Phillip Sherwood

For the past two weeks, I’ve been feeling the effects of my body withdrawing from the cumulative chemical dependency to the pain and anti-spasm medications I’ve been taking for the last two years to try and keep my spasms under control enough for me to just get through a day safely. Although everything I took was perscribed and managed by my primary physician, I still withheld from taking the high-test narcotics for pain unless absolutely necessary. Since the implantation of the pain pump and its excellent functionality, I originally cut back to less than half of my oral dosages and by yesterday after the last tweak, I discontinued all of my oral meds related to pain & spasms. Although I was never psychologically addicted to the drugs, physiologically the chemicals already impacted my systems in many ways thus the reason I wanted the pump in the first place. My basic symptoms through this weening process have been severe night sweats, irritability, headaches, and itchy skin and scalp. All this coupled with the cold and congestion I’ve had lately has been a tough challenge. One good thing is that the doctor said I can get back up on my stander now and stretch my legs out but it will still be another month at least before I can get back to my regular routine at the gym. Things kinda suck a little bit now but at least this too shall pass.