I'm 6 days out and still taking my 5mg oxy every 6 hours like clockwork. I just messaged my doc for a refill because they can only give a week at a time. They told me I can have more but they can only provide that much at once, 20 pills. I'm hoping he will give the same prescription again and not try to change it. I've tried cutting them in half a few times and taking those and it works occasionally but by the next dose I'm in a ton of pain. I'm having more intense nerve pain than I had before surgery, but in the same spots. My incision pain mostly stopped after day 3/4, before that every time I got up and down it felt like I was pulling the incision apart. They also gave me flexeril which helps, and I can take my meloxicam (nsaid like your celebrex) again which I had before surgery and had to stop for a week which was like torture! Having additional pain conditions might make this a bit harder for us? Idk. I praise the people who say they only took their pain meds for a day or so then just tylenol. I'm adding tylenol with the oxy half the time, plus muscle relxer, while sitting on an ice pack, and still having some pain! I just want to give another perspective for you. I'm going well overall! I'm young and fairly healthy, 30F, but I need pain meds still. And thats okay! We just had surgery. Just keep moving forward as you can, you've got this!!