Thanks! I am being careful about the pain drugs. I had a spinal fusion last year and managed to wean myself off the narcotics and the valium without any problems. I was just taking Motrin and Flexeril with just an occasional percocet when the pain got bad but then the pain started getting really bad again and it turned out my second fusion failed and I needed to go back under the knife. So that means I'm back on the narcotics and the valium for a while. It will be as short a while as I can make it.