Thread: Went To Pain Clinic Today/Very Upset!
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Old 02-04-2010, 10:55 PM
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Hi Breezy. I hate to see yet another 'victim' of these arrogant pain 'specialists'. I too am basically going thru what you describe. I can certainly relate to your frustration! I am scheduled to get my permanent SCS on Feb 24th. I did the trial on Jan 7th. Yes, it 'covered' the area of pain (both legs), but the pain is always there. It doesn't 'get rid' of pain.
At this point I feel as tho I have no other choice. I've been dealing with this for over 5 yrs now and have spent thousands of $ on tests, meds, treatments, etc. My tolerance to pain meds will just continue to go up.

It seems as tho your doc is being WAY too pushy with this. Did he say WHY he is taking you off your meds so abruptly?
My doctor didn't actually 'force' this on me so to speak, but yet if I DON'T get this, they will perceive me as an 'addict'. At least that's the vibe I get. So, in a way we are being 'railroaded' and it is very upsetting. Not only is the actual PAIN ruining my life, but the humility is kILLING me! My doc is so cocky I can't stand it. Unfortunately I have no other choice, unless I want to travel a great distance. And this guy just 'happens' to be real good at what he does. So I'm screwed.
On one hand I have to be 'grateful' for getting 'quality' medical care, but I HATE being on the other end of these PUPPET STRINGS !!!!
I probably sound like I'm talking in circles and maybe I am, but this is absolutely THE most horrible crap I've ever dealt with! I certainly don't want to keep taking these meds. So, there really ISN'T any other choice that I know of.
Maybe in the long run we won't feel this way about our docs. But for now we have to try very hard to accept the position we've been put in. It wouldn't be near this bad if the doctor would have a better 'approach' about all this. We certainly didn't ask to be dealing with this.
Anyway, my heart goes out to you. I was gonna start a thread similar to yours because I had to get this off my chest.
Just know you are not alone.
Feel free to PM me and we can talk more details.
Hang in there.

Rae
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