Crisis ended.

OK, it's lots better.
No booster narcotics today, just me on the lower dose of patches, and that was OK today.
I drove, picked up, dropped off, popped up and down a good 20 times in the evening activities (and this is *with* a babysitter helping!).
I am not out of pain, by far. But, I was not suffering today, Baruch Hashem.

Maybe I will eventually be able to go off the meds, but I feel like staying on this dose for about a month. What is the rush? I want to wait and see what happens next.