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AngelsMamaDorseysDaughter

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AngelsMamaDorseysDaughter
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9/8/2009 7:49 PM
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Update after coolief nerve ablation

Hi Susie, I haven't had any steriods since Jan. The nerve ablations were done 2 weeks afo. AMDD...

7/6/2019 9:34 AM

Chronic Pain
Update after coolief nerve ablation

Susie, Would a short course of steroids help calm things down? AMDD...

7/5/2019 2:54 PM

Chronic Pain
Update after coolief nerve ablation

Susie, Ok. Thanks. AMDD...

7/5/2019 2:15 PM

Chronic Pain
Update after coolief nerve ablation

Susie, Thanks for the reply. I am going to a different pain Dr for the SI joint ablation. I do not trust the first Dr now. My SI joints hurt and my lower back feels like it is going to break off. AMDD...

7/5/2019 2:03 PM

Chronic Pain
Update after coolief nerve ablation

Hi to all, I had a nerve ablation done 2 weeks ago and I'm having complications. The place where I went, had just started doing them. I had it done on my mid back. After 3 days I started having a...

7/5/2019 8:44 AM

Chronic Pain
Pain pills are controlling me.

Fatherjohn, Thanks for the pep talk. It does help to know that people know what I am going through. AMDD...

6/25/2019 2:55 PM

Chronic Pain
Pain pills are controlling me.

Fatherjohn, Still sad that I will never get off these pain pills and I dread winter time cause the pain is so much worse, but I just had nerve ablation and it didn't help. Made stuff worse. I will...

6/25/2019 12:47 PM

Chronic Pain
Pain pills are controlling me.

Thanks so much Jake. When I look forward in my life, all I see is pain and I just cry and cry. My daughter has Crohns since she was 15. She will never be able to have any kids. She is my only child...

6/11/2019 7:52 PM

Chronic Pain
Pain pills are controlling me.

Hi, I've tried pt several times also. I am hoping the nerve ablations help. I DO need another surgery, but I decided to take my loose hardware out instead. I've been having problems ever since. The...

6/9/2019 7:22 AM

Chronic Pain
Pain pills are controlling me.

Hi, I've tried the lidocaine patches. They don't work for me. The heat wraps DO help a little bit. AMDD...

6/8/2019 7:59 PM

Chronic Pain
Pain pills are controlling me.

Hi, Pain mgt will not give an increase. Done asked. I have anxiety meds that I can take. It is what it is. I am on WC. They are the only pain mgt that takes the wc ins.The epidurals don't work...

6/8/2019 6:15 PM

Chronic Pain
Pain pills are controlling me.

Hi, No they don't make me high and I DO worry about my pain, if I do get off of them. I need an increase in medication cause my body has built up a tolerance to them. But the way pain mgt is these...

6/8/2019 4:37 PM

Chronic Pain
Pain pills are controlling me.

Ok. Thanks. There's probably not gonna be too many choices around here. I live in a very rural area. AMDD...

6/8/2019 4:14 PM

Chronic Pain
Pain pills are controlling me.

Hi, How does rehab wean you off of your meds? How long does it take? AMDD...

6/8/2019 2:55 PM

Chronic Pain
Pain pills are controlling me.

Ok. Thanks. I think I will give my husband my pills. Thanks so much for your help! AMDD...

6/8/2019 12:14 PM

Chronic Pain
Pain pills are controlling me.

Hi, I don't know anything about rehab and don't know anybody who has been. What happens when you go there?...

6/8/2019 8:07 AM

Chronic Pain
Pain pills are controlling me.

Hi, I can't take nsaid. My skin and blood have gotten thin. My arms are pitiful looking and I don't take any of thay stuff....

6/8/2019 3:57 AM

Chronic Pain
Pain pills are controlling me.

Hi, I don't know what happened. My neck is alot better! It's my lower back and middle back. The thoracic region has arthritis. Going to get nerve ablation done on the 11th to calm it down, I hope....

6/8/2019 3:55 AM

Chronic Pain
Pain pills are controlling me.

Hi to everyone, My pain pills are controlling me and I don't know how to help myself. I am taking too many. I have extras. I take 4 tylenol between doses and it doesn't help. That's how I got in this...

6/7/2019 5:15 PM

Chronic Pain
I am doing better.

Hi, Just wanted to update everyone on my 4/5 5/6 cervical fusion. I AM getting better. All the burning is not gone yet but over half of it is! I have been blessed! Y'all don't know how much it meant...

2/24/2019 3:12 PM

Chronic Pain
Please help

Hi to all, As usual, the pcp was no help. I am going to have to find me a new one. I made an apt with the physiologist nurse practitioner, but of course its gonna be 3 wks.The GI doc was sick and...

2/8/2019 7:24 AM

Depression
Have a question.

Hi, The steriods have wore off and the burning is back, as bad as it was before the surgery! Jo Ann...

2/4/2019 8:08 PM

Chronic Pain
Please help

Karen, Yes, it does help. Thanks. I made an appointment to see my PC doc tom and I will surely ask him about Pristiq Jo Ann...

2/4/2019 3:59 PM

Depression
Please help

I have got so far down, I feel like I am drowning. Jo Ann...

2/4/2019 10:44 AM

Depression
Have a question.

