pain clinic/ no pain meds

[Guest guest]

My pain clinic doesn't believe in pain medications for (my) back pain is that

strange or ???

I know my shoulders still go to sleep on me as yet, when I stand or when I sit.

But that isn't pain.

The Doctor thought that if we took care of my back that everything else would

fall into place. I still have the all over body pain. That hasn't changed.

Let me know what you think of this.

The plan is:

1. No second hand smoke

2. PT, Aqua therapy, Tai Chi, Yoga.

3. lumbar epidural

(don't know what she wrote here) says 2 week flu, not sure what that

means)

4. medication (non-opiod best)

Cymbalta

Savella (I haven't heard of this one, the other one I have been on

and the side effects were not good for me).

[Guest guest]

,

FYI, the " flu " is Dr writing for " f/u " which means " follow up " . So that would

mean they would have you follow up (make another appointment) 2 weeks after your

lumbar epidural procedure. Savella (I may be spelling it wrong) is a medication

(it's different than Cymbalta and Lyrica, but in that same general category)

that has helped some people with pain. It is not an opiate or narcotic. I have

taken it. It didn't help me, but then again, no opiate or narcotic has helped

my pain either. Hope that helps! Good luck!

Be well,

Jen

> wrote:

> (don't know what she wrote here) says 2 week flu, not sure what that

> means)

[Guest guest]

I'll keep that in mind about the Savella, not that anyone has offered it to

me, but I was on Cymbalta once and puked all day from within 20 minutes

after I took it then was wide awake and HYPER to the max all night long. Never

again!!

I didn't think about it but totally agree with what Jen said about the flu being

f/u for follow up. That's one of the bad things about doctors' handwriting - I

swear they take a course on how to make their writing being totally unreadable!

Jen wrote:

> ,

> FYI, the " flu " is Dr writing for " f/u " which means " follow up " .

[Guest guest]

Hi

Thanks for that Jen.

I missed that and it must have been because of how she wrote it.

Otherwise I would have figured it out.

I do have a follow up appointment on the 29th to answer questions of how the

lumbar puncture went and how long it took for it to work, etc.

I was more worried about having a horrid headache but apparently my body can

handle these things. I didn't even need a bandage on my back. I have as yet to

make appointments to the PT though due to gas money to go, right now. One bad

thing of living in the country, 20-30 miles away from town.

Hugs

G