[hurting]

My 2 dogs are cared for much better by their Veterinarian for their pain then I am from all the doctors.

The Vet will call 2-3 times a week to make sure that my older dog is doing fine with his meds and with his pain. She really cares and you can tell in her voice.

I on the other hand can't even get a follow up phone call for any of my treatments. This says a lot about our health care providers.

[daniella]

My moms too. I have said that a few times. I know there are some good doctors out there and I try to remind myself it just takes 1 to make a difference.

[daylilyfan]

I am 53. I started going to my vet just after he set up his practice, and I was probably 18. We have become good friends. He has had bone cancer, has gone through some experimental treatment. So far he is doing well. My RSD fascinates him. When fmichael posts a medical paper that I can't figure out, I forward the info to Doc and he helps me figure it out. He knows a lot about ketamine as it relates to animals, as he has been using it daily for years. He is interested in the use of ketamine for RSD, but so far, he thinks I should wait for more research before I do any infusions, although I do use it topically.

I have watched him cry like a baby when he has given the final injection to put my dogs to rest when they were old.

He has had to take another vet into the office in the last three years, due to his health. I was not sure how I felt about another vet taking care of my animals after all these years, but he found a really great person, as well as a great vet. I have a mobility service dog, and Dr. Anne gave me her home phone and cell number, with instructions to call anytime if Josie became ill.

How many of our own docs would do that?

[cindi1965]

I am one of the lucky ones, as my GP has MS and knows how to treat me better than any neuro or pain doc...

[catra121]

Originally Posted by cindi1965

I am one of the lucky ones, as my GP has MS and knows how to treat me better than any neuro or pain doc...

You definitely are on of the lucky ones. The last pain doc I had (not the current one...but the one who I had in January)...he would do a procedure and then you never saw him again. You would get a call from the nurse the next day to see how you were. I told her I was in a lot of pain in my back where the block was done and she just said, "That's normal. Call back tomorrow if there's still pain." Call the next day, and the day after, and the day after that with no answer and no call back. Seriously? Here I am now 3.5 months later with that "normal" pain worse than ever and no answer as to WHY it has happened or WHAT it is. Gee...thanks so much doc. When I finally got in to see him 2 weeks later he just freaked, said there was no way the block caused it, and said there was nothing else he could do for me. My boyfriend's mom was with me at that appointment when he said that and she quoted right out of the pamphlet for their office that she picked up in the waiting room that they are "specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of pain." The doc did not seem to like that she was calling him out on that. Oh well...I don't like being ignored and left to suffer because it's just too much trouble for a pain doc to help me with my pain.