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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Georgia
Posts: 905
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Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Georgia
Posts: 905
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Dr Visit
Hello to all my awesome friends  Who never fail to make me feel better 
I got so upset thinking about my visit to Dr Chang yesterday I made myself physically sick on the ride up 
I had 3 pages of notes to help me with the visit. This time when his nurse pract came in she actually listened to me and relayed all the info to Dr Chang before he came in. My daughter also chimed in which I very much appreciated.
He agreed to increase the ER morphine from 15 mg 2 x's a day to 30 mg 2 x's a day ! He did have to decrease my oxycodone from 10-325 2 x's a day to 5-325 2 x's a day but I was fine with that......really hoping and praying the 30 mg is going to make a big difference.
I cannot even put into words how bad the pain has been. At least I do have confirmation that the SFN has gotten worse and spread as I thought it had.
Dr Chang said I had become tolerant to the opioids which I do not agree with. He was extremely nice and caring....the doctor I knew him to be and I was very happy that I was not going to have to change pain doctors.
He did say if this didn't help he was going to suggest again that I try the methadone but I'm thinking 'positive' that the increase in morphine is going to help me.
I do take someone with me to every pain mgmt. visit because I know it's important to have someone with me and that it be marked in my records and also I cannot drive that far.
Thank you all so much for your support, suggestions and words of encouragement.
Debi
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