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only me
i was in therapy yesterday doing my tricep stuff - i had ahold of the bar (which was pinned above my head so i could pull down on it). after about 3 or 4 pulls the pin came out of the contraption and it slammed to the ground and of course my hands were still holding the bar. i don't exactly remember what i did -whether i just let go after that or i pulled my arms back. i do remember a scream, excruciating pain to follow and an afternoon/evening in the ER on morphine.
i'm so sore today. i feel like i've been in a car wreck and i am supposed to go in for another block today. you know, the funny thing is that 2 hours before this happened, my GP passed me on my physical to start massage therapy. i feel like staying in bed. |
I'm so sorry. are you still going to get the block? maybe it will help. My thoughs are with you.
Mary :grouphug: |
Sending many (((super soft hugs))) your way, Ang! :hug: :hug: :hug:
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Oh my... OUCH!!!:( I am so sorry to hear about you falling and the pain! I am sending lots of ((Hugs)) your way as well! Love, Desi:hug:
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follow-up
i called to schedule a follow up with my surgeon re: the little incident and she said - it's just a little setback. go back to therapy. WELL... i went to have yet another block and the pain doc was ****** and planned on calling the therapist to find out what exactly happened. he said "keep going to therapy." so of course i went to therapy at that particular clinic (which is NOT the place i got hurt) and they were asking me if there was an incident report filled out. nooooooo. but they DID walk me over to the ER across the street. so one clinic is telling me that i had better get something on paper with regard to the other clinic in case i need further treatment (so help me God). these 2 places are 2 seperate entities - they have nothing to do with each other. i don't know what to do. the block today didn't make the tricep pain go away...
i'm so tired of dealing with this. what if it sets me back enough that i can't start massage therapy in the fall? i will absolutely lose it. |
Hey, there Lady! I am so sorry about everything that your going through!! sorry the block didn't work on you!! hopefully, the next one will. Love and prayers!! Love, Desi:hug:
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They didn't file a Report????
Hi...
Nice to meet you, although I wish that it was under different circumstances. I am so sorry that you had this happen. It sounds like you have the type of luck that I do; if it can go wrong, it will, and the weirder the thing is, the better. Right? I hope that your block today (er...yesterday by now. Sorry. Insomnia strikes again, and makes me get my days all messed up. Half the time I don't even know what day it is! LOL), helped to get your pain levels back down at least a little? I do have to say that I totally agree with the 2nd clinic folks, who asked about an incident report being filed, and then told you to go make sure that Something gets down on paper about this. I was floored to read you say that there wasn't any incident report filed! That would be like an employer having an employee get badly hurt at work, and try to not file it on WC. Equally as bad, is what I am trying to say....if that makes any sense (I seem to be having trouble with that lately...making sense, that is :rolleyes: ). I would have lots of questions as to why no report was filed......and wonder just how many times anything like this has happened there in the past that they also didn't report! I AM glad that they did at least walk you over to the ER to get help/treatment after you got hurt on their shoddy equipment. I bet that they were all kinds of "concerned" and "caring" while they did that too, huh? Sorry...but the more that I think about this, the more that it makes me MAD :mad: ! And, like I said....I do strongly agree that you need something..some kind of report or whatever, about this incident, for the very reasons that the other folks were saying! What IF this has caused you other problems, or big sets backs with your condition? I am just amazed that they didn't file anything.......it just is shocking to me. I also think that I wouldn't go back there for any more PT. Not to such an irresponsible place. Can the other place, the 2nd one, take over whatever things that they were doing? I agree that going to therapy is very important, but I disagree that you should (a) keep going back to that stupid place, and (b) that "this is just a little set back". How can a doc even MAKE that kind of statement without having examined you? I did read that right..right? You called, and she said this over the phone? You haven't seen her since the "incident" happened? :mad: GRRRRR! :mad: Anyway.....All I wanted to say is that I hope you are feeling better, and that I do think that the folks at the 2nd clinic are telling you the right things, and that it really doesn't have anything to do with them being from an unrelated clinic (like they are trying to get the other on in trouble, or trying to steal patients, or otherwise using this to compete in some weird way). I also like that your PM is calling that place to read them the riot act and find out what the HECK happened, and WHY this happened! Please let us know how you are doing. I really am kinda worried about you, and hope that this "incident" hasn't made things worse for you. :hug: Jose |
i woke up this morning in nasty pain. i took methadone and gabapentin last night HOPING that i would be able to sleep. of course i didn't take my sleeping pill which obviously was a bad idea because i was up at 1 eating cake and reading the newspaper.
