I'm three months out from rad. I think Christine hit it on the head time wise. Pain management is fairly personal but I was worried about the long-term dependency issue and wanted to get the pain meds done with as fast as possible without to much pain.

I was encouraged when I stopped the patch and then I took less and less hydracodone each day until I just stopped without a problem.

I had never been on pain meds for more then a few weeks (broken leg) so I did have concerns.

I did not have surgery so that may be a factor.

Kelly