Re: Awful Pain, Back Surgery.

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>Brett wrote:

> My current doctor just prescribes me hydrocodone for the pain, sometimes it

works and sometimes the pains too bad. I went to

> see a back specialist and he had a very poor attitude, i feel he treated me

poorly because i am only twenty years of age and he

> doesn't feel my back issues are serious. What should i do? I couldn't find

my post-op MRI's should i try to get new screens/MRI's done and go back to the

doctor that did my surgery? Please help

Brett,

Keep a pain journal which is a documentation of your pain and when and what

works and give it to him each visit. You can find a copy of one at the website,

American Pain Foundation, and it is called " Pain Resource Guide " , You will have

to click the box that says, " Learn About Pain " and it will show many resources

and this is under Publications, which has the Pain Patients Bill of Rights " . a

Resource Guide, and Target Chronic Pain is the one that lets you graph what I

stated.

I have copied and pasted the publication samples so you can understand easier.

Pain Resource Guide: Getting the Help You Need

Our booklet is designed to help you take charge of your pain care. It provides

important information about pain and tips to assist you in getting the quality

pain care you deserve. Also included are pages to help you list your health care

team and record your questions and concerns for appointments with your

healthcare provider(s). We hope this will be an invaluable resource for you.

Target Chronic Pain:

Target Chronic Pain publications are easy-to-use practical tools for pain

assessment, management and communication. The Pain Notebook helps you maintain a

record of your pain and communicate your experiences. It's extremely useful when

discussing levels of pain, response to treatment and improvements in functioning

and side effects. Additional pages are available for printing and include Daily

Log, Easing Pain, Healthcare Team, Medications, Pain Scale and Questions and

Concerns worksheets.

The Target Chronic Pain Card is designed to give healthcare professionals a road

map to providing quality chronic pain assessment and relief. The card contains

useful resources, including protective strategies to guard against addiction,

abuse and diversion, and graphs to help explain components of chronic pain.

As to your post op MRI, if it was taken out of the hospital, you need to call

the facility you went to and they will fax a report to your doctor or send the

films. You can also ask for a copy of the CD, they give you the first one free.

If you MRI was done in the hospital, call the hospital, ask for X-ray, and they

will direct you how to pick copy of films up and a CD.

I hope that helps and when you present documents like a pain journal for him to

put in your medical records and it reflects you are having pain and it is under

treated, I think his attitude will change. You are on the right track. If not,

look for another pain management doctor.

Good Luck, and let us know what happens.

Bennie

http://www.painfoundation.org/learn/

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