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Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 292
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 292
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the pump & anemia
I too am anemic. It didn't stop the surgery for
my pump. There is so much to consider before you get a pump. I've emailed Debby about all this, it's too much to put here. If you PM me your email addy, I'll give you the details via email. I just may have your email anyway.
Did you know it takes 6 mos to a year to get the pump dose correct and sometimes weekly doctor visits? They can't give you a high dose to start because you "could" stop breathing. Maybe morphine won't do it, I had to switch to Dilaudid after 2 months, due to morphine tolerance. Maybe you'll need to graduate to Fetanyl, but if you have an Excellent Doctor like mine, the time to pain relief goes faster. There is a forum to join and read & / or post questions, before ANYONE should get a pump. You can get 50-99% pain relief. And on that forum I spoke of, there are Many RSD folks who get a tremendous amount of relief,
and back patients with leg pain do great. So I don't know where you got
your stats that it doesn't work well for rsd. You can't tell that by the number of successes on the forum, and you'll find out there the questions to ask your doc pre-pump surgery and also how to make this surgery a Success.
I'd never want to have mine taken from me. I should have had mine years ago. Darn work comp. Why take meds that don't even work when this is
what I needed and should have had all along. I think Colleen has one (with Dilaudid) also. I'm not pushing the pump for everyone, maybe those who take meds and don't get the pain relief needed.
I'll get off my podium now. 
Hope
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