the time. I want all the time I can have. I am not ready for that yet, but I am reaching my limits.