Chronic Pain Support Group

Physicians and professionalsdefine pain as chronic if it lasts longer than three to six months and is persistent. It's distinct from acute pain that is a direct result of injury or trauma. This support group is dedicated to those suffering from chronic pain. Discuss treatments that have worked for you, find advice for your specific experience, and find support. You're not...

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Be your own best advocate

lladyfairhair
lladyfairhair
Please join me at my new group ... Information IS power... since coming to DS I have heard ONE TOO MANY stories about BAD Drs. and how people felt treated as if they were a "sub-human being" just because they wanted medication to help treat their pain and/or a treatment plan that they can also agree with and believe it to be the most beneficial for them...Why is it so difficult to believe that there can be a Dr./patient relationship in which they work TOGETHER with the ultimate goal of achieving the best possible outcome for the patient?

If you are experienced in this and have tips for those that are not...could you please come on over and share some info?

And of course by all means... if you are a "newbie" or "Veteran" or anything in between and find you need support or just want to scream in big bold caps~~ :0 then go right ahead... support is here.

*YOU... are your own best advocate! If you dont do it... no one else will!

Shouldnt we demand respect and dignity? We are all worth it!

Thanks for reading :)
deleted_user
deleted_user
thanks i think that is a good group, people need to know they have rights, and we can challenge doctors on our care, for way to long they have given us expensive tests and procedures so they can make a dime, but if we want a script for some meds, hell no they say they don't do medicine like that (cheap).

There is a lot of pain medications that are safer then these treatments, and if used right you can be pain free for the rest of your life, if you choose that way, and that is the point it is up to the patient on their course of treatment should be, in combination with a doctor of course.

thanks again
lladyfairhair
lladyfairhair
Well DUH I havent figured out how to put a link for this group...cut and paste the addy in the bar at the top? Im SO new at this... LOL but I really wanna give it a try. :)
Its called "your own best advocate"

Manny, your comments are SO true! I have heard so many people say they dont think they even have any rights...

I hope you can find your way over to my group...