Hi Jackie
I have no idea where my rep is from did not know I even met a rep but I guess I will but dont know where the medtronics reps come from but have added this question to my list and will let you know when i ask on monday . love the info i am getting from this site as it is answering questions i had not even thought to ask!
Rrae
yes i am blessed with a great GP he does not like to see people in pain and in 2.5 years has never asked me to try and reduce as he knows i could not be without the pain relief. He also sorted by disabled badge for the car which means when i do go out at least i can park closer to where i am trying to go. the governmnet here also assess people for there disability for a disability pension and i am assessed at 60% disabled towards a person of my age which is 38. I know my great life was wiped out very quickly but I am still a happy person I started college 6 months after my accident as i was unable to just sit here feeling sorry for myself so i am in year 3 of a business degree and also decided to study the irish language as an elective so these things as well as kids stop me from having too much time to think about how bad things are sometimes. The gp did say to me yesterday that i was not to be afraid to come talk to them if i did feel i was getting a bit down as he said it's the pain that gets you depressed and the level of pain ur in not me getting down but he just did not want me feeling like a failure if things did start to get me down which i suppose is good to know. he did think the next few months are going to be tough on me mentally as well as physically. I read on someones post that you can't drive for a while after the scs is done about how long will i not be able to drive for can you tell me?
as for pain releif today my hubby got home to late from work to pick up the script so things are not great tonight as the patch from yesterday has left me still feeling a bit crappy but he will be able to pick it up first thing tomorrow and get me sorted. ok i am off to my leaba now need to try and catch up on a few zzz's so talk soon and thank you for all ur support and for letting me off load some of this on this site.
jenna