Charles,   
      
   CS>Me and you should donate our bodies to Medical Science after we pass! I thin   
   CS>if they could prolly find a cure for EVERYthing! hehe!   
      
     It'd be cheaper than a funeral!! My late father, and my Mom had   
   pre-arranged theirs...and what I got from my late father's passing paid   
   for my wife's funeral. It was bare bones, cremation, but still cost   
   around $7500 in 2007. Shortly after she died, I felt I should set up   
   pre-arrangement on mine, and after 10 years of paying around $109 a   
   month, my funeral is paid for. Unfortunately, my brother, who has lived   
   for the present, and for himself, did not pre-arrange...so, I'll have to   
   pick up the cost of his funeral, unless I can get a cremation only, with   
   no viewing, service, etc. -- or get the body donated to science. In some   
   areas, that process can be rather difficult, from what I've head.   
      
   CS>I'm about to get ready and dressed to go to my pain management doctor this   
   CS>morning. Every since the 'Opioid Epidemic' Doctors are kinda afraid to   
   CS>prescribe certain opioids that will work to patients.  I'm one of them.  I'v   
   CS>been on a opioid of some type since I as 14, I have had times where I abused   
   CS>them, at a younger age, I was also suffering depression too.  I have learned   
   CS>(and STILL learning) to accept my aliments and love me for me. It's been a   
   CS>uphill battle for the last 3 years... finally! :)   
      
     The main pain meds I have are:   
      
   1) Tylenol Gel Caps (OTC). I take these a week before a procedure where   
   bleeding might be an issue.   
      
   2) Ibuprofen. 400 mg prescription strength tablet. No more than 2 a day,   
   even though it's not addictive like other meds.   
      
   3) They have given me some stronger stuff for kidney stone pain, but I   
   avoid that unless I absolutely have to have it...because I can be asleep   
   in less than 10 minutes (and am very groggy after I wake up), plus, it's   
   so addictive.   
      
     I drink 1 to 2 liters of flavored water a day to keep the kidneys   
   flushed out.   
      
     If, on a scale of 1 to 10, the pain level is 1, or no more than 2,   
   I'll live with it, and just tough it out.   
      
   Daryl   
      
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