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Doc says no to Trigger Point Injections!

nemcgrath
nemcgrath
I finally got to see a pain management doctor last week. I think a potato had more personality...why do these guys go into medicine?

Anyway, I mentioned that I heard that trigger point injections helped with CMP and he stated NO! So he is going to do SI Injections instead. He also said that my arthritis is causing my pain but did not RX any meds for it.

I told him I tried acupuncture-he said nothing. He attended the same university that my son is at and did not even want to converse about that.
He just fixated on the fact I had smoked some pot to help with my pain while I had no health insurance...told me to quit immediately and that he would be testing me on a regular basis.

I give up! I live in a small town in Georgia now and we do not have many options for doctors...Uggghhhhhh....
deleted_user
deleted_user
Is there any way at all that you can see another/ different Dr? At least for a 2nd opinion? Even if you have to travel a little ways to a larger city with more Dr options, perhaps it might be worth it? On the othe hand, you may want to at least wait and see if his SI injections help. My first thought is that if arthritis is causing your pain (which is an inflammation of the joints due to a chronic damage to them), then perhaps at least an antiinflammatory would help? (But I'm not a Dr, so the Dr would know best).

I went to a Physiatrist (Physical Medicine specialist) last fall, and asked about TP injections, and she said NO WAY (she said I have too many TP's for it to work). Anyways, I just saw an Anesthiologist (Pain specialist) at a Pain Clinic last month, and he tried the TP injections and they worked great! I am hoping to have them done regularly to help me manage my pain.

One thing I've learnt is that NO ONE knows my body or how it will react to specific things, how if feels etc like I do. I am ultimately the person who has to live in my body full of chronic pain, and while Dr's may be experts in their field/ specialties, I am the expert on MY body.

However, I've also learnt that you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar... so I've had to learn how to advocate for myself and my needs in a way that is kind, sweet, and respectful (yet at the same us firm and resolute and stands up for myself).
JC
deleted_user
deleted_user
I live in Ga too, but I have a great pain management team. I found them right across the border in SC. They are only 8 miles from the state line. Is that too far for you? They do all the TP injections, great listeners, team players, ect. If you're interested let me know.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I agree with you all. You need to find a place you are comfortable with. Sometimes trigger point injections work for me ans sometimes not.Now I am getting botox injections for my worse areas.