the point is, my arm hurts like hell. the tricep pain is ridiculous and i've even noticed it starting to spot (bruise) in a couple of places. i'm so upset because my ortho just shoved me off yesterday telling me i was going to be fine. I AM NOT FINE DAMNIT! i have been in ZERO pain (well at least i have told the therapist that). i can work thru pain. i have been getting my shots and the RSD has not flared up really bad as long as i have the shots. well that is until 2 days ago. I AM NOT FINE. and i DON'T appreciate being treated like i am a whiner. i have endured more pain in the past 2 months than most people do in a f*#@*ing LIFETIME. and when i say i am in pain when i was in no pain before i F*@#$ING MEAN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Hi, Mary! don't let your ortho shuff you around like that. what does he/she know how your feeling(pain wise) I don't let my pain Dr. or Surgeon tell me that's normal.. this is normal.. you be in charge and tell them you want something done. Are you on any pain meds?? I too am a night owl. the neurotin now makes me not sleep anymore, and I hate to take sleeping pills. I am now drinking tea(Celestial Seasonings) All natural Extra sleepy Bye tea's, tension tamer tea is good too. I hope you get the respect and attention that you deserve from your Dr.These Dr.'s are NOT walking in your shoe's and have no idea what you and I and the "rest" of us go through. some are compassionate, some are real jeks!:mad: sending gentle hugs your way, Mary. Love, Desi:hug:
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OOPs.. I am sorry, I called you Mary!! duh.. lack of sleep, I guess.. ya, I'll use that excuse! LOL Love, Desi:D
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i feel you cannot 'work through' the pain of rsd. it is a pain you often have to give in to, and pamper, and medicate and wait it out. i have a super pain tolerance and yet i know when i hit what i call the rsd wall ... that is when i stop and put the legs up take meds and nap if possible. you cannot fight this pain you can only work around it. joan
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you can call me flower... if you want to ;)
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Hi there - being a lawyer specializing in health issues, I have to say - if you need money for anything, you have it right now. That rehab clinic just committed massive malpractice and violated its state licence to practice by having faulty equipment... and for patients in chronic pain?! Of course they didn't file an incident report - it will be shut down immediately, fined by the state, and will owe you a pile of money! but don't you owe it to the other patients who will be injured by the careless maintenance of the equipment there to file a report?
You do not need to call that clinic back (obviously do not GO back - use your common sense!), but you should call the state's licensing board for health clinics or medical professionals. Usually it is part of the Department of Education, or Department of Health. If you tell me what state you are in, I will find it for you. You can file a complaint online. |
P.S. trust your instincts and keep yourself in gentle caring hands. You are the best expert on your own pain... if a doctor gives you what sounds like dumb advice - it probably is!
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LOL LOL:D :D "Bambi" hu?? LOL I still love it when the skunk say's that.. "You can call me flower if you want to" he's so cute!! thanks for the laughs, flower. LOL;) Love, Desi
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thank you all for your advice and concern. i went to therapy this morning at the "broken" clinic. i noticed there was tape around the machine and obviously nobody was using it. my OT asked me about my dr. appointment and i told her that i was blown off at which point she asked if SHE could call the doctor. of course, i could not do anything today but let her manipulate my arm a little and then e-stim. to tell you the truth, she is my best advocate because she is the only one that knows how hard i have been working and documents my pain every time i am in there. she is gentle and sorry and i feel bad because it wasn't HER fault that the machine is a piece of ****. she documented everything. she measured the bruises and measured my range of motion.
i go in tomorrow for another block (3rd this week) and the nurse there told me today to make sure i wrote down everything that happened so i could talk it over with the dr. i guess i have to come to the realization now that this has ruined my chances to start school in the fall. i am going to lose it when i call and give up my spot. thanks again everyone. :grouphug: ang |
i hope your 3d block goes well. i'm glad your OT is gentle and your advocate, too. I'll hold onto your dream of starting school in the fall, for you, while you try to get through the next few days, and weeks, don't give up yet
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Awww, Ang... I'm so sorry this had to happen to you. It truly sucks.
I'd take a few days to think things over before calling and giving up your spot at school. Not necessarily because "things might change", but because you can't give up on hope. Hope is the only real thing rsd'ers have, imho. It's hope for a cure, hope for better meds, hope for one day of less pain, just plain ole hope, period. I am in a pretty bad situation here, too. The rsd pain is standing between me and the aids meds I need to be taking. I truly will die if I don' take them... but what's the point of being alive when there's no "quality of life"?? But I keep plugging along, simply because of hope. Hope of watching grandbabies grow... hoping to be here to help Michael through his own problems from aids & HepC... hope that I will find a way to cope with all this and still maintain a decent life. Keep the faith, girl... and keep on hoping. |
thank you guys so much. i woke up this morning in a little better mood and things don't seem so grim to me. i won't give up!!!!!!!!!!!!! as of today i am going to keep my mind open - not give up my spot in the massage program and press on. i get my 3rd block this week in about 2 hours so pray that it goes smoothly.
shalom, my friends. ang :grouphug: |
Update...
i went in for my 3rd block this week and my dr. said "your shoulder looks weird. it looks tipped..." so he called downstairs and got me an appointment with the PA (of course the dr. wasn't in, but from my visit the other day i didn't think this was a bad thing). i went in and he saw the bruises and said that it looked swollen as well. he told me to sling it for a few days - i am so sick of wearing a sling i could SCREAM. at least a 2 week setback. i go see the ortho in a week and a half so she will check the progress then.
sodfh aopuhvjkascvnapisdfhp89qaHWEVNPAIDVSKDFASDJ;ljadsf japosihanvoaiubvfailfoashvaklsjdfvn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that's all i have to say about that. a |
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