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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Thanks for the advice about the insurance,I thought the doctors office submitted the bill every month,I wouldnt think they would let my visits add up to almost 700.00 dollars.I also would like to know if anyone has been treated badly after they find out you have to take pain meds like at the hospital ER I broke my collar bone about a year ago and they said it wasnt broken they didnt want to deal with me I am getting tired of having to feel like a bad person because I have to take meds whats the deal? I wish I could do something to let the lawmakers in DC KNOW ABOUT WHAT WE GO THROUGH CAN WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS OR ARE WE JUST ALL JUST WASTING TIME TRYING TO DO SOMETHING?
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Until I started having breathing and heart problems, I avoided the ER's because I was always accused of pain med seeking. Even after I had two bad motocycle accidents, they wouldn't give me enough pain meds to work. I had my own, so didn't bother with theirs. I have several chronic pain conditions which were always ignored. I have a better group of docs now that understand how important pain control is. I'm not sure anyone in DC knows what they are doing.
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Every ER doctor I've seen since I started having chronic pain has treated me like I'm a junkie. Most of them have told me that I need to stop all my meds, without even knowing what is wrong with me. One doctor went as far as to tell me that the only thing wrong with me was that I overdosed. I was actually having a pancreatitis attack, but he didn't want to deal with me or even touch me (I guess he was afraid he would catch something), so he didn't do any kind of exam to find out what was wrong.
ZAZAS
ZAZAS
you can do something, you can post your story on here, you can go to sites like the American Pain Society, several others and post your story, and several have options to send you story to your reprensentatives in local and federal government.
ZAZAS
ZAZAS
time for ouch to pull up the "story" thread, been awhile and we have many new members.
deleted_user
deleted_user
No problem, after the 2 days of turkey I will put it out. Right now, I stole a minute to see what's going on.

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