RE: Biofeedback

[Guest guest]

Hi Bennie, I was taught Biofeedback when I was 15 and had broken my neck,

LOL. I still use the training, but it does very little to help deal with the

chronic pain.though it helps on certain pains..such as when the herniation

pain goes into extreme.. I actually have relatively low BP normally..so

when mine is NORMAL, it's actually high. I've had to instruct some of the

nurses in that...my normal BP runs about 90/68...as an average. If they

take my BP and it's over 110/80, I have them go back and check the past BPs,

so they'll see that is HIGH for me. They don't really KNOW why my BP is

lower.I'm heavy, but I have none of the normal " overweight " diseases..

I've run into a lot of nurses that were great.and a few not so great. But

the one that messed up the IV/meds was the worst of the lot... Now when I

go into the hospital, I MAKE SURE to tell them, " I don't need your pain

meds.I have stronger meds than you can prescribe, I just want to know that

there is nothing seriously/deadly wrong with me " . That actually seems to

make them move past the " junkie " theory and look at what's wrong. They

have still prescribed me meds if they think something else will help

better..but I always check with my pharmacist and doctor before I fill it.

The only real drawback is that now, after that horrible nurse, when I have

chest pain, I just ignore it..I won't go to the hospital and be called names

again.I presume it's just chest wall pain and wait for it to go away. It's

dangerous, I know..but I am terrified to go back and be called names and

hurt again over nothing but " chest wall pain " .

Marta