How is the patch working out? Does it work for all 3 days? You might want to change the patch every other day. For me, I find that if I keep the patch on for 3 days I am in agony on day 3 & then it takes a whole day for the meds to work once i change the patch. So basically, it only works for 1 day if I change it every 3. Now I change it every other day & it works great.
As far as being on high doses of pain meds, my pain management doc has me on 250 of Fentanyl patch every other day & now I am on MSIR 30 mg every 4 hours. Dont feel like you are on too much meds. That was actually before my surgery. Now I am only on 200 of the patch & am not taking as much of the morphine. I am also taking Roxycet instead of the MSIR & I am not taking as much of it. I find that the pain management guys are willing to go hight on the meds than any other docs. They understand the pain & understand how bad it can get. I would highly reccomend that you find a pain management doc that you like. Sometimes it takes going through a bunch of them until you find the one that works. i have been through so many pain management docs. The one I see actually just gives me meds & doesnt try any of the other stuff because he has not seen any good results with anything but meds when it comes to patients with adhesions.
I hope you have a pain free day.
-- Rach