I m veteran not that it means anything but to give some insight an 49 years old at the time of last surgery and 56 now, 17 years 5 lumbar surgery s an fusions Bi hip replacements 1 hip x2, that doesn t count for everything else, 100mg so4 morphine am/pm, hydrocodone x2 10/325, and or tramadol 50mg 2 3x day, nose bleeds what s the life expectancy reduction, do they have place that can teach someone like me that has cause for taking some med s a place to learn how better to deal with just the physical issues, yes there are others issues trying to start with the ones that are closer to killing me now.