Re: Back pain advice, please / to:

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>Rebbecca Nix wrote:

>He has told my doctor about my pain and yet he still

> doesn't listen. Not even for a back injury of all things. Oh well.

Becky,

I am retired Reserves and also a dependent. I was a Hospital

Administrator when I was in and worked in Tricare and Managed Care as

officer to audit civilian doctors.

I don't know if you have Tricare Prime or Standard but you need to call Tricare

and talk to a representative and ask for an out of network doctor.

I travel three hours to have a pain management doctor that treats me

appropriately. Your pain management doctor is probably an anesthesiologist and

does epidural injections before medication management.

My doctor is a psychiatrist who manages intractable pain. If I

were you, I would search your area for a doctor and then present it to Tricare.

I have gotten them to provide me with a doctor and me pay co-pay to

him.

Again, contact me at my personal e-mail and I can send you info

and what I have learned going through the military system for 56 years.

I was a military brat and then enlisted for 26 years myself. I will

be happy to help.

Bennie