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...
OK here is my rant for the day, I am fed up with doctors, the healthcare system, drugs and pain, most of all the pain. I awoke today and the first thought in my mind was how beautiful it looked outside and that this was going to be a wonderful day. Please excuse my language but I might as well have kept my ass in bed....
I stood up and immediately fell down, it seems the swelling in my legs has come with a wicked vengeance. In my haste to make it to floor level i dislocated my right elbow and shoulder, the elbow went right back in but the shoulder was out for a good 4 hours when the swelling went down. on top of all of this fun my legs hurt so bad, i am used to the joint pain but this... this is different, the pain i now feel in my legs feels like it goes all the way down to the cellular level, any pressure i put on them is excruciating.
I had school conferences for 2 of my children today and it took almost everything i had to make it through them, and then i was off to the doctors to discuss lab work and my legs. it took an hour for the dr to see me and since my hormone levels are off i tend to pass out occasionally and that what i did, passed out in a very uncomfortable position so now i have that pain to deal with as well. Now my doctor arrives and basically rushes through my appt and refers me out to several other doctors. now at the time this seemed strange to me because he is usually very concerned about me and offers to increase my meds if the pain is too much, but instead he says he cant do anything else for me and sends me on my way.
Well i end up talking to one of the nurses at his practice that we know after i make it home and it turns out that my doctor is being sued by one of his former employees and he is now dumping all cp patients out of his practice for some reason.
so here i am, once again suffering and the doctor he is sending me to is one of those doctors that is notorious for putting patients through horrible ordeals to just try something different. I have been doing this too long to be an experiment again, i am soooo upset and sore and generally hurt by this.
ok im officially pissed off at life now, thank you all for listening i shall now proceed with banging my head against the wall.........Kris......
I stood up and immediately fell down, it seems the swelling in my legs has come with a wicked vengeance. In my haste to make it to floor level i dislocated my right elbow and shoulder, the elbow went right back in but the shoulder was out for a good 4 hours when the swelling went down. on top of all of this fun my legs hurt so bad, i am used to the joint pain but this... this is different, the pain i now feel in my legs feels like it goes all the way down to the cellular level, any pressure i put on them is excruciating.
I had school conferences for 2 of my children today and it took almost everything i had to make it through them, and then i was off to the doctors to discuss lab work and my legs. it took an hour for the dr to see me and since my hormone levels are off i tend to pass out occasionally and that what i did, passed out in a very uncomfortable position so now i have that pain to deal with as well. Now my doctor arrives and basically rushes through my appt and refers me out to several other doctors. now at the time this seemed strange to me because he is usually very concerned about me and offers to increase my meds if the pain is too much, but instead he says he cant do anything else for me and sends me on my way.
Well i end up talking to one of the nurses at his practice that we know after i make it home and it turns out that my doctor is being sued by one of his former employees and he is now dumping all cp patients out of his practice for some reason.
so here i am, once again suffering and the doctor he is sending me to is one of those doctors that is notorious for putting patients through horrible ordeals to just try something different. I have been doing this too long to be an experiment again, i am soooo upset and sore and generally hurt by this.
ok im officially pissed off at life now, thank you all for listening i shall now proceed with banging my head against the wall.........Kris......
Melinda
But it is definitely worth looking into. My primary also gave me a script for compression stockings. I haven't got them yet but she said I should wear them everyday. Yeah right, in Florida. Well I would if they got bad again.
But my docs had no idea where it was coming from either so I would get it checked out.
According to my PM the world of PM is changing & many doctors are closing up shop, or working with injections & preventative care outside of narcotic therapy. There will be a limitation on medication that PMs will prescribe & its nothing compared to what some people require. Now this is what my husband & I were told by my PM & he claims he has little choice.
Yet like with doctor Oz CP is getting a little recognition. Its seems to have come a little to late with all the celebs making the news.
That is awful, when you need something so badly & its not there.
My hat off to you making it through conferences after a morning like that. I have to say as bad as your health seems to be your one heck of a dad. The most important job in the world you excel at.
I'll keep you in my prayers & I'm so very sorry you did not get the treatment you deserved.
Blessings, Sammy