Good for you for standing your ground. I too go to pain management at Kessler …
the Doctor is absolutely a sweetheart who REALLY cares. He dose random urine
test to everybody. I take morphine, hydrocodone, pennsaid, valuim & gabapentin.
Bobbie
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On Apr 24, 2012, at 10:21 AM, Candle <[email protected]> wrote:
> I went to a pain management center and they wanted to do surgery when
> medication was working just fine. I kept telling them that I didn't want a
> surgery and asked why they wouldn't give me a script. I even said that they
> could monitor my blood or hair to see if I was abusing my pain meds. They
> refused so I left. Later, my husband said it was probably because doctors get
> more money for surgeries than an office visit for a script. I went back to my
> doctor of physical medicine and asked if he would prescribe the pain meds on
> a continuous basis. He agreed.
>
> I'm on methadone that I take for pain as needed. I get a 30 days supply that
> I am able to stretch out from 6 months to a year.
>
> Candle
> "Scars remind of us where we’ve been, they don’t have to dictate where we are
> going."
> ~David Rossi of Criminal Minds
> ***********************************************************************
>
> From: Regina Fuller <[email protected]>
> To: quad-list <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 4, 2012 4:49 PM
> Subject: [QUAD-L] medical question
> Hi Y'all,
> Okay broke my neck back in July 99 had my c5 bone replaced with a bit of hip
> bone. Just went to a Pain Management Dr. that found my L1 & 2 are going bad
> from sitting since our bodies r not made to sit for as long as we do. They
> found arthritis in both spots too. (bones are breaking down) so the phantom
> pain (pins n needles) are getting in tolerable (sometimes). So the Dr. has
> tried me on neourtin but didnt really help then tried cybalta but it helped
> but side effects werent worth it now he tried me on lyrica but omg it makes
> me neauseous, dizzy n makes me pass out. He told me if the lyrica doesnt work
> their gonna go into my back DONT want that.
> Now to question:
> Have any of y'all tried anything that I havent or your Dr has tried on you
> that I can suggest to my Dr?
> I tolerate quit abit of pain but it can be intolerable sometimes. Just
> thought I could see if any of y'all might know of anything.
> Thank y'all,
> GinaDo just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay
> attention to their limitations again.
