New doctor

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All:

I just went for a consultation Friday with a doctor who does fibromyagia, and

botox and Racz procedure to release spasm in the piriformis.

She also uses Botox and I asked her to also do my eyes and corners of my mouth,

lol.

She asked me " How have you dealt with this, without going crazy and why has your

pain doctor not done something for you ? "

I almost cried, I had researched her and the journal articles she had written

and developed. I asked her if I was on too much opiates and she said NO,

anyone should be able to touch my spasm and know I am not a drug seeker but in

severe pain "

My appointment was at 4:00 and she stayed with me until 6:30. I asked her,

" Will you be my doctor " She said " Definitely, you deserve to be out of pain "

She says " I know you will be 50 per cent better releasing this muscle spasm and

then we will deal with what we see going on in there.

I told her about my shingles twice in a row for two months along the rt. hip I

was hurting and she said, " That is your body stating it can't stand the pain ! "

My nurse practitioner said it was my emotional stress.

My new doctor knows of the clinic I went to and how it has become a chain asking

all the pain management doctors to join it. I have not seen my doctor for two

years just a nurse practitioner and I had to have the receptionist call the

doctor to approve if he would see me as I was having problems with the nurse

practitioner making rude remarks.

It never felt so good to call my prior pain management clinic and state that I

could not make my appointment today as I saw a doctor on Friday that is going to

take over my care and I have to have outpatient Wednesday to release muscle

spasm that has been causing me pain for over a year and the nurse practitioner

would only give me two muscle relaxants a day.

she also said I was on large doses of Morphine when this doctor said it was not

enough for the pain I was allowed to endure and also my break thru meds had not

been refilled when they were supposed to, so I won't be coming in for you to

count my pills to see if I take too many.

I was polite, factual, and everything was documented in my chart files. So

changing pain doctors for me was a good thing. I make my husband go with me and

he has said I have needed to quit a long time because of the rude remarks. I

found our my nurse practitioner will no longer be there after April, wonder why?

Wish me luck on Wed

Bennie