Jude,
I am so sorry you are treated like that. I am short somehow on my patches
this month and I think it is because my husband & I were changing them on the
3rd day, instead of the 4th day. I don't know if my doc. will renew or not.
They are so picky about you being on the exact time.
Fortunately, I have never been treated like my pain was not that bad &
undermedicated, except at Baylor Rehab. The dr. believed I had bad burning
pain in my feet 24/7 but she wouldn't give me a strong med. to get it under
control. I had to wait for a week at least for the build up of neurontin and
lyrica to get into my system & the patches. That was a big problem there. No
one in severe pain was treated w/ proper meds. to control their pain. They
were so stingy w/ giving you any pain meds.
Like my original dr. there when my morphine pump went empty, he said "I've
called all over Dallas & no one can fill your pump, you'll have to stay here
and hopefully not go into withdrawal (I had had it for 10 plus years) & hope
the patches help (75mg only) or go home. He further stated he had phoned 2
drs. on it. Yeah, that's all the pain docs. in the Dallas area. I told them
after that I wanted another main dr. and they approved the change. The next
one treated me the same when my pain was so severe w/ the burning. I would
tell them I needed something - I was out of my head even at night in
excruiating pain and they'd say, you'll have to wait 4 hrs. before you can have
a Norco. "A NORCO I THOUGHT! THAT'S NOT GOING TO CUT THIS, BUT I HAD TO KEEP
MY MOUTH SHUT! Besides there, I've really not ever had a problem w/ ER's. I'm
blessed and I'm so sorry you are going thru this.
I usually tell them how long I've been in the severe pain, nothing I"ve taken
is working and my blood pressure will be up and they even give me oxygen. The
new ER doc at my hospital now lets them give drugs in your driveway. IV and
all. Call your Attorney General or Medical Board and tell them you are not
getting proper treatment for your pain when it becomes that severe. What
state do you live in? Natalie M.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What do you tell them when the pain is that bad?
They don't believe me when I get that way and tell me that there is nothing
stronger than the patches that they can give me. The just treat me like a drug
addict and don't do anything else.
Love,
Jude
"Our present troubles are quite small and won't last very long. Yet they
produce for us an immeasurably great Glory that will last forever"
2 Corinthians 4:17
NLT
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