Guest guest Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 I wanted to say hi, as well as to introduce myself to everyone. My real name is . I am now 28. The long short or it all; to begin with I was in the military and in 2004 I was in a major car accident breaking my right femur about mid-shaft. I had complications including a non-union, hardware moving inside bone, hardware rubbing with movement, constant pain. I currently am married with a 3 year old daughter. I struggle every day with pain and trying to do what I want to do without pain limiting my ability to fumction. I currently am going back to school. My current medication regime is fentanyl 100mcg patch x1 changed every 48hours, along with morphine 30mg immediate release tablets x4 for a total of 120mg every 4-6 hours as needed (usually take twice daily on average). Thank you for allowing me into your Chronic pain group and look forward to getting to know all of you and sharing our insight and experiences within this media. W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 I am so sorry to hear about the pain resulting from this broken bone. Did you have any trouble convincing doctors that you hurt so terribly? Just curious. Is your doctor one at the VA? My husband goes to the VA for all his health care and seems to get more and better care than I do with civilian doctors. Has your bone healed properly? What is the diagnosis, the cause of your pain? You deserve to be as close to pain free as possible, not that we all don't but I believe anyone that has served should be treated with the utmost care and respect by the medical community. Jennette > wrote: > I wanted to say hi, as well as to introduce myself to everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 Hi , Welcome to the group! I'm sorry you live in chronic pain! I'm Becky. I'm 33 years old and live in southern New Mexico with my boyfriend, 2 dogs, 2 cats, and a kitten :-P. I have head to toe RSDS/CRPS, Occipital Neuropathy, and a couple other conditions that cause me chronic pain. It all started when I was 16 years old in an inter-tubing accident where I flew off an inter-tube landing sideways on ice almost severing my spinal cord. Then when I as 23 years old, I had a knee injury that set off the rest. Anyway, welcome to the group! It's nice to meet you! Love, Becky in NM wrote: I wanted to say hi, as well as to introduce myself to everyone. My real name is . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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