3 Weeks after the L2/3 Laminectomy and L5/S1 Microdiscectomy

How the times go by. I’m doing well, managing to taper off some of my long term pain meds. :-) I’ve cut bad to 45mg MS Contin in the morning and 60mg at night. I feel like I could cut back to 50mg morning and night now as it has been two weeks. My brother in law suggested that a steady blood level was more important and that going down in 15mg amounts would put more of challenge on my body. In other words 50/50 is bettr than 45/65.

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