Susie, I know, but don't know how to help myself. I've asked Drs to help. Nobody wants to do anything! Jo Ann...

2/4/2019 10:06 AM

Chronic Pain
Please help

Karen, I have not tried Pristiq. I am scared to try to wean off the venlafaxine and start Pristiq, afraid of what will happen. I do walk as much as I can, but it doesn't help either. I am scared ALL...

2/4/2019 9:11 AM

Depression
Please help

And I know that I am better off than alot of people, then I get ashamed of myself for not being grateful, and then I cry about that! Jo Ann...

2/4/2019 8:12 AM

Depression
Please help

I have tried gabapentin and Lyrica for the burning and neither one helped me at all. Jo Ann...

2/3/2019 11:00 PM

Depression
Please help

Karen, I have been on it for years. One Dr tried to wean me off, while increasing on another med, but that did NOT work at all. I REALLY wanted to hurt myself! So I stopped and kept taking it. I...

2/3/2019 9:32 PM

Depression
Please help

Hi, I usually post on the chronic pain forum but I am severely depressed and don't know how to help myself! I have several health issues and it makes the depression worse. I cry every single day and...

2/3/2019 6:11 PM

Depression
Have a question.

Karen and Whitebeard, Sorry I didn't make myself plain. I have too many things going on with my body. The pain under my ribs feels like something is under them. Like something is stuck. Sometimes it...

2/3/2019 1:03 PM

Chronic Pain
Have a question.

Anybody?...

2/2/2019 8:52 PM

Chronic Pain
Have a question.

One more thing, I can get to sleep ok, but after 2 hrs I wake up with the burning. Have to take 1/4 pain pill and muscle relaxer. I've got some extras rught now, but if I keep having to take them...

2/2/2019 9:01 AM

Chronic Pain
Have a question.

Hi everyone, The barium swallow test showed I have a small hiatal hernia. The nurse said that the Dr said that it shouldn't be causing me any problems. So this is not the problem either. The surgeon...

2/2/2019 8:47 AM

Chronic Pain
Have a question.

Karen, Thanks for the kind words of encouragement. Jo Ann...

1/25/2019 6:05 PM

Chronic Pain
Have a question.

Ok Susie, I will do that. It's is so hard to stay calm with everything that's happened to me. Jo Ann...

1/25/2019 10:55 AM

Chronic Pain
Have a question.

Hi Whitebeard, I am finally under the care of a GI Dr after I saw her in the ER. Don't know how they check for that, but I can't be scoped for 6 months. Jo Ann...

1/25/2019 8:18 AM

Chronic Pain
Have a question.

Thank you Susie...

1/24/2019 4:05 PM

Chronic Pain
Have a question.

A pipada scan, 2 years ago. But the GI Dr I saw in ER said that didn't mean anything. It could still be bad. Jo Ann...

1/24/2019 3:05 PM

Chronic Pain
Have a question.

Or stomach. I've had this for 3 yrs now. My Dr sent me to get gallbladder checked. It was ok. And I still kept throwing up and hurting under right rib. He said there was nothing else over there and...

1/24/2019 12:20 PM

Chronic Pain
Have a question.

Susie, No, I didn't think of colon. Maybe esophagus. Because of the hurting under ribs and now its in the middle of breast bone too....

1/24/2019 12:17 PM

Chronic Pain
Have a question.

Hi Karen, Yes it is over with now. The Dr is gonna set me up with a barium swallow test next, since I can't be scoped. Don't know when. I am afraid of cancer, since I smoked for so many years. Jo Ann...

1/23/2019 4:07 PM

Chronic Pain
Have a question.

Karen, Thank you. I am actually going for a gastric emptying test tomorrow so I hope it will give me some answers. Jo Ann...

1/22/2019 2:19 PM

Chronic Pain
Have a question.

Susie, You are truly a lifesaver!! Thanks for all the info. It makes sense. Jo Ann...

1/22/2019 8:48 AM

Chronic Pain
Have a question.

Susie, Thanks so much!! Do you think the burning will ease up? That's why I had the surgery in the first place. I am so scared it's not gonna work or that something else is going to happen to me. Jo...

1/21/2019 8:48 PM

Chronic Pain
Have a question.

Thank you for checking on me!!! My husband is here doing a great job of taking care of me, but I feel so alone and scared. He gets worried about me when I talk like this so I try not to worry him. I...

1/21/2019 11:45 AM

Chronic Pain
Have a question.

Susie, I have wanting to update yall, but I have been sick for a week. Now I am very very depressed. For 2 yrs I have had a pain under my right rib. Had my gallbladder checked and it was ok. My pcp...

1/21/2019 11:41 AM

Chronic Pain
Have a question.

Whitebeard, Thanks for the reply. You have certainly been through alot! Thank you for giving me hope. AMDD...

1/1/2019 4:13 PM

Chronic Pain
Have a question.

Darla, Thank you! I will keep y'all updated. AMDD...

12/30/2018 6:00 PM

Chronic Pain
Have a question.

Hi Darla, I have burning across top of shoulders and down right arm to elbow. Burning down to mid back, which they say is referred pain. If it's not burning, then there is a place in my thoracic...

12/30/2018 5:46 PM

Chronic Pain
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