Anyone ever been dumped by their doctor

Have you tried a pain management physician.  They might be more understanding of what you're going through.  Sounds like you've been through the wringer....I hope you can find someone to follow your care and that things look up soon.

diagnosed 8/30/06

Step 1 colectomy/jpouch creation 11/27/06

Step 2 takedown 2/9/07

VSL #3 DS

21 yo Daughter diagnosed with right shoulder, bilateral wrist, 

bilateral elbow, bilateral knee, and bilateral ankle avascular necrosis

(aka Osteonecrosis) as a result of Prednisone use

Hi Jim,

Welcome to Healing Well. I am so glad you found us as we have a great group of people here and we understand pain all too well. With it being a holiday the board is runnign a little slow today.

I am so sorry to hear what all you have gone thru. As one of the posters said, you really have been through the wringer. I can tell you, yes, these drs are running so scared it does not surprise me at all what your dr did. And you are right, they do not care what the circumstances are of the patient, very unforgiving.

I am assuming you have a PCP that handles your diabetes right? Have you asked the PCP to ref you to a pain mgt dr? If not, then by all means do so. Most pain mgt drs will not see a patient without a referral. Its kind of rare to find a PCP willing to treat pain patient. We have a few on here that see's the PCP, but those are few and far in between.

I hope you wil decide to hang out with us. We really do have alot of fun and look out for each other.

Straydog/Susie

Moderator Chronic Pain

crohns disease dx 2002 & small bowel resection, still looking for remission whatever that is, chronic pain 22 yrs, added ulcerative colitis 6-05 to the mix, high blood pressure 28 yrs, aortic heart valve insuffiency, depression, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis lumbar spine, scoliosis lumbar spine, peripheral neuropathy hands & feet, COPD & on oxygen therapy, lupus & decreased circulation in both legs. Swveral other health issues just not enough roo to list it all. Too many surgeries to list and too many medications to list. Currently on 16 different daily medications. Intrathecal pain pump implanted June 05.

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_{^{Dx-Gallstones at age 14 that caused Fibromyalgia in 1998. Chronic Pancreatitis at age 15 from Pancreatic Divisum. Fell down cement basement stairs on my bottom in 2001. Got severe migraines after the epidural from my 2nd childbirth in 2002. Was rear-ended by a lady doing 55mph in 2004 then 2 months later rolled my car down a hill and did even more damage to my back. Depression caused by having chronic pain. Asthma from allergies.}}

_{^{meds- Suboxone for pain, Cymbalta for pain and depression, Lyrica for pain and migraines, Imitrex for migraines, Ibprofen for migraines, Ventolin Albuterol inhaler for asthma. Phenergan for nausea, Seroquel for sleep.}}

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   Dear Jim1969,

      Good Morning. My name is Dani. It is very nice to meet you. I love it here in Helaing Well Community and I think you will like it here to. Everyone here understand how it feels to have a days that never seem to end. I hope today is a little more tolerable for you thou     .

      I have never been dumped I don't think. But! I have a mutual "dump" once. I didnt understand him.. He didnt understand me. A few weeks later and many many apologies later we come to find out he didnt even have my X Rays. *sigh* But I hear he really is a good guy and in fact have run into him on various occasions. For some reason ive always been blessed with the weirdest situations..... *sigh*

      I dont want to sound like everyone else so far.... But You need to get to a pain management specialist. I too understand about li9ving in a rural area and having limited access to health care. It has only been in literally the last year that ALL of them! No kdding! have moved to within a block radius of one another in MY city. How funny is that? After drving 1 and half hours for years. *boggle* Also, was thinking maybe call pain management specialists in the next city but aslo inquire if they have any primary care physicians they can recommend. Same with endocronologist. You going to want a team of docs that communicate effectivly with one another to oversee your long term care.

*HUGGS*

